单词 | palmach |
释义 | Palmachn. Now historical. A commando force of the Haganah, created in 1941 and incorporated into the Israeli national army in 1948. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > bands of guerrillas spec. > [noun] Chouan1794 mujahidin1887 White Army1918 Palmach1943 maquis1944 Huk1947 Min Yuen1951 fedayeen1955 Viet Cong1957 VC1964 Victor Charlie1966 1943 Times 28 Sept. 3/4 Cross-examination by the prosecution brought out information about alleged illegal Jewish military defence organizations called the ‘Hagana’ and the ‘Palmakh’. 1948 Zionist Rev. 9 Apr. 6/1 Palmach is the striking arm of the Haganah. 1960 H. S. Agar Saving Remnant ix. 219 The Jews began the war with five thousand trained men: the Palmach, or shock companies of the Haganah. 1974 S. Schama Two Rothschilds & Land of Israel viii. 296 The Hagana..formed commando strike units of the Palmach to act as irregular partisans should it ever come to a German occupation. 1992 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 11 June 17/1 The Palmach was the most effective and professional branch of the Haganah, the Zionist underground military organization. 2000 M. Sicker Pangs of Messiah vii. 172 The ‘Season’, as the anti-Irgun operation was called, was to be carried out by volunteers from the Palmah and the Haganah's intelligence service. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1943 |
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