battle, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Kissoué
Battle of Kissoué was a battle fought on 15 June 1941 at Al-Kiswah, in what is now Syria; it lasted 2 days. 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 | 15 June 1941 to 17 June 1941 | |
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| Place | Al-Kiswah, Syria 33.352N, 36.233E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
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Nearest engagements
- Charge at Kiswe 1918, 0.2 km S
- Battle of Marj al-Saffar 1303, 1.7 km NE
- Battle of Damascus 1941, 18 km N
- Siege of Damascus AD 634, 19 km N
- Siege of Damascus 1078, 19 km N
Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1303 and 1941.
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Jezzine 13 June 1941
- After: Battle of Sidon 15 June 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 Kissoué is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 133 in present-day Syria.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871454, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Kissoué, revision 1370445563, 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.