Category
page 1Yishuv during World War II
Menachem Begin
Israeli politician and former Prime Minister (1913–1992)
Mandatory Palestine
League of Nations Mandate in the Middle East under British administration (1920–1948)
Palmach
The Palmach (Hebrew: , acronym for , Plugot Maḥatz, "Strike Phalanges/Companies") was the elite combined strike forces and sayeret unit of the Haganah, the main paramilitary organization of the Yishuv (pre-1948 Jewish community in Palestine) during the period of the British Mandate. The Palmach was established in May 1941. By the outbreak of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, it consisted of over 2,000 men and women in three fighting brigades and auxiliary aerial, naval and intelligence units. With the creation of Israel's army, the three Palmach Brigades were disbanded. This and political reasons com
Jewish Agency for Israel
Zionist non-profit organization (1929-)
Avraham Stern
Jewish paramilitary leader and founder of Lehi (1907-1942)
Jewish Brigade
Jewish military unit of the British army
Aliyah Bet
Illegal immigration by Jews to Mandatory Palestine in the 1930s and 1940s
Eliyahu Golomb
Israeli activist (1893-1945)
David Raziel
One of the founder of Irgun (1910–1941)
Tower and stockade
Settlement method used by Zionist settlers in Mandatory Palestine
200 days of dread
WW2 event in British Palestine