Vichy French administration in Syria

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Vichy France collaborationist regime World War II-era political regime colonial administration

The Vichy French administration in Syria was the World War II-era colonial regime loyal to Marshal Pétain’s Vichy government that controlled Syria and Lebanon until being overthrown by Free French and British forces in 1941.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Vichy French administration in Syria canonical	1
Vichy French garrison at Palmyra	1
Vichy-controlled Syria and Lebanon	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Vichy France collaborationist regime ⓘ World War II-era political regime ⓘ colonial administration ⓘ
appliesToEthnicGroup	French settlers in the Levant ⓘ Lebanese people ⓘ surface form: Lebanese Syrian ⓘ surface form: Syrians
appliesToJurisdiction	French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon ⓘ surface form: Lebanon under French Mandate French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon ⓘ surface form: Syria under French Mandate
appliesToPeriod	1940–1941 ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Lebanon ⓘ Syria ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
endTime	1941 ⓘ
follows	French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon ⓘ surface form: French Mandate administration in Syria and Lebanon French High Commission in the Levant ⓘ surface form: Third Republic French Mandate administration in Lebanon French High Commission in the Levant ⓘ surface form: Third Republic French Mandate administration in Syria
hasCapital	Beirut ⓘ Damascus ⓘ
hasLegalBasis	French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon ⓘ surface form: French Mandate under League of Nations
hasPolicy	maintenance of French mandatory control ⓘ suppression of local nationalist movements ⓘ
hasTypeOfGovernment	authoritarian regime ⓘ colonial military administration ⓘ
ideology	French nationalism ⓘ authoritarianism ⓘ collaborationism ⓘ
languageUsed	Arabic ⓘ French ⓘ
locatedInTime	Middle East theatre of World War II ⓘ surface form: World War II Middle Eastern theatre
loyalTo	Philippe Pétain ⓘ French State (Vichy regime) ⓘ surface form: Vichy government
militaryAllegiance	Armée de l’Armistice ⓘ surface form: Armistice Army of Vichy France
opposedBy	French Resistance ⓘ surface form: Free French movement United Kingdom ⓘ local Lebanese nationalists ⓘ local Syrian nationalists ⓘ
overthrownBy	British forces ⓘ Free French Forces ⓘ surface form: Free French forces
parentOrganization	French State (Vichy regime) ⓘ surface form: Vichy France
partOf	French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon ⓘ surface form: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon French colonial empire ⓘ
replacedBy	French High Commission in the Levant ⓘ surface form: Free French administration in Lebanon Free French administration in Syria ⓘ
significantEvent	Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ surface form: Allied invasion of Syria and Lebanon Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign
startTime	1940 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Free French declaration of Syrian independence (1941) → precededBy → Vichy French administration in Syria ⓘ

Battle of Palmyra → forceInvolved → Vichy French administration in Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vichy French garrison at Palmyra

Battle of Damour → associatedWith → Vichy French administration in Syria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vichy-controlled Syria and Lebanon