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The Sergeants affair (Hebrew: פרשת הסרג'נטים) was an incident that took place in July 1947 during Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine, in which the Jewish underground group Irgun abducted two British Army Intelligence Corps NCOs, Sergeant Clifford Martin and Sergeant Mervyn Paice, and threatened to hang them if the death sentences passed on three Irgun militants—Avshalom ...
12 November – The Murder of the Lehi Youth: Acting on a tip from the Shubaki family, the British raid a house where Lehi youth are conducting a training exercise. Three girls and two boys ages 16-18 are killed while trying to escape. 16 November – The United Kingdom begins withdrawing its army troops from Palestine. [citation needed]
Associated events Jewish Revolt 1940-1948, Palestine, Second World War; Associated themes British Forces in the Middle East and Mediterranean post-1945, Airborne Forces, British Army 1945-2000, Palestine 1945-1948, Terrorism
British Army, East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own), 2nd Battalion; Associated events Jewish Revolt 1940-1948, Palestine, Second World War; Associated themes British Forces in the Middle East and Mediterranean post-1945, British Army 1945-2000, Palestine 1945-1948, Terrorism; Associated keywords Training, Terrorism; Category
Associated places Jerusalem, Palestine; Associated events Jewish Revolt 1940-1948, Palestine, Second World War; Associated themes British Forces in the Middle East and Mediterranean post-1945, Palestine 1945-1948, Terrorism
English: British Forces in the Middle East, 1945-1947 Brigadier Johnson, who commanded 'Operation Polly' (the evacuation of all non-essential personnel from Palestine) has a word with an evacuee who is about to leave Lydda station on the last evacuation train for Egypt.
The explosion of a second bomb at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. The hotel housed the Military headquarters for all armed forces in Palestine as well as the offices of the Palestine Government. The attack on the hotel was the biggest blow struck against British rule in Palestine by fighters of the Jewish 'Irgun' organisation.
Irgun men disguised as British soldiers. The break-out was originally planned for April, but was eventually rescheduled for Sunday, May 4, 1947, at 4 p.m., the day the United Nations General Assembly convened to discuss the Palestine issue. The Irgun High Command selected 41 prisoners for escape: 30 Irgun and 11 Lehi, as that was the available ...