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THE ALLIED ADVANCE INTO SYRIA. BRITISH AND FREE FRENCH FORCES ADVANCED INTO SYRIA TO COUNTER AXIS INFILTRATION. THE ALLIED TROOPS WERE OPPOSED BY THE VICHY FORCES AND IT WAS AFTER A MONTH'S HARD FIGHTING THAT GENERAL DENTZ, VICHY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR SYRIA, ASKED FOR AN ARMISTICE. CAMEROONS OF THE FREE FRENCH ADVANCING ALONG THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS.
THE ALLIED ADVANCE INTO SYRIA. BRITISH AND FREE FRENCH FORCES ADVANCED INTO SYRIA TO COUNTER AXIS INFILTRATION. THE ALLIED TROOPS WAS OPPOSED BY THE VICHY FORCES, AND IT WAS AFTER A MONTH'S HARD FIGHT
THE ALLIED ADVANCE INTO SYRIA. AXIS INFILTRATION INTO SYRIA COMPELLED THE ADVANCE OF THE ALLIED FORCES TO AVERT SO DANGEROUS A THREAT. BRITISH AND FREE FRENCH FORCES HAVE BEEN OPPOSED BY THE VICHY TRO
THE ALLIED ADVANCE INTO SYRIA. AXIS INFILTRATION INTO SYRIA COMPELLED THE ADVANCE OF THE ALLIED FORCES TO AVERT SO DANGEROUS A ARTILLERY READY TO GO INTO ACTION.
THE ALLIED ADVANCE INTO SYRIA. GENERAL WAVELL VISITS THE FRONT IN SYRIA. AXIS INFILTRATION INTO SYRIA COMPELLED THE ADVANCE OF THE ALLIED FORCES TO AVERT SO DANGEROUS A THREAT. PHOTO SHOWS GENERAL WAV
ACRE, PALESTINE. 1940. A DISTANT VIEW OF THE CITY. IT WAS HERE THAT THE TERMS OF THE ARMISTICE BETWEEN THE BRITISH FORCES AND THE VICHY FRENCH FORCES WERE SIGNED ON 1941-07-12, AFTER THE LATTER'S CAPI
Depicts mosques in Damascus, after the city was taken from the Vichy French by Allied forces. The Battle of Damascus was the final conflict in the Syria-Lebanon campaign, and ended on the 21 June 19
