<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon" id="mwow" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a> gains independence from France, nearly two years after it was first announced by the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_French" id="mwpA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Free French">Free French</a> government.<sup about="#mwt92" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-17"}}' id="cite_ref-17" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./November_22#cite_note-17" id="mwpQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 17;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwpg">[17]</span></a></sup>
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