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Photograph 020810 Second World War, 1939-1945A party of Vichy French officers, including General De Verdilhac, watching the ship “Providence” sail from Beirut for France. Also in the group are several British officers.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
General De Verdilhac and a group of British officers on the Beirut wharf when Vichy troops sailed for France.
A party of Vichy French officers, including General De Verdilhac, watching the ship “Providence” sail from Beirut for France. Also in the group are several British officers.

BEIRUT, LEBANON. 1941-09. GENERAL DE VERDILHAC, FORMER DEPUTY COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, VICHY FRENCH FORCES IN SYRIA, WHO HAS BEEN COLLABORATING WITH MAJOR-GENERAL J.I. CHRYSTALL, CBE, MC, ON THE SYRIAN COM

GENERAL DE VERDILHAC SIGNS THE PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT FOR VICHY AT ACRE.

Vichy soldiers on the bow of the “CROIX” shortly before it left Beirut for France. These troops had the choice of returning to France or joining the Free French forces of General De Gaulle.

Depicts a group of officers at a table signing the Syrian Armistice at Acre in Palestine, 1941. General Wilson, the commander of British Troops in Palestine and Transjordan is seen at centre, with bal

Depicts a group of officers at a table signing the Syrian Armistice at Acre in Palestine, 1941. General Wilson, the commander of British Troops in Palestine and Transjordan is seen at centre, with bal