Battle of Palmyra (1941)
The Battle of Palmyra (1 July 1941) was part of the Allied invasion of Syria during the Syria-Lebanon campaign in World War II. British mechanised cavalry and an Arab Legion desert patrol broke up a Vichy French mobile column north-east of the city of Palmyra. This provoked the surrender of the Vichy garrison at Palmyra.
| Battle of Palmyra | |||||||
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| Part of the Syria-Lebanon Campaign of World War II | |||||||
Palmyra occupied by British Commonwealth troops after the battle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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United Kingdom |
Vichy France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| John Clark | Ghérardi | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1,000 | 300 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 85 killed |
135 killed 165 captured | ||||||
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