Eastern Mediterranean 1945: Levant Crisis
10 July 1945
10 Jul 1945
Road to Independence
-27–66 Julio-Claudian East
66–135 Jewish–Roman Wars
135–235 Roman consolidation in the East
235–284 Crisis of the Third Century
284–311 Diocletian and the Tetrarchy
311–1944 NO MAPS FOR THIS PERIOD YET
1944–1948 Road to Independence
1948–1974 Arab–Israeli Wars
1974–2010 Disengagement and Intervention
2010–pres Arab Spring, Civil War
Levant Crisis
Although they had officially recognized the independence of Syria and Lebanon in 1944, the French continued to act as though the two countries were colonial possessions. In June 1945, after France violently suppressed pro-independence protests in Damascus, the British intervened, militarily occupying much of Syria and Lebanon and forcing a French agreement to evacuate the region by early 1946.
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