Beirut
Location
Location
Latitude: 33.89, Longitude: 35.5
Hierarchy
Description
1923-1943 At the end of the war, Lebanon was occupied by Allied forces and placed under a French military administration. In 1923 the League of Nations formally gave the mandate for Lebanon and Syria to France. Although independence had been proclaimed on Nov. 22, 1943, it was not until after another crisis in 1945 that an agreement was reached on a simultaneous withdrawal of British and French troops.