Eastern Mediterranean, 15 May 1948: End of Mandatory Palestine
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Political map of the Eastern Mediterranean on 15 May 1948 (The Arab–Israeli Wars: End of Mandatory Palestine), showing the following events: Truman Doctrine; Partition of India; UN Partition Plan for Palestine; Civil war in Mandatory Palestine; Al-Wathbah uprising; Israeli Declaration of Independence; End of Mandatory Palestine; Outbreak of Arab-Israeli War.

Kingdom of
E g y p t

I t a l i a n
Republic

Kingdom of
S a u d i
A r a b i a

Republic of
T u r k e y

L i b y a(Br/Fr adm.)

Kingdom of
G r e e c e

S y r i a n
Republic

People’s Republic of
Bulgaria(Sov. sat.)

Kingdom
of
Iraq

State of
Israel

People’s
Rep. of
Albania(Yug. sat.)

Hashemite
Kingdom of
Transjordan

Lebanese
Republic

Federal
People’s
Republic
of
Yugo-
slavia

Cyrenaica(Br. adm.)

Tripolitania(Br. adm.)

Fezzan(Fr. adm.)

Palestine(divided)

Greek

Communists

Suez
Canal
Zone(Br. adm.)

Palestinian Arabs

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