Mandatory Palestine Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Mobilisation==== [[File:JB HQ.jpg|thumb|[[Jewish Brigade]] headquarters under the [[Union Flag]] and [[Flag of Israel|Jewish flag]]]] On 3 July 1944, the British government consented to the establishment of a [[Jewish Brigade]] within the [[British Army]], with hand-picked Jewish and also non-Jewish senior officers. On 20 September 1944, an official communiqué by the [[War Office]] announced the formation of the Jewish Brigade Group of the British Army. The Jewish Brigade then was stationed in [[Tarvisio]], near the border triangle of Italy, [[Yugoslavia]], and Austria, where it played a key role in the [[Berihah]]'s efforts to help Jews escape Europe for Palestine, a role many of its members would continue after the brigade was disbanded. Among its projects was the education and care of the [[Selvino children]]. Later, veterans of the Jewish Brigade were to play a major role in the foundation of the [[Israel Defense Forces]] (IDF). From the Palestine Regiment, two platoons, one Jewish, under the command of [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier]] [[Ernest Benjamin]], and another Arab, were sent to join Allied forces on the [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italian Front]], having taken part in the [[Spring 1945 offensive in Italy|final offensive]] there. Besides Jews and Arabs from Palestine, in total by mid-1944 the British had assembled a multiethnic force consisting of volunteer European Jewish refugees (from German-occupied countries), [[Yemenite Jews]] and [[Beta Israel|Abyssinian Jews]].<ref>Corrigan, Gordon. ''The Second World War'' Thomas Dunne Books, 2011 {{ISBN|978-0-312-57709-4}} p. 523, last paragraph</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page