The Hebrew Insurgency
Years of armed resistance by four interlinked Zionist militia groups helped end British rule in Palestine, but led to a bitter civil war between Jews and Arabs.
In the years between 1945 and the formation of the State of Israel in 1948, the British struggled to rule Palestine. At the centre of their problems were four highly active Zionist insurgent groups: Haganah and the Palmach, Irgun and Lehi.
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