Chapter 037: Middle East War (1)
Hitler quickly rejected Turkey's request, he understood Turkey very well, this festival before asking him to join his camp, but he has always ignored it, the first rat at both ends, and now he still wants to help them himself, it is impossible,
What's more, Hitler had to consider the feelings of the Chinese side, he didn't want to offend the Chinese side at this time, and there was another reason that he himself hated, that is, he might be Jewish, or have Jewish blood, this probability is too great, so he has no reason to offend China and the Jews for the sake of a two-pronged Turkey, Turkey is no longer so important,
Although Egypt is still a British colony, it is self-governing, so he still has a certain degree of sovereignty, and he also wants Britain to negotiate and hopes that Britain will cancel Israel's autonomy, but the British side said that it is unwilling to intervene in this matter and let Israel and the Palestinians solve it themselves.
In fact, the British considered not to give up that huge amount of money, otherwise how could Britain rise again, but he also hoped that the Palestinians would teach the Jews a hard lesson, so his answer was ambiguous,
The Arabs, Persians, and Iran have condemned Israel's actions, saying that the territory is Palestinian and has nothing to do with the Jews, and demanding that the Jews give up their independence, otherwise it will be unkind to the Jews.
Ben-Gurion believed that only by expelling all the Jews here could a strong and stable state of Israel be established, and with the support of Britain and the United States, he did not care, and the weapons and ammunition continued to arrive here, and the troops had expanded to 80,000 people,
On September 5, after the warnings were ineffective, the countries of the Middle East began to expel all Jews and confiscate their property, which further intensified the contradictions between the two sides, the armed conflict became more and more serious, and the Israeli side became more and more unrestrained.
Israel now controls all of the Palestinian and Lebanese areas, bordered by Egypt to the south, Jordan to the east, Lebanon to the north, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west.
Lebanon was originally an independent country, after the 16th century BC, Lebanon was successively ruled by Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, and then occupied by Alexander the Great, and became part of the Seleucid Dynasty in 198~82 BC, was incorporated into the Roman Empire in 64 BC, after the division of the Roman Empire in the 4th century, Lebanon became part of the Byzantine Empire, after the middle of the 7th century, Lebanon was ruled by the Arab Empire, and at the end of the 11th century, the Crusaders invaded Lebanon; After the crusaders were driven away and ruled by Egypt, in 1516, Lebanon became a dependency of the Ottoman Empire, in the 16th ~ 17th century, the Lebanese people held many uprisings against the double oppression of the Turkish sultan and the local feudal lords, at the beginning of the 17th century, Fakhruddin II increased his power, built a new army and implemented social reforms, and established a de facto independent Greater Lebanon, but the Turkish army pressed the border, Fakhrudin II surrendered and was executed, at the end of the 18th century, Behruddin · Shehab II succeeded Fakhruddin II's unfinished business, using peasant uprisings to eradicate several powerful feudal families and concentrate the ruling power in his own hands, in 1831 he allied with the Egyptian governor Muhammad Ali, who rebelled against Turkish rule, to expel the Turks from Lebanon, after the Egyptian army withdrew from Lebanon in 1840, Britain and France continued to provoke a struggle between the Maronites of Christianity and the Druze of Islam in order to compete for the Lebanese market, and Turkey took the opportunity to reoccupy Lebanon in 1842, In 1860, there was a great vendetta between the Maronites and the Druze Muslims in Lebanon, and France intervened, after which Lebanon became an internationally recognized and guaranteed autonomous region, and was ruled by a Christian administrator appointed by the Turkish government and agreed by France, Britain, Russia and other countries.
In 1920, the Conference of San Remo placed Lebanon under the French Mandate, in May 1926, Lebanon became a republic, promulgated a constitution, but still retained the French Mandate, on June 22, 1940, Marshal Pétain signed a surrender agreement with Germany, the French Third Republic collapsed, in November 1941, the French Free Army entered Lebanon, and announced the end of the Mandate, Lebanon gained formal independence, but in fact it was still controlled by the French Resistance Army, In addition, the British garrison here to prevent the German army from attacking the Middle East through Turkey and pinching Egypt.
Britain handed over Lebanon to the Jews for 100 million pounds, which was actually generous, of course, for Britain now they need money, and in addition, they want to provoke hatred of Jews in Middle Eastern countries and locals,
Britain's idea is to let Israel rely on him forever, so that there will be a steady stream of money to spend, and there are active interest spokesmen, and another Israel in the middle of a war cannot be very strong, that narrow and long country, easy to attack and difficult to defend, without the protection of a strong country, let alone a rich country and a strong army, it is difficult to preserve,
However, after all, Lebanon was an independent country before, and it still had an independent army, and the British did not cooperate well with the Israeli army to occupy here, so the Israeli army is not stationed here, and he only gives priority to controlling the Palestinian area.
