The War Arrives in the Middle East and Palestine
On 3 September 1939, at the outbreak of what became known as the Second World War, the officer commanding British forces in Palestine, Lieutenant-General Michael Barker, declined a Jewish Agency offer to enlist fifty thousand people for defence and to fight against a revived Arab rebellion in the ev...
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| Published in | Palestine in the Second World War p. 14 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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United Kingdom
Liverpool University Press
15.02.2014
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | On 3 September 1939, at the outbreak of what became known as the Second World War, the officer commanding British forces in Palestine, Lieutenant-General Michael Barker, declined a Jewish Agency offer to enlist fifty thousand people for defence and to fight against a revived Arab rebellion in the event that British forces withdrew from the region. Barker demonstrated on a map to the Agency’s representatives that Palestine was “surrounded by friendly countries” and therefore could expect no external threat, while the establishment of such a force would only upset the Arabs and augment their hostility towards Britain. However, the spring |
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| ISBN: | 1845195264 9781845195267 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/j.ctv333ksn6.7 |