40mm Bofors AA Gun, Syria, 1941

40mm Bofors AA Gun, Syria, 1941
Here we see a British 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun being towed along the road to Damascus during the invasion of 1941.
Syria and Lebanon 1941 – The Allied Fight against the Vichy French, David Sutton. A useful account of a campaign that is often just a footnote in wider histories of the fighting in the Middle East, but that saw the Vichy French in Syria put up a rather harder fight than expected, but also saw the Allies adapt well to the changing circumstances, taking Damascus early in the campaign and completing the conquest of Syria in just one month (Read Full Review)
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How to cite this article: Rickard, J (22 June 2026), 40mm Bofors AA Gun, Syria, 1941 , https://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/pictures_40mm_bofors_AA_gun_syria_1941.html

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