Battle of Deir ez-Zor (1941)

Battle of Deir ez-Zor
Part of the Syria-Lebanon Campaign of World War II
Map of Syria and Lebanon during World War II
Date 3 July 1941 Location Deir ez-Zor, Syria 35°20′00″N 40°09′00″E / 35.33333°N 40.15000°E / 35.33333; 40.15000 Result Allied victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom British India Transjordan	Vichy France Syria
Commanders and leaders
Henry Wilson William Slim	Henri Dentz
Deir ez-Zor class=notpageimage| Deir ez-Zor 450 km (280 mi) north-east of Damascus on the Euphrates River

The Battle of Deir ez-Zor was part of the Allied invasion of Syria during the Syria-Lebanon campaign in World War II.

The Battle of Deir ez-Zor is noted for the bold outflanking tactics employed by Allied field commander William "Bill" Slim of Iraq Command. These tactics presaged Slim's employment of similar tactics in 1945 while commanding the British Fourteenth Army in Burma.