Operation Blue Bat
| 1958 Lebanon crisis | |||||||
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| Part of the Arab Cold War | |||||||
 U.S. Marine sits in a foxhole outside Beirut, |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Lebanese Government United States
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Supported by:  China
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Camille Chamoun Naim Moghabghab Dwight Eisenhower Robert Murphy
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 Gamal Abdel Nasser
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| about 1,000 allied casulties (mostly government forces) 5,000 or more opposition casulties | |||||||
Lebanese Government military victory
Lebanese Opposition political victory
Supported by: United Arab Republic
Soviet Union
PLO
Rashid Karami
Ibrahim Kulaylat
Kamal Jumblatt
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