contested ground, 4 engagements

Beirut: contested ground

The ground around Beirut was fought over 4 times between 1912 and 1982: 2 battles, 1 siege and 1 naval action, in 4 different wars. All 4 recorded sites lie within a few kilometres of one another.

4 engagements within a few kilometres, coloured by era; the ringed mark is the most widely documented.

In time order

One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	War
24 February 1912	Battle of Beirut	Beirut	Italo-Turkish War
1973	1973 Israeli raid on Lebanon	Beirut	Operation Wrath of God
2 April 1976	Battle of the Hotels	Beirut	Lebanese Civil War
14 June 1982	Siege of Beirut	Beirut	1982 Lebanon War

Contested ground is computed: recorded sites within six kilometres of one another, three or more engagements, in more than one war or across more than fifty years. Coordinates are those recorded in Wikidata and can be approximate.