The Jewish Brigade: An Army With Two Masters, 1944-45

by Beckman, Morris

• ISBN13: 9781885119568
• ISBN10: 1885119569
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Sarpedon Pub

Summary

Although over a million Jews were estimated to be fighting for the Allies by the middle of World War II, the British government (which controlled Palestine) refused to allow the formation of an independent Jewish unit. Finally, in the face of public pressure and horrific reports of the Holocaust, the Jewish Brigade was created in 1944. The Brigade fought against the Germans in Italy during the last year of the war, distinguishing itself in action, and gave Jews across the world pride at seeing, for the first time, soldiers fighting under the flag of the Star of David.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Foreword	viii
Edmund de Rothschild
List of Plates	ix
Prologue	x
Map of Northern Italy	xvi
Chapter One	1	(11)
Chapter Two	12	(11)
Chapter Three	23	(11)
Chapter Four	34	(8)
Chapter Five	42	(9)
Chapter Six	51	(10)
Chapter Seven	61	(13)
Chapter Eight	74	(11)
Chapter Nine	85	(11)
Chapter Ten	96	(11)
Chapter Eleven	107	(10)
Chapter Twelve	117	(11)
Chapter Thirteen	128	(11)
Chapter Fourteen	139	(10)
Appendix I Roll of Honour	149	(1)
Appendix II Awards won by Brigaders	149	(2)
Appendix III `To our fellow British soldiers!'	151	(2)
Appendix IV Registration for the Jewish Brigade Group	153	(2)
Appendix V Hebrew words of command	155	(2)
Index	157