The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A PICTURESQUE CROSSING ON THE RIVER LITANI. THIS CROSSING WAS THE SCENE OF A FIERCE BATTLE BETWEEN ALLIED FORCES AND VICHY FRENCH TROOPS DURING THE ADVANCE INTO LEBANON. (PHOTOGRAPHER: F. HURLEY).
LEBANON, LITANI RIVER. AN OLD WATERWHEEL BY THE CROSSING NEAR THE COASTAL ROAD. THE ADVANCING BRITISH FORCES MET WITH STRONG RESISTANCE AT THIS POINT BEFORE DRIVING THE VICHY FRENCH FROM THEIR POSITIO
LEBANON. THIS FARM HOUSE, USED BY THE VICHY FRENCH AS A MINOR GARRISON, ON THE ROAD TO ADLOUN SUFFERED CONSIDERABLY DURING THE BITTER FIGHTING THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE VICINITY BETWEEN THE 2/27TH AUSTRA
LEBANON. THIS FARM HOUSE, USED BY THE VICHY FRENCH AS A MINOR GARRISON, ON THE ROAD TO ADLOUN SUFFERED CONSIDERABLY DURING THE BITTER FIGHTING THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE VICINITY BETWEEN THE 2/27TH AUSTRA
Depicts a ruined bridge over Litani River, near Marjayoun, Syria (now located in Lebanon). The bridge was blown up by retreating Vichy French forces. The artist wrote: "a serviceable low level bridg
Depicts Sultan Selim Mosque in Damascus, probably after the Battle of Damascus. This was the final conflict in the Syria-Lebanon campaign, in which Allied forces took the city from the Vichy french o
SYRIA. 1941-06. THE OLD BRIDGE OVER THE LITANI RIVER BETWEEN NABATIVE ET TAHTA AND MERDJAYOUN, DESTROYED BY THE VICHY FRENCH ARMY DURING THE ADVANCE OF THE 2/31ST INFANTRY BATTAION. 150 YARDS UPSTREAM
