023813 Accession Number: 023813

023814

Photograph 023814 Second World War, 1939-1945

SYRIA. 1942-03. PHONECIAN CAVES SOUTH OF SAIDA ON THE ROAD FROM BEIRUT TO TRIPOLI. HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD, THESE CAVES WERE USED BY VICHY FRENCH TROOPS IN THE SYRIAN CAMPAIGN AS GUN POSTS AND TROOP POS

023812

Photograph 023812 Second World War, 1939-1945

SYRIA. 1942-03. TWISTED AND RUSTY METAL WAS ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF THESE ALLIED VEHICLES WHICH VICHY FRENCH TROOPS DESTROYED IN A RAID DURING THE SYRIAN CAMPAIGN.

P02018.419

Photograph P02018.419 Second World War, 1939-1945

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.

Advanced Field Dressing Station, near Damour, Syria

Art ART30073 Second World War, 1939-1945

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

Damascus

Art ART30297 Second World War, 1939-1945

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

010770

Photograph 010770 Second World War, 1939-1945

DURING THE SYRIAN CAMPAIGN AN AMERICAN ARMY SPECIALIST IS SHOWN EXAMINING VICHY FRENCH TANKS WHICH WERE CAPTURED BY THE BRITISH.