Question

two countries that were held by Britain after first world war under a mandate from the League of Nations

Answer 1

The Mandate System was an attempt to stop the cycle of war and fighting over conquered land by appropriating the land of the collapsed Ottoman Empire and the colonies of Germany. The idea was that there were different types of territories: those that were close to independence, those near-to-far to independence, and those with virtually no hope of self-determination. These territories would be guided by a larger, established state. In practice, the Mandate System devolved into internationally-sanctioned colonialism.