Three categories of mandates (A, B and C) were devised for those territories “according to the stage of their development” (Art. 22 of the Covenant of the League). Class A comprised territories that were formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and were sufficiently advanced for their independence to be “provisionally recognized.” It was subject to the administrative advice and assistance of the Mandatory, “until such time as they were able to stand alone.” Except Iraq (Mandatory—Great Britain), which achieved early independence, all the territories under this category—Palestine and Transjordan (Mandatory—Great Britain), Syria and Lebanon (Mandatory—France) became independent only after the Second World War. Therefore, the correct option is C.