Facts : 1 Post World War II Haganah members in training (1947) Haganah Ship Jewish State at Haifa Port (1947) Haganah troops on parade The Saison officially ended when the Haganah, Irgun and the Lehi formed the Jewish Resistance Movement, in 1945 Facts : 2 Within this new framework, the three groups agreed to operate under a joint command Facts : 3 They had different functions, which served to drive the British out of Palestine and create a Jewish state Facts : 4 The Haganah was less active in the Jewish Rebellion than the other two groups, but the Palmach did carry out anti-British operations, including a raid on the Atlit detainee camp that released 208 illegal immigrants, the Night of the Trains, the Night of the Bridges, and attacks on Palestine Police bases Facts : 5 The Haganah withdrew on 1 July 1946, but remained permanently unco-operative with the British authorities Facts : 6 It continued to organize illegal Jewish immigration as part of the Aliyah Bet program, in which ships carrying illegal immigrants attempted to breach the British blockade of Palestine and land illegal immigrants on the shore (most were intercepted by the Royal Navy), and the Palmach performed operations against the British to support the illegal immigration program Facts : 7 The Palmach repeatedly bombed British radar stations being used to track illegal immigrant ships, and sabotaged British ships being used to deport illegal immigrants, as well as two British landing and patrol craft Facts : 8 The Palmach performed a single assassination operation in which a British official who had been judged to be excessively cruel to Jewish prisoners was shot dead Facts : 9 Following the expulsion of the residents of the Jewish settlement of Birya for illegal weapons possession, thousands of Jewish youth organized by the Haganah marched to the site and rebuilt the settlement Facts : 10 They were expelled by British shortly afterward while showing passive resistance, but after they returned a third time, the British backed off and allowed them to remain Facts : 11 In addition to its operations, the Haganah continued to secretly prepare for a war with the Arabs once the British left by building up its arms and munitions stocks Facts : 12 It maintained a secret arms industry, with the most significant facility being an underground bullet factory underneath Ayalon, a kibbutz that had been established specifically to cover it up Facts : 13 British estimates of the Haganah s strength at this
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