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Photograph 021288 Second World War, 1939-1945Damaged by shellfire from Vichy French troops, the Damour bridge was made impassable. Syrian labourers are shown here cleaning up the debris.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Damaged by shellfire from Vichy French troops, the Damour bridge was made impassable. Syrian labourers are shown here cleaning up the debris.
Damaged by shellfire from Vichy French troops, the Damour bridge was made impassable. Syrian labourers are shown here cleaning up the debris.

The Damour bridge, destroyed by Vichy French Forces during the Syrian Campaign.

Depicts bridge crossing Damour, Syria, (now Lebanon). Herbert's classically trained handling of the medium renders the scene clearly, but in an aesthetically pleasing manner. The artist writes 'Syri

The partly demolished bridge over the Damour River, where some of the fiercest fighting in the Syrian campaign took place. The bridge was destroyed by the Vichy French forces when driven back by troo

Damour, Syria. 1941.07. Allied bombers attacking Damour during the Syrian campaign in which the Allies, including the Free French, were committed to take Syria from the Vichy French.

Depicts an advanced field dressing station near Damour (which is near Beirut and now located in Lebanon) during the Syrian Campaign. The Syrian Campaign involved Australian troops, mostly from the 7th
