THE ALLIED ADVANCE INTO SYRIA. BRITISH AND FREE FRENCH FORCES ADVANCED INTO SYRIA TO COUNTER AXIS ...

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Accession Number 009736
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Unknown British Official Photographer
Place made French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon: Syria
Date made c September 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

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.