Syria-Lebanon Campaign Order of Battle - Vichy French Forces

Vichy French Forces

The Army of the Levant (Armée du Levant) identifies the armed forces of France and then Vichy France which occupied a portion of the "Levant" during the "interwar period" and early World War II. In 1920, the French were given a mandate over Syria and Lebanon by the League of Nations. During this period of time, Syria was known as the French Mandate of Syria and Lebanon was known as the French Mandate of Lebanon.

  • South Lebanon Sector
    • Saïda Sub-Sector
      • III/22nd Algerian Tirailleur Regiment
      • I/Colonial Artillery Regiment of the Levant
      • I/8th Algerian Spahi Regiment
      • II/22nd Algerian Tirailleur Regiment
      • I/29th Algerian Tirailleur Regiment
      • I/6th African Chasseur Regiment
      • IV/6th Foreign Legion Regiment
      • I/24th Mixed Colonial Infantry Regiment
      • Foreign Legion Levant Artillery Battalion
    • Merdjayoun Sub-Sector
      • II/29th Algerian Tirailleur Regiment
      • I/22nd Algerian Tirailleur Regiment
      • 1st Lebanese Chasseur Battalion
      • II/Colonial Artillery Regiment of the Levant
  • South Syria Sector
    • Direct sector control
      • 1st Metropolitan Artillery Regiment of the Levant
      • III/17th Senegalese Tirailleur Regiment
    • Hauran Sub-Sector
      • II/17th Senegalese Tirailleur Regiment
    • L'Hermon Sub-Sector
      • I/17th Senegalese Tirailleur Regiment
    • Sector Reserve
      • V/1st Moroccan Tirailleur Regiment
      • III/29th Algerian Tirailleur Regiment
      • I/16th Tunisian Tirailleur Regiment
      • III/16th Tunisian Tirailleur Regiment
      • II/24th Mixed Colonial Infantry Regiment
      • III/24th Mixed Colonial Infantry Regiment
  • Levant Cavalry
    • 1st Moroccan Spahi Regiment
    • 2 March (provisional) Spahi Regiment
    • 6th African Chasseur Regiment
    • 7th African Chasseur Regiment
    • Special Cavalry (Three companies of Méhariste, two companies of Druze, eight various companies stationed in Syria, and twenty companies of Circassians)
  • Forces in central Lebanon, mid- to late-June 1941
    • Task Force Albord
      • I/22nd Algerian Tirailleur Regiment
      • II/29th Algerian Tirailleur Regiment
      • 1st Lebanese Chasseur Battalion
      • III/6th Foreign Legion Regiment
      • II/16th Tunisian Tirailleur Regiment
    • Task Force Barré
      • I/6th Foreign Legion Regiment
      • II/17th Senegalese Tirailleur Regiment
      • III/17th Senegalese Tirailleur Regiment
      • Alep Special Artillery Battalion
      • Spahi Cavalry Battalion
    • Lehr-Olive Detachments
      • I/6th African Chasseur Regiment
      • II/24th Colonial Infantry Mixed Regiment
    • Task Force Rougie
      • II/16th Tunisian Tirailleur Regiment, later replaced by the II/22nd Algerian Tirailleur Regiment
      • II/6th Foreign Legion Regiment

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