![A British recruitment poster encourages Jews in Palestine to enlist in the Jewish Brigade group. [LCID: 08346]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/c7650c7d-a90e-4e7f-b1e3-1b113558db76.jpg "A British recruitment poster encourages Jews in Palestine to enlist in the Jewish Brigade group. [LCID: 08346]")
A British recruitment poster encourages Jews in Palestine to enlist in the Jewish Brigade Group. Palestine, January 1945.
The Jewish Brigade Group of the British army, which fought under the Zionist flag, was formally established in September 1944. It included more than 5,000 Jewish volunteers from Palestine organized into three infantry battalions and several supporting units.
Item View![The 3-inch-mortar crew of the British army's Jewish Brigade Group, composed of volunteers from Palestine, fires on German positions ... [LCID: 40353]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/890085a8-c484-4184-820a-75918884031c.jpg "The 3-inch-mortar crew of the British army's Jewish Brigade Group, composed of volunteers from Palestine, fires on German positions ... [LCID: 40353]")
The 3-inch-mortar crew of the British army's Jewish Brigade Group, composed of volunteers from Palestine, fires on German positions during the final Allied offensive in Italy, March 30, 1945.
Item View![Members of the Jewish Brigade Group move to take up positions during the final Allied offensive in Italy. [LCID: 40280]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/558f70d3-6d51-4db6-a71c-b4ea61cf48ef.jpg "Members of the Jewish Brigade Group move to take up positions during the final Allied offensive in Italy. [LCID: 40280]")
Members of the Jewish Brigade Group move to take up positions during the final Allied offensive in Italy. Italy, March 28, 1945.
Item View![Members of the Jewish Brigade Group prepare for the final Allied offensive in Italy. [LCID: 40347]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/f7320e66-cfad-4b71-9e8f-aa0794ef8c2a.jpg "Members of the Jewish Brigade Group prepare for the final Allied offensive in Italy. [LCID: 40347]")
Members of the Jewish Brigade Group prepare for the final Allied offensive in Italy. March 28, 1945.
Item View![Soldiers and vehicles of the Jewish Brigade, which participated in the final Allied offensive in Italy. [LCID: 40344]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/c1f7a4ba-b004-4d95-bcd9-052229a63f0b.jpg "Soldiers and vehicles of the Jewish Brigade, which participated in the final Allied offensive in Italy. [LCID: 40344]")
Soldiers and vehicles of the Jewish Brigade Group, which participated in the final Allied offensive in Italy. Italy, March 24, 1945.
Item View![Soldiers from the British army's Palestine Buffs Regiment, composed of volunteers from Palestine, at anti-aircraft exercises. [LCID: 69234]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/c12ede59-bccd-4b55-9b9c-783aadf8eb17.jpg "Soldiers from the British army's Palestine Buffs Regiment, composed of volunteers from Palestine, at anti-aircraft exercises. [LCID: 69234]")
Soldiers from the British army's Palestine Buffs Regiment, composed of volunteers from Palestine, at anti-aircraft exercises. This regiment was a precursor to the Jewish Brigade Group. Palestine, October 14, 1944.
Item View![Members of the Jewish Brigade, an all-Jewish unit formed within the British army, in Tel Aviv. [LCID: 87455]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/9d85c9e3-95fe-4c33-ab94-27930fa09022.jpg "Members of the Jewish Brigade, an all-Jewish unit formed within the British army, in Tel Aviv. [LCID: 87455]")
Members of the Jewish Brigade, an all-Jewish unit formed within the British army, in Tel Aviv. Palestine, 1944.
Item View![Brigadier General Ernest Frank Benjamin, commanding officer of the Jewish Brigade, inspects the Second Battalion. [LCID: 87420]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/621ba571-a23a-46bb-9f9b-245b2dbbb17e.jpeg "Brigadier General Ernest Frank Benjamin, commanding officer of the Jewish Brigade, inspects the Second Battalion. [LCID: 87420]")
Brigadier Ernest Frank Benjamin, commanding officer of the Jewish Brigade, inspects the Second Battalion. Palestine, October 1944.
The Jewish Brigade Group of the British army, which fought under the Zionist flag, was formally established in September 1944. It included more than 5,000 Jewish volunteers from Palestine organized into three infantry battalions and several supporting units.
Item View![Members of the infantry battalion of the British army's Palestine Buffs Regiment at training. [LCID: 69235]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/c9f0a3ad-cb32-48e9-8531-4ccb0a7b2079.jpg "Members of the infantry battalion of the British army's Palestine Buffs Regiment at training. [LCID: 69235]")
Members of the infantry battalion of the British army's Palestine Buffs Regiment at training. This regiment, composed of Jewish volunteers from Palestine, was a precursor to the Jewish Brigade Group. Palestine, October 14, 1942.
Item View![In the British army recruitment office in Tel Aviv, an official pins the symbol of the volunteer Jewish Brigade onto the shirt of ... [LCID: 11165]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/56f364c5-9b75-4c8c-82e4-9501a647ef6a.jpg "In the British army recruitment office in Tel Aviv, an official pins the symbol of the volunteer Jewish Brigade onto the shirt of ... [LCID: 11165]")
In the British army recruitment office in Tel Aviv, an official pins the symbol of the volunteer Jewish Brigade onto the shirt of a new recruit. Tel Aviv, Palestine, 1940-1941.
Item View![A Jewish Brigade soldier with two members of "Kibbutz Buchenwald," a group of survivors from the Buchenwald concentration camp preparing ... [LCID: 02274]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/e43d64ee-c154-4f67-8495-094379f81e4e.jpeg "A Jewish Brigade soldier with two members of \"Kibbutz Buchenwald,\" a group of survivors from the Buchenwald concentration camp preparing ... [LCID: 02274]")
A Jewish Brigade soldier with two members of "Kibbutz Buchenwald." "Kibbutz Buchenwald" was a group of survivors from the Buchenwald concentration camp who were preparing for agricultural work in Palestine. Antwerp, Belgium, 1946.
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