National Military Organization

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The National Military Organization, better known as the Irgun, was a Zionist paramilitary group that operated in Mandatory Palestine from the 1930s to 1948 and played a significant role in the struggle for the establishment of the State of Israel.

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Label Occurrences
National Military Organization canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Zionist organization
paramilitary organization
underground movement
activeFrom 1931
activeUntil 1948
countryOfOperation Mandatory Palestine
disarmedUnder authority of the Provisional Government of Israel
dissolvedIn 1948
foundedInPeriod 1930s
goal end of British rule in Palestine
establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine
hasAbbreviation Etzel
hasName Irgun
Irgun
surface form: Irgun Zvai Leumi
hasNameInHebrew Związek Walki Zbrojnej
surface form: ארגון צבאי לאומי
headquartersLocation Tel Aviv
historicalRole played a significant role in the struggle for the establishment of the State of Israel
ideology Revisionist Zionism
influenced Herut
surface form: Herut party

Israeli right-wing politics
languageOfOrganization Hebrew
leader Menachem Begin
mergedInto Israel Defense Forces
notableEvent Altalena Affair
notableLeader Avraham Stern
David Raziel
Menachem Begin
notableOperation Acre Prison break
King David Hotel bombing
Sergeants affair
operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
opposedBy Palestinian militant groups
surface form: Arab Palestinian militias

British Army
British authorities in Mandatory Palestine
surface form: British Mandate authorities
participatedIn Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine
partOf Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine
politicalAlignment right-wing Zionism
predecessor Haganah
recognizedAs terrorist organization by British authorities
relationshipWithOtherGroup conflicted at times with Haganah
cooperated at times with Haganah
had tense relations with Lehi
splitFrom Haganah
successor Herut
Israel Defense Forces
usedTactics assassinations
bombings
guerrilla warfare
sabotage

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Irgun alsoKnownAs National Military Organization
Etzel hasAlias National Military Organization