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1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine

BelligerentsUnited KingdomBritish Armed ForcesSpecial Night SquadsMandatory PalestinePalestine Police ForceJewish Settlement PoliceJewish Supernumerary PoliceNDF(from 1937)Arab "peace bands"Jewish National CouncilHaganahPoshPeulot MeyuhadotIrgunArab Higher Committee (1936–October 1937)Local rebel factions (fasa'il)Volunteers from Arab worldCentral Committee of National Jihad in Palestine(October 1937 – 1939)Bureau of the Arab Revolt in Palestine (late 1938 – 1939)Society for the Defense of PalestineCommanders and leaders General Arthur Grenfell WauchopeHigh Commissioner and Commander-in-chief(1932–1938) Sir Harold MacMichael, High Commissioner(1938–1944) Lt.-General John Dill, GOC(1936–1937) Lt.-General Archibald Wavell, GOC (1937–1938) Lt.-General Robert Haining, GOC (1938–1939) Major-General Bernard Montgomery; Commander, 8th Infantry Div.(1938–1939)Air CommodoreRoderic Hill; AOC, Palestine and Transjordan (1936–1938) Air Commodore Arthur Harris; AOC, Palestine and Transjordan(1938–1939)AdmiralDudley Pound; Commander-in-Chief, British (1936–1939)Political leadership:Raghib al-Nashashibi(from 1937)Eliyahu GolombZe'ev JabotinskyPolitical leadership:Mohammed Amin al-Husayni(exiled)Raghib al-Nashashibi(defected)Izzat Darwaza(exiled)Local rebel commanders: Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad(General Commander)†Arif Abd al-Raziq Regional Commander (exiled)Abu Ibrahim al-Kabir(Regional Commander)Yusuf Abu Durra(Regional Commander)(defected)Abdallah al-Asbah†Issa Battat††Yusuf Hamdan†Ahmad Mohamad Hasan†Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni(exiled)††Ibrahim Nassar†Farhan al-Sa'diHasan SalamaArab volunteer commanders: Fawzi al-Qawuqji(expelled)Sa'id al-'As†Muhammad al-AshmarStrength 25,000–50,000 British soldiers20,000 Jewish policemen, supernumeraries and settlement guards15,000 Haganah fighters2,883 Palestine Police Force officers (1936)2,000 Irgun militants 1,000–3,000 (1936–37)2,500–7,500 (plus an additional 6,000–15,000 part-timers) (1938)Casualties and lossesBritish Security Forces:262 killedc.

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