Battle of Tyre

摘要

This report is a study of urban combat in and around the city of Tyre during the 1982 Israeli campaign to eradicate the Palestine Liberation Organization in Lebanon. The report includes discussions of operations, weapons, tactics, command and control, and psychological operations employed by both sides. This report furthermore examines the complex political atmosphere that shaped military operations. The effectiveness in which Israel forces surprised, isolated, and rapidly eliminated PLO forces in Tyre (and Sidon) contrasts sharply with difficulties later encountered in the siege of Beirut.