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Haganah (Organization)

LC control no.n 80020612
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingHaganah (Organization)
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Variant(s)Haganah
Irgun ha-haganah
Munaẓẓamat al-Hāghanāh
Hāghanah̄ (Organization)
Munaẓẓamat al-Ḥajanāh
Ḥajanāh (Organization)
Hagganah (Organization)
הגנה
הגנה (ארגון)
הגנה־־מילונים, מפתחות וכו׳
ההגנה
Хагана (Organization)
Khagana (Organization)
ハガナー (Organization)
Haganā (Organization)
Га-Аґана (Organization)
Ha-Agana (Organization)
See alsoProduct of merger: Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel
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Other standard no.Q252054
129489454
Beginning date1920
Ending date1948-05
Associated placePalestine
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Found inOlitzky, J. Mi-meʼoraʻot le-milḥamah, 1951.
Pàil, M. Min ha