Realm · 1920–1945
French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon appears on the map from 1920 to 1945. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1920, it covered about 210,022 km².
One of the realms of French Colonial Empire. France's first colonial empire began with Jacques Cartier's voyages to the St Lawrence in 1534 and grew into New France, a vast fur-trading realm reaching down the Mississippi to Louisiana, plus rich sugar islands such as Saint-Domingue worked by enslaved Africans. Defeat by Britain in 1763 cost Canada and most of India, the Haitian Revolution freed Saint-Domingue, and Napoleon sold Louisiana in 1803.
See French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon on the map in 1920
- On the map
- 1920–1945
- Greatest extent
- 1920, about 210,022 km²
- Part of
- French Third Republic
Territory through time
| Years | Area drawn |
|---|---|
| 1920–1921 | 210,022 km² |
| 1922–1925 | 201,572 km² |
| 1926 | 201,513 km² |
| 1927–1931 | 201,572 km² |
| 1932–1935 | 201,259 km² |
| 1936–1938 | 200,893 km² |
| 1939 | 195,967 km² |
| 1940–1942 | 195,967 km² |
| 1943 | 195,942 km² |
| 1944 | 186,232 km² |
| 1945 | 186,885 km² |
Related
- French Colonial Empire empire
- Second World War 1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945