The protocols remained unratified .
Charles Huntziger , the Vichy Minister of War , sent orders to Henri Dentz , the High Commissioner for the Levant , to allow aircraft of the German Luftwaffe and Italian Regia Aeronautica to refuel in Syria .
The protocols remained unratified , but Charles Huntziger , the Vichy Minister of War , sent orders to Henri Dentz , the High Commissioner for the Levant , to allow aircraft of the German Luftwaffe and Italian Regia Aeronautica to refuel in Syria .