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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine Part of the intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine and the decolonisation of Asia Palestine Railway K class 2-8-4T steam locomotive and freight train derailed from the Jaffa and Jerusalem line after being sabotaged by Jewish insurgents in 1946 Date 1 ...
The Jewish Infantry Brigade Group, [1] more commonly known as the Jewish Brigade Group [2] or Jewish Brigade, [3] was a military formation of the British Army in the Second World War. It was formed in late 1944 [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and was recruited among Yishuv Jews from Mandatory Palestine and commanded by Anglo-Jewish officers.
5 5 Arabs were killed by a bomb at the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem. [21] [22] N/A June 19, 1939 20 20 Arabs were killed by explosives mounted on a donkey at a marketplace in Haifa. [21] [23] Italian Bombing of Tel Aviv: September 9, 1940 137 130 Jews and 7 Arabs killed in a bombing run. [24] N/A November 1, 1945 4 5 locomotives destroyed in Lydda ...
30 August – Sir John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort assumes office as the High Commissioner of Palestine. 20 September – World War II: The Jewish Brigade group of the British Army is established. [1] 19 October – Irgun and Lehi members are deported by the Mandate authorities to internment camps in Africa.
The Night of the Bridges (formally Operation Markolet) was a Haganah venture on the night of 16 to 17 June 1946 in the British Mandate of Palestine, as part of the Jewish insurgency in Palestine (1944–47).
This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. 1944 disestablishments in Mandatory Palestine (2 P) 1944 establishments in Mandatory Palestine (12 P)
Until its reformation in 1944, the Palestine Regiment consisted of Jews and Palestinian Arabs, recruited from Mandatory Palestine. From 1944, the Jewish military subunits of Palestine Regiment became the basis to form the larger Jewish Brigade, which took part in World War II effort of the Allies in Europe.
The Palmach (Hebrew: פלמ״ח , acronym for פלוגות מחץ , Plugot Maḥatz, "Strike Companies") was the elite combined strike forces and sayeret unit of the Haganah, the underground army of the Yishuv (Jewish community) during the period of the British Mandate for Palestine. The Palmach was established in May 1941.