Jewish Brigade

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The Jewish Brigade was a military formation of Jewish volunteers from Mandatory Palestine that fought under British command during World War II, notably in the Italian campaign.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf infantry brigade ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
activePeriodEnd 1946 ⓘ
activePeriodStart 1944 ⓘ
allegiance British Army ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jewish Infantry Brigade Group ⓘ
associatedWith Yishuv ⓘ
Zionist movement ⓘ
linked to: Zionism
branch British Army ⓘ
commander Brigadier Ernest F. Benjamin ⓘ
Ernest Benjamin ⓘ
commemoratedBy Yad Vashem exhibitions ⓘ
memorials in Israel ⓘ
componentUnit Jewish Infantry Brigade Group ⓘ
composedOf Jewish volunteers from Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
conflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateFormed 1944 ⓘ
disbanded 1946 ⓘ
ethnicComposition Jews ⓘ
formedBy British War Office ⓘ
linked to: War Office

United Kingdom ⓘ
garrison Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
insignia Star of David on a blue and white flag ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
notableEngagement fighting on the Senio River ⓘ
offensive in northern Italy 1945 ⓘ
notableFor being the only all-Jewish formation in the British Army during World War II ⓘ
involvement in Bricha (illegal immigration) activities after World War II ⓘ
participation in the Italian campaign ⓘ
postwar assistance to Holocaust survivors ⓘ
use of a Jewish national flag as unit emblem ⓘ
operationalStatus disbanded ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
Eighth Army ⓘ
primaryWeapon Bren light machine gun ⓘ
Lee–Enfield rifle ⓘ
recruitmentArea Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
religiousComposition Judaism ⓘ
role frontline combat unit ⓘ
infantry operations ⓘ
size approximately 5,000 soldiers ⓘ
three infantry battalions ⓘ
subordinateTo 15th Army Group ⓘ
Eighth Army ⓘ
successor Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
symbol flag with Star of David ⓘ
theatreOfOperations European theatre of World War II ⓘ
Italian campaign ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

15th Army Group → subordinateUnit → Jewish Brigade ⓘ
Palestine Regiment → successor → Jewish Brigade Group ⓘ
linked to: Jewish Brigade
Jewish Battalions → influenced → Jewish Brigade (World War II) ⓘ
linked to: Jewish Brigade
Yehuda Amichai → militaryService → Jewish Brigade ⓘ
Hans Jonas → servedIn → Jewish Brigade ⓘ
Ernest Benjamin → militaryCommand → Jewish Brigade ⓘ
Ernest F. Benjamin → militaryUnitCommanded → Jewish Brigade ⓘ
subject linked to: Brigadier Ernest F. Benjamin