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PALESTINE — PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS OF HAGANAH AND IRGUN MILITARY ACTIVITY AGAINST THE BRITISH AND ARABS — Press photographs. 1946-1948.
Unusual images of the two major Jewish paramilitary units at the end of the British Mandate. Chronologically, the images start with Irgun's attack on the King David hotel in July 1946, ending mid-1948 with the Arab-Israeli war, and scenes of Haganah attacking Arab positions around Acre. In between are images of Acre Prison, scene of the Irgun attack on 4 May 1947 in which 28 Irgun prisoners and 214 Arab prisoners escaped through a hole blown in the prison wall; one of the scaling ladders is being inspected after the raid by British officers. Menachem Begin, leader of Irgun, later founder of Likud and sixth prime minister of Israel, is shown inspecting an Irgun parade in Jerusalem in August 1948. More parade photographs show Haganah troops under the Star of David flag, and Palmach Commando armoured-car crews, both taken in Jerusalem in 1948. Included are images of successful Jewish attacks on British military positions and personnel.
A group of 30 press photographs, dated 1946-1948, various sizes (largest approx. 205 x 255mm and smaller), most with typescript descriptions on versos, stamps and serial numbers of various American press agencies (a few images with some minor marginal creasing).
Unusual images of the two major Jewish paramilitary units at the end of the British Mandate. Chronologically, the images start with Irgun's attack on the King David hotel in July 1946, ending mid-1948 with the Arab-Israeli war, and scenes of Haganah attacking Arab positions around Acre. In between are images of Acre Prison, scene of the Irgun attack on 4 May 1947 in which 28 Irgun prisoners and 214 Arab prisoners escaped through a hole blown in the prison wall; one of the scaling ladders is being inspected after the raid by British officers. Menachem Begin, leader of Irgun, later founder of Likud and sixth prime minister of Israel, is shown inspecting an Irgun parade in Jerusalem in August 1948. More parade photographs show Haganah troops under the Star of David flag, and Palmach Commando armoured-car crews, both taken in Jerusalem in 1948. Included are images of successful Jewish attacks on British military positions and personnel.
A group of 30 press photographs, dated 1946-1948, various sizes (largest approx. 205 x 255mm and smaller), most with typescript descriptions on versos, stamps and serial numbers of various American press agencies (a few images with some minor marginal creasing).
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