Arms and Armour

Lebanese Forces (militia)

The Lebanese Forces – LF (Arabic: القوات اللبنانية, romanized: al-Quwwāt al-Lubnāniyya), also known as Ouwet (lit. "Forces") for short or Forces Libanaises (FL) in French, was the main Lebanese Christian faction during the Lebanese Civil War. Resembling the Lebanese Front, which was an umbrella organization for different parties, the Lebanese Forces was a militia that integrated fighters originating from the different Christian right-wing paramilitary groups, the largest of which was the Kataeb Regulatory Forces. It was mainly staffed by Maronites and Christians of other denominations loyal to Bachir Gemayel, and fought against the Lebanese National Movement, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the Syrian Armed Forces among others. The group gained infamy for the perpetration of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre, which primarily targeted Palestinian refugees following Bachir Gemayel's assassination.

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• ▸Battle of Meung-sur-Loire
• ▸Jean Civiale
• ▸Earl Van Dorn

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