battle, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Beirut
Battle of Beirut was a battle fought in 1941 at Beirut, in what is now Lebanon. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Beirut. It was part of the Syria–Lebanon campaign. The recorded result: Allied victory.
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Where it sits in the Syria–Lebanon campaign
Record
| Date | 1941 (year precision) | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Beirut, Lebanon 33.887N, 35.513E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 35,000–45,000; 90 tanks; 120 artillery pieces; 30 bombers; 60 fighters | |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Beirut 1912, same recorded site
- Siege of Beirut 1982, 1.2 km W
- Battle of the Hotels 1976, 1.9 km NW
- 1973 Israeli raid on Lebanon 1973, 2.1 km NE
- Siege of Sidon 1110, 38 km S
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Damour 5 July 1941
- All 10 engagements of Syria–Lebanon campaign
Elsewhere in 1941
- Attack on Pearl Harbor United States
- Siege of Leningrad Soviet Union
- Battle of Moscow Soviet Union
- Battle of Crete Greece
- Battle of Kiev Ukraine
Battle of Beirut is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 56 in present-day Lebanon.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4870445, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Beirut (1941), revision 1370433821, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.