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Yishuv Paratroopers 1943
British-trained paratroopers from the Haganah pose for a group photo before one of their missions to Europe in 1943. Almost all parachutists were recent Jewish immigrants from Central and Eastern Europe, intimately familiar with the culture and fluent in the languages of the countries they were tasked to operate in. Hannah Szenes exists as the most famous name among the participants, but thirty six other soldiers also dropped behind enemy lines to provide military reconnaissance, rescue allied personnel, and aid local Jewish communities. The majority of these volunteers did not return home.
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