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Lebanon War
Lebanon War - War in Lebanon 1975-2001
Posted 21 Feb 2006
What I call the "Lebanon War" covers the various conflicts in Lebanon 1975-2001. I'm primarily interested in Operation Peace for Galilee (1982-84) but I'll be collecting notes on the entire Lebanese Civil War (1975-90) and Israeli occupation (1982-2001).
Flags: Israel, Lebanon, Syria
This period is interesting to me because after many years of warfare depending almost exclusively on armour the Israelis and their foes reverted to more infantry focused tactics - partially because the infantry anti-tank weapons had become quite effective and partly because of the nature of the terrain being fought over (urban and mountains)
I've got material on: