Grandma's army

WORLD WAR II – AN UNTOLD STORY Another of the great untold stories has to do with the countless heroic Jews who served in the U.S., British and Russian militaries during the  War. These soldiers’ vital contributions to the Allied war effort remain buried, partly due to a generally accepted myth that Jews were overwhelmingly victims during the Holocaust.  It was believed that only in Israel were there tough, strong, fighting Jews. But there are other, perhaps biased, reasons that these stories have not yet come to light. The tale of an extraordinary, little-known unit, known as X Troop, is a case in point. In 1942,the Germans seemed to be unstoppable in Europe. Desperate to change the course of the war, Winston Churchill and his Chief of Combined Operations decided to create a commando unit of Jewish refugees. Many of them were in concentration camps before their escape to the U.K., and most had lost their families to the Nazis. They came from Germany and Austria as teen...

  THE ORIGINS OF GRANDMA’S ARMY – IV News of the Nazis' plan to conquer the Middle East spread rapidly as France, which controlled Lebanon and Syria, came under pro-Nazi Vichy's rule, and German General Rommel made his way through North Africa's shores to the Suez Canal.   Th is resulted in the establishment of the  Palmach , the Haganah's official military branch. The Palmach   was created as a force to protect and defend the Jewish people in Israel, in the event of a Nazi invasion. It was an integral part of the Haganah . Every Palmach member was loyal to the Haganah as well.                                                                                                   ...