Back عملية نحشون Arabic Operace Nachšon Czech Operation Nachschon German Operación Najshón Spanish عملیات نخشون FA Opération Nahshon French מבצע נחשון HE Operazione Nahshon Italian Operacja Nachszon Polish Операция «Нахшон» Russian
| Operation Nachshon | |
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| Part of the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine and the Plan Dalet | |
 Telegraph dated 5 April 1948, confirming the beginning of Operation Nachshon that same night. | |
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| Date | 5–16 April 1948 |
Operation Nachshon (Hebrew: מבצע נחשון, Mivtza Nahshon; 5–16 April 1948) was a military operation of the Haganah during the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine and part of Plan Dalet.[1] Its objective was to open the Tel Aviv – Jerusalem road blockaded by Palestinian Arabs, and furnish arms and supplies to the besieged Jewish community of Jerusalem.[1] The operation was also known as "The operation to take control of the Jerusalem road," following which participating units later broke off to form the Harel Brigade.[2] Following attempts to take control of the road to Jerusalem were unsuccessful and led to the construction of a makeshift bypass—Burma Road.
Nachshon was the first major Haganah operation and the first step of Plan Dalet.[3][4][5][6][7] The Deir Yassin massacre was conducted as a part of the operation.[8] Operation Nachshon was carried out by the Haganah's Givati and what was later to be known as the Harel Brigade of the Palmach.
- ^ a b Khalidi, Walid (1 October 1988). "Plan Dalet: Master Plan for the Conquest of Palestine". Journal of Palestine Studies. 18 (1): 4–19. doi:10.2307/2537591. ISSN 0377-919X. JSTOR 2537591.
- ^ Yosef Tabenkin, The Turning Point in the War of Independence (המפנה במלחמת העצמאות), Yad Tabenkin: Efal 1989, p. 123 [Hebrew]
- ^ David Tal (2004). War in Palestine, 1948: strategy and diplomacy. Psychology Press. pp. 165–. ISBN 9780203499542.
- ^ Benny Morris. The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Benny Morris, Cambridge University Press, pg 155.
- ^ Yehoshafat Harkabi (June 1974). Arab attitudes to Israel. John Wiley and Sons. pp. 366–. ISBN 978-0-470-35203-8. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
- ^ MidEast Web, Plan Daleth (Plan D)
- ^ Yoav Gelber (January 2006). Palestine, 1948: war, escape and the emergence of the Palestinian refugee problem. Sussex Academic Press. pp. 98–. ISBN 978-1-84519-075-0. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ^ Benny Morris, Righteous Victims - "The most important event during Operation Nahshon was probably the conquest by the IZL and LHI, assisted by the Haganah, of the village of Deir Yassin"