battle, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Sidon

Battle of Sidon was a battle fought on 15 June 1941 at Sidon, in what is now Lebanon. It was part of the Syria–Lebanon campaign. The recorded result: Australian victory.

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Australian troops among the ruins of the old Crusader castle at Sidon, Lebanon. Photograph: Australian official photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date	15 June 1941
Place	Sidon, Lebanon 33.561N, 35.398E
Part of	Syria–Lebanon campaign (1941)
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Result	Australian victory
Belligerents	Australia	Vichy France
Commanders	Jack Stevens	Henri Dentz

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Sidon 1110, same recorded site
Battle of Sidon 1991, same recorded site
Battle of Jezzine 1982, 17 km
KMT-KKS Battle 1982, 23 km
Battle of Merdjayoun 1941, 26 km

In the same war

Before: Battle of Kissoué 15 June 1941
After: Battle of Damascus 18 June 1941
All 8 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 Sidon is one of 1,912 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 28 in present-day Lebanon.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q29075700, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Sidon (1941), revision 1370589339, 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.