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| 1940, Dec |
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| Gen. Henri Dentz, the new Vichy high commissioner, assumed office. | 1 |
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| 1941, April |
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| Resignation of Emile Eddé as president. French authorities appointed Alfred Naccache (Naqqash), a Maronite, to replace him. | 2 |
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| June 8 |
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| Free French and British forces invaded Lebanon and toppled the Vichy administration. Gen. Georges Catroux afterward took office as the Free French high commissioner. | 3 |
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| Nov. 26 |
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| The Free French administration formally proclaimed Lebanese independence. The French nonetheless kept working to hold on to the reality, if not the legality, of their supremacy within the country. | 4 |
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