1920: | The French create the State of Damascus, governed by Haqqi al-Azm, the State of the Druze
Mountain, governed by Salim al-Atrash, and the State of the Alawite Mountain, governed by the
mandate regime. The remain states until France begins to toy with federalism in the mid-1920s.
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1939: | France and Great Britain declare war on Nazi Germany in 1939, igniting World War II. Syria is forced into the war, because it was occupied at the time by France, which was a player in World War II. When France got occupied by Germany, Syria came under the rule of Nazi Germany. In 1944, President Shukri al-Quwatli, to score points with US President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, declared war on Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Japan.
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