- EGYPT:
- Countrywide revolution by Egyptians and Sudanese against British occupation in 1919, after British exiled nationalist leader Saad Zaghlul and other members of party. Widespread civil disobedience. Attacks on British military bases, civilian facilities and personnel, in which villages were burnt and railways destroyed. 800 Egyptians killed and 1600 wounded.
- Milner report granted Egypt independence in 1922 but relations remained strained as Egypt failed to recognise full Egyptian sovereignty or to withdraw its forces. 1936 treaty did not even allow forces to be withdrawn.
- PALESTINE:
- Tensions with Jews escalated as they formed the Haganah, an underground militia that became the national army of Israel and the Stern Gang, which waged open war on both British and Arabs.
By 1945, open conflict occurring and in 1947, Britain handed Palestine back.