Военная история / The Jewish Brigade: An Army With Two Masters 1944-1945

Название: The Jewish Brigade: An Army With Two Masters 1944-1945
Автор: BECKMAN, Maurice
Издательство: Spellmount Limited
Год: 1998
Страниц: 189
Формат: djvu
Размер: 15.4 MB
Язык: английский

Formed in 1944 as part of the British Army, the Jewish Infantry Brigade fought with distinction in Italy. It was the first all-Jewish 'army' and knowledge of its existence and its role in defeating the Nazis gave an immense boost to Jews everywhere.

But the Brigade's political masters were in Palestine, not Whitehall, and as the Second World War ended so their own agenda revealed itself. Brigaders assisted thousands of refugees to reach Palestine, then under British blockade. They also trained them in tactics and the use of weapons.

Meanwhile, in secret and without official sanction, their 'revenge squads' travelled the length and breadth of Europe hunting down and killing high-ranking Nazis. Finally, the Brigade was the template for the future Israeli Defence Force based on the British model and Brigade members were to provide no fewer than 35 of its future generals.