Operation Nachshon

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The objective of Operation Nachshon (or Nahshon), an Israeli military operation in the 1947-1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine, was to open up the Jerusalem road that had been besieged by the Arabs.

It was named after the Biblical figure Nachshon Ben Aminadav who was the first to wade into the Red Sea when the Hebrews escaped from slavery in Egypt. The operation was commanded by Shimon Avidan. It was the first major Haganah operation.

Operation Nachshon began on April 2^[1], 1948 and lasted until April 20^[2]. 1500 men from the Guivati and Harel brigades took control of the road to Jerusalem^[3] and allowed 3 or 4 convoys to get to the city.^[4]

Contents 1 Brigades participating in Operation Nachshon 2 Notes 3 References 4 See also 5 External links and references

[edit] Brigades participating in Operation Nachshon

• Givati Brigade
• Harel Brigade

[edit] Notes

1. ^ First diversion attacks arose on Safarand on April 2. Qastel was first attacked April 3.
2. ^ Benny Morris (2003), p.234.
3. ^ Dominique Lapierre et Larry Collins (1971), p.372
4. ^ Benny Morris (2003), p.236 speaks of 3 resupply convoys but Lapierre and Collins (Dominique Lapierre et Larry Collins (1971), p.456) speak of a fourth convoy of 300 lorries that left Kfar Biou on the dawn of the 20th April

[edit] References

• Yoav Gelber, Palestine 1948, Sussex Academic Press, Brighton, 2006, ISBN 1845190750
• Efraïm Karsh, The Arab-Israeli Conflict - The Palestine War 1948, Osprey Publishing, 2002, ISBN 1841763721
• Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins, O Jérusalem, Robert Laffont, 1971, ISBN 2266106988
• Benny Morris, The Birth Of The Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, 2003, ISBN 0521009677

[edit] See also

• List of Israeli military operation in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war
• List of villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war

[edit] External links and references

• http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/History/Nachshon.html

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