They were called Mandates.
Mandates
Britain controlled Palestine from 1918-1948.Britain, which had promised in 1917 in the Balfour Declaration to create a 'national home for the Jews' in Palestine. Britain was trying to keep in with both the Arabs and the Jews - and this little game of 'divide and rule' didn't work.Britain
They were British Mandates. (from roughly 1919-1948)
The following areas were fought over in WWI (Britain against the Ottoman Empire) and are being fought over again: 1. Palestine 2. Mesopotamia (Iraq)
Iran and Australia, Britain, Germany, Ireland, and many other countries.
Mandates
B. mandates on behalf of the League of Nations, but did not own the territory.
The two I know are modern day Iraq and Palestine
palestine and iraq.
Britain controlled Palestine from 1918-1948.Britain, which had promised in 1917 in the Balfour Declaration to create a 'national home for the Jews' in Palestine. Britain was trying to keep in with both the Arabs and the Jews - and this little game of 'divide and rule' didn't work.Britain
Britain controlled Palestine after WW2
The British did not rule Palestine during the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9, leaving just before the war began. It was actually the British withdrawal from Mandatory Palestine that allowed Israel to declare independence. This declaration, in turn, was what precipitated the Arab invasion of the former British Mandate of Palestine and of Israel specifically. As for why the British were ruling Mandatory Palestine from 1919-1948, this was as a result of the Treaty of Versailles which gave numerous former Ottoman Territories to Great Britain and France to supervise as they organized properly for their future independence.
because they were bored
Britain controlled Palestine from the end of World War I until February 1947 when, in response to Zionist terrorist attacks, Britain handed Palestine over to the United Nations to solve the Palestinian problem.
Britain.
Tony Blair
Iraq and India were controlled by Britain.