The Jewish Brigade in the British Army and Jewish units during World War II

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Includes 16 full-color pages, with many b/w illustrations and maps. Italian text, but English captions to images. All color plates have full English translations.

During the Second World War, no less than 35,000 Jews from Palestine, then under British mandate, served in the British army as volunteers. Towards the end of the war, in September 1944, was created a Jewish Brigade fighter, that servants' on the Italian front. Meanwhile, volunteers from Mandatory Palestine Jews served in the most 'diverse units' of the British Army, in foreign non-combatants as the pioneers (Army Pioneer Corps), transport (Royal Army Service Corps), genius (Royal Engineers), and units' fighters as artillery (Royal Artillery), aviation
(Royal Air Force) and Navy (Royal Navy), and of course the health '(Royal Army Medical
Corps).

No fewer than 3,500 women served as auxiliaries in the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) in various tasks. Volunteers Jews of Palestine were present in all theaters of war in which they fight, 'the British Army from France in 1940, Greece and Crete in 1941, the deserts of Egypt and Cyrenaica from 1940 until 1943, Ethiopia in 1941, Sicily and Italy from 1943 to 1945. Several doctors were found to operate in India, and some pilots flew combat missions against the Japanese in Burma. In addition, various special units were created, including the 51 Commando, the Special Interrogation Group (SIG), acting over the lines Afrika Korps, and various paratroopers acted on behalf of the Special Operations Executive in the Balkans, Italy, and several countries in Central Europe.