Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills
Page created 1 September 2000. Corrected and updated 31.07.2004
Arab-Israeli War, 1948
and
Israel War of Independence, 1945-48
  Causes
  Chronology
  Results
  Forces & Casualties
  Commanders
  Battles & Battle Honours
  Order of  Battle
  Campaign Medals
  Societies, Forums, Re-Enactors
  Museums & Memorials
  Bibliography  
  External Links
 
   Causes

     

   Chronology (except battles, which see below)
 
 
 
   Results

     

   Forces and Casualties
 
peak forces
total forces
total dead
KIA
NCD
civilian dead
WIA
PW-MIA
Britain    
223
478
 
  subtotal                
           
  TOTAL          
                   
  • Death Toll, by Matthew White (Historical Atlas of the 20th Century)
   Commanders
 
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   Battles & Battle Honours
Index of Battle Honours
 
Date Battles
(Battle Honours are shown in
bold face)
Regiments
(regiments awarded Battle Honours are shown in bold face)
Note:  No British battle honours were awarded.
signifies clasp to campaign medal.
1945 Sep. 27-
   1948 June 30
Palestine 1945-48
 
   
 
   Order of Battle (Regiments & Formations)
Introduction to Regiments
   Medals
 
 
   Societies, Forums & Re-Enactors
   Museums & Memorials
   Bibliography
How to Find Books
  Books:
 
     
  Films:
Exodus (1960), details by Internet Movie Database.
Judith (1966), details by Internet Movie Database.
Cast a Giant Shadow (1966), details by Internet Movie Database.
 
 
   External Links