Talk:Syria–Lebanon campaign

message: Was there much support among the Arab population for the Axis?  For the Allies? Jztinfinity 03:02, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a book that may help answer part of your question (The Third Reich and the Arab East). Mkpumphrey 17:55, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Arabs

message: There appears to be a formatting error, with use of firefox, default font, resolution 1024x768, such one of the sections is approximately 1 inch wide.Istand1337 22:23, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Format

message: I've been giving some thought to the troop numbers in the infobox and I see a problem. It says there were 2,000 Indian troops involved. I reckon that 5th Indian Infantry Brigade fighting with the Free French would have alone accounted for this and more. In addition there was 10th Indian Division on the Euphrates (say another 12,000) plus most of 17 Indian Inf. Brigade in the Duck's Bill area of Syria - say another 4,000. Even allowing for the fact that splitting these units between Britain and India (each brigade had 2 Indian battalions and 1 British one) would account for say 11,000 indians and 5,000 Brits. I can't find any sources on this. Can anybody help? Stephen Kirrage talk - contribs 23:07, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Force numbers

message: The map is wrong, it shows Lebanon as part of Syria. That was not the case in 1940s, Lebanon's borders have been set in 1920, with several declarations of independence granted by France until the real effective one of 1943.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.133.11.134 (talk) 12:41, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  map is wrong 

message: Free Czechoslovakia and Palestinian forces are stated to have taken part yet there is no citations nor any force numbers provided for them. Did they both contribute forces - i believe the Arab Legion (aka Palestine took part) but have no citations to support that at the momment.
Secondly, the vichy force is stated to be made up of:
35,000 regular troops (including 8,000 French infantry) and 10,000 Syrian/Lebanese infantry
Considering the Syrian/Lebanese and French infantry have all been counted who the hell are these other 27,000 guys?--EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 13:25, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some questions 

message: As we probably know, the Germans actually left Syria prior to the campaign being launched however German aircraft based in the Dodecanese attacked British ships in the Med supporting the operation. Do we count them as a partipant in the info box?--EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 19:39, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The Germans were not stationed in Syria other than ground crews maintaining and refueling pseudo-Iraqi aircraft on their way to Northern Iraq. They never had combat troops in Syria or Lebanon, even the attacks on British ships were not directly related. PpPachy (talk) 21:47, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well they didnt have combat troops based within Iraq either ;) But yea i think your right, the attacks on shipping in the Eastern Med do appear to be not directly related therefore - other than a possible passing mention when talking about shipping - they appear to not need to be included in the combatant list.--EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 21:51, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Germans 

message: Was it during this campaign that Hackett was awarded the MC?Miletus (talk) 07:47, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  General Hackett 

message: For those of you not aware, there's an important discussion mentioning this article at Template talk:WW2InfoBox, where input is welcome. -Chumchum7 (talk) 09:57, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Template talk:WW2InfoBox]] 

message: I'm not sure which of these two flags should be in the infobox for the French mandate of Syria:   --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 00:24, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flag in infobox 

message: Lebanon was republic with president and PM as well as Parliament, and they called for cease fire as written in Lebanese history books, Should this information be added?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.42.203.105 (talk) 19:06, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lebanese Official respond to the conflict. 

message: Found more citations, moved OOB and casualty details to text and rm similar from infobox. Keith-264 (talk) 12:57, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice work, Keith. Thanks. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 23:56, 3 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Good for you for doing the edit which reminded me. It looks like an excellent opportunity to give the AOH an airing.Keith-264 (talk) 00:08, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Found one citation, blanked another and added an Analysis section.Keith-264 (talk) 17:47, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, Keith, I've updated the assessment. There is probably more that could be added (the War on the land section potentially could be expanded with prose), but I feel it is basically B class now. Thanks for your efforts. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 23:29, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

text: Does anyone have a view as to using ref /refs or sfns?Keith-264 (talk) 11:11, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  CE 

message: Sooo I am a bit confused on one part, I thought Syria and French Lebanon were independent states how come they were occupied by Vichy France  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:2C6:4780:13F9:D544:5099:40EE:8636 (talk) 06:29, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: They weren't independent but governed by France under a League of Nations mandate - French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon.Nigel Ish (talk) 09:56, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hey wasn't Syria and Lebanon independent states  

message: folowing this link : https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4450.html
During June – July 1941 British and Gaulist troops occupied Syria against strong French resistance, two large French destroyers, Guepard and Valmy engaged and shelled Janus off Sidon. Janus received five heavy hits, which killed or wounded all on the bridge, her commanding officer miraculously escaped injury. Crazy defender 2 (talk) 14:46, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  HMS Janus damaged by  French destroyer Valmy