Word: djebel
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...infantry force on Djebel* Ksaira was not so lucky. The German column from Maknassy hooked around them like a giant finger, plucked them off. As day ended and night closed down, U.S. tanks threw themselves against Panzer units that outnumbered them 2-to-1. Tank fought tank, firing at the livid gun flashes. On the second day U.S. armor counterattacked...
...three to four divisions at present in the Syrian campaign, plus an unknown number of native troops, perhaps 400 planes. Part of his forces are De Gaullist Free French under General Georges Catroux, who opened hostilities by proclaiming independence for Syria and Lebanon and then sent his men into Djebel Druse, home of the rough & tough Druses, who hate the Vichy French and are expected to join the Allies...