National Military Organization

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The National Military Organization, better known as the Irgun, was a Zionist paramilitary group that operated in Mandatory Palestine from the 1930s to 1948 and played a significant role in the struggle for the establishment of the State of Israel.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
National Military Organization canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Zionist organization ⓘ
paramilitary organization ⓘ
underground movement ⓘ
activeFrom 1931 ⓘ
activeUntil 1948 ⓘ
countryOfOperation Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
disarmedUnder authority of the Provisional Government of Israel ⓘ
dissolvedIn 1948 ⓘ
foundedInPeriod 1930s ⓘ
goal end of British rule in Palestine ⓘ
establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine ⓘ
hasAbbreviation Etzel ⓘ
hasName Irgun ⓘ
Irgun Zvai Leumi ⓘ
linked to: Irgun
hasNameInHebrew ארגון צבאי לאומי ⓘ
headquartersLocation Tel Aviv ⓘ
historicalRole played a significant role in the struggle for the establishment of the State of Israel ⓘ
ideology Revisionist Zionism ⓘ
influenced Herut party ⓘ
linked to: Herut

Israeli right-wing politics ⓘ
languageOfOrganization Hebrew ⓘ
leader Menachem Begin ⓘ
mergedInto Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
notableEvent Altalena Affair ⓘ
notableLeader Avraham Stern ⓘ
David Raziel ⓘ
Menachem Begin ⓘ
notableOperation Acre Prison break ⓘ
King David Hotel bombing ⓘ
Sergeants affair ⓘ
operatedIn Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
opposedBy Arab Palestinian militias ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
British Mandate authorities ⓘ
participatedIn Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
partOf Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
politicalAlignment right-wing Zionism ⓘ
predecessor Haganah ⓘ
recognizedAs terrorist organization by British authorities ⓘ
relationshipWithOtherGroup conflicted at times with Haganah ⓘ
cooperated at times with Haganah ⓘ
had tense relations with Lehi ⓘ
splitFrom Haganah ⓘ
successor Herut ⓘ
Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
usedTactics assassinations ⓘ
bombings ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
sabotage ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Irgun → alsoKnownAs → National Military Organization ⓘ
Etzel → hasAlias → National Military Organization ⓘ