Collapse of the Second Crusade

Timeline

1. 1148Antioch · LevantConrad III and Louis VII led their remaining forces successively to Antioch and Acre, where they discussed the next strategy with Baldwin III and the princes of the Levant, turning their objective toward an attack on Damascus.
2. 1148Damascus · SyriaThe allied forces besieged Damascus for only a few days before failing, losing their last military chance to salvage the crusade, as strategic initiative passed entirely to the Islamic camp.
3. 1148Acre · LevantConrad III and Louis VII successively departed from Levantine ports to return to Europe; the Second Crusade formally ended in total failure, and large-scale Western crusades entered a long period of dormancy.