Significant1958
1958 Lebanon crisis
Beirut · Lebanon
Estimated casualties
1.3K – 4.0Kestimated dead
Estimates of fighting deaths vary; roughly 1,300–4,000 over the months of unrest.
SOURCEscholarly
A 1958 political-religious crisis in Lebanon between President Camille Chamoun's government and a largely Muslim, pan-Arabist opposition, prompting US military intervention (Operation Blue Bat). It ended with Chamoun's term completed and Fuad Chehab elected president.
Belligerents2
- Lebanese government (with United States)
- Lebanese opposition (pan-Arabist/Nasserist)
Sources
- Wikipedia: 1958 Lebanon crisis
- UCDP Conflict Encyclopedia
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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Cite as: 1958 Lebanon crisis (1958). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/1958-lebanon-crisis · Sources & methodology