In 1516, Syria was included in the Ottoman Empire, where it remained until the end of World War I in 1918.
During the First World War, the Syrian people suffered more serious disasters, the Turkish military authorities forced the Syrian people to serve as cannon fodder, brutally suppressed patriots, in June 1916, Sharif Hussein of Mecca held an anti-Turkish uprising, Hussein's third son Faisal led the army from the Arabian Peninsula to the north, and the British army fought together, a large number of Syrians participated in the battle, in October 1918, Faisal captured Syria, established an Arab government in Damascus, ended the Ottoman rule in Syria, and thereafter, the coastal strip of Lebanon and Syria is controlled by France, and the interior of Syria from Aqaba to Aleppo is controlled by Faisal's army,
In July 1919, the First Syrian National Convention was held in Damascus, which demanded the recognition of Syria, including Palestine, as an independent sovereign state, rejected the Sykes-Picot Agreement and the Balfour Declaration, and rejected the proposed mandate, which was ignored by the Paris Peace Conference, and in March 1920, the Second Syrian National Convention proclaimed Syrian independence and made Faisal king, and in April, the Supreme Council of the Entente convened the San Remo Conference, which decided that Syria and Lebanon would be ruled by the French Mandate. On July 14, the commander of the French army, H.-J.-E. Gouro, issued an ultimatum to Faisal, accepting the French mandate unconditionally within a time limit, and then the French army advanced towards Damascus, and the Syrian army and civilians fought fiercely with the French army in Masseron, and on the 25th, the French army entered Damascus and deposed Faisal, and Syria and Lebanon fell into French hands.
In order to divide the anti-French forces, the French colonial authorities divided Syria and Lebanon into several independent regions, the French High Commissioner dominated everything, and the local power was completely in the hands of the High Commissioner's representatives and pro-French elements, the colonial authorities provoked religious and ethnic disputes, banned political parties, severely suppressed patriots, and at the same time forced Syrians to learn French, and some areas banned the study of Arabic, French capital controlled the lifeblood of Syria's national economy, squeezed a lot of profits, led to a decline in production, and the people's livelihood withered, The Syrian people waged a heroic struggle against the French colonizers, and armed uprisings continued in various places, especially the national uprising led by Atrash and Abdur Rahman Shahbander in 1925~1927, which dealt a heavy blow to the French rulers, in order to alleviate the anti-French struggle of the Syrian people, the French rulers repeatedly played deceptive tricks such as recognizing Syrian independence, implementing the constitution, and establishing an autonomous government, such as the "Franco-Syrian Treaty" signed in 1936, In 1939, France took advantage of the tension that was about to break out in World War II, abolished the constitution, and restored military rule over Syria, in 1940 the French Vichy government surrendered, Syria and Lebanon were controlled by Germany, in June ~ July 1941, the British army and the troops of the Free France entered Syria and Lebanon, driving out the fascist forces, in September, the commander-in-chief of the French army, G. Catroux, declared the independence of Syria,
In July 1943, Syria restored the constitution, held parliamentary elections, and established its own government, at present, Syria's strength is still quite strong, at least with an independent army and government, Israel wantonly expelled Palestinians, most of the expelled people fled to Syria, making Syrian society unstable because of the displacement and lack of food, and the revanchists also took the opportunity to stir up trouble,
The Syrian government has recruited young and middle-aged people from the displaced people to form a compound to prepare for an attack on Israel, but Syria's own army lacks weapons, and these people's weapons are even more unsightly.
These people are concentrated in the Syrian Golan Heights and in Lebanon, which, needless to say, has been shamelessly sold to Israel by the British, and if they do not agree, they will only be reduced to exiles from the country.
The Golan Heights borders with Israel, condescendingly, is a strategic point in the southwest border of Syria, it can overlook the Galilee Valley of Israel, the highlands are crisscrossed by roads, the city of Quneitra is an important town on the highlands, there are roads leading to the capital Damascus,
Syria intends to attack Israel directly from Lebanon and the Golan Heights, and Ben-Gurion has also seen Syria's intentions, and he is now actively preparing for war.
However, there is also bad news for Israel, that is, Tu, which has expelled the British, French and Greek armies, and is willing to send troops to war.
Ben-Gurion can not be afraid of any opponent, but he still has a sense of reverence for this country that has always been independent, and even the old imperialist countries such as Britain and France have nothing to do with him.