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{{Infobox military conflict<br />
|conflict = Battle of Beirut<br />
|partof = the [[Syria-Lebanon Campaign]] of [[World War II]]<br />
|image =Battle of Beirut.jpg<br />
|image_size =300px<br />
|caption = Vichy shells explode among the Australians as they advance along the coast road south of Beirut<br />
|date = 12 July 1941<br />
|place = [[Beirut]], [[Greater Lebanon|French Lebanon]]<br />
|casus =<br />
|territory =<br />
|result = Allied victory<br />
|combatant1 = {{flag|Free France}}<br>{{flag|United Kingdom}}<br />
*{{flagicon|British Raj}} [[British Raj|India]]<br />
{{flag|Australia}}<br />
|combatant2 = {{flag|Vichy France}}<br />
*{{flagicon image|Lebanese French flag.svg}} [[Greater Lebanon|French Lebanon]]<br />
|commander1 = {{flagicon|UK}} [[Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson|Henry Wilson]]<br />
|commander2 = {{flagdeco|Vichy France}} [[Henri Dentz]]<ref name=Schreiber/><br />
|strength1 = <br />
|strength2 = 35,000–45,000<ref name=Schreiber/><br>90 tanks<br>120 [[artillery]] pieces<br>30 [[bombers]]<br>60 [[Fighter aircraft|fighters]]<br />
|casualties1 =<br />
|casualties2 = <br />
}}<br />
{{Campaignbox Syria-Lebanon}}<br />
The '''Battle of Beirut''' (12 July 1941) marked the end of hostilities in the [[Syria-Lebanon campaign]] of [[World War II]].<br />
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The campaign saw the initial [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] deployment of 2 [[brigade]]s of the [[Australian 7th Division]], a brigade from the [[1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)|1st British Cavalry Division]], the [[5th Indian Infantry Brigade]] which was deployed immediately from [[Eritrea]] after the surrender of the [[Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta|Duke of Aosta]], several armoured and air units of the [[6th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|British 6th Division]], a special [[commando]] force (C battalion of the [[Special Service Brigade]]) and 6 battalions of the [[1st Free French Division]].<ref name=Schreiber>{{cite book|first1=Gerhard|last1=Schreiber|first2=Bernd|last2=Stegemann|first3=Detlef|last3=Vogel|title=Germany and the Second World War: Volume III: The Mediterranean, South-East Europe, and North Africa 1939–1941 (From Italy's Declaration of ... the Entry of the United States into the War|year=1995|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|isbn=0198228848|pages=613, 615, 617|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ysUanwEACAAJ&q=Germany+and+the+Second+World+War:+Volume+III:+The+Mediterranean,+South-East+Europe,+and+North+Africa+1939-1941+google+books}}</ref><br />
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On 8 July, even before the fall of [[Battle of Damour|Damour]], the [[Vichy French]] commander—General [[Henri Dentz]]—had sought an armistice: the advance on [[Beirut]] together with the Allied capture of [[Battle of Damascus (1941)|Damascus]] in late June and the rapid advance of Allied troops into [[Syria]] from [[Iraq]] in early July to capture [[Battle of Deir ez-Zor (1941)|Deir ez Zor]] and then push on towards [[Aleppo]] had made the Vichy position untenable.<ref name=Schreiber/> At one minute past midnight on 12 July, a ceasefire came into effect. For all intents and purposes, this ended the campaign and an [[Armistice of Saint Jean d'Acre|armistice]] was signed on 14 July at the "[[William Sidney Smith|Sidney Smith]] Barracks" on the outskirts of the city of [[Acre, Israel|Acre]].<ref name=Schreiber/> The armistice placed Syria under the French general [[Charles de Gaulle]].<ref name=Schreiber/><br />
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The triumphant entry of the [[Australian 7th Division]] into Beirut successfully established the Allied occupation of Lebanon. Beirut later became an important Allied base for Mediterranean naval operations.<br />
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[[Category:Syria–Lebanon campaign]]<br />
[[Category:Battles of World War II involving Australia]]<br />
[[Category:Military battles of Vichy France]]<br />
[[Category:1941 in Lebanon]]<br />
[[Category:20th century in Beirut]]<br />
[[Category:Land battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom|Beirut]]<br />
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