16 jun 1946 ano - Night of the Bridges

Descrição:

Operation Markolet's aim was to destroy eleven bridges linking Mandatory Palestine to the neighboring countries Lebanon, Syria, Transjordan and Egypt, in order to suspend the transportation routes used by the British Army. Attacks on a further three bridges had been considered, but were not executed. Only one operation failed: the Palmach suffered 14 killed and 5 injured at the Nahal Akhziv bridges. The other operations succeeded without injuries.
To disguise and protect the real operations and to confuse the British forces, around 50 diversionary operations and ambushes were carried out throughout the country on the same night. The confusion also allowed the Palmach members to escape more easily after completion of the operations. Amount of dead or injured britons unspecified.

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