BATTLE // April 21, 1948
Battle of Haifa
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Overview
The Battle of Haifa, also known as the Fall of Haifa, and called by the Jewish forces Operation Bi'ur Hametz, was a Haganah operation carried out on 21–22 April 1948 and a major event in the final stages of the civil war in Palestine, leading up to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
Overview adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Forces & casualties
Troop strength
- Haganah1,000medium
- Arab Higher Committee1,000medium
Both sides were near-evenly matched in numbers
Casualties
- Arab Higher Committee2,004medium200% loss rate
Commanders (2)
Haganah
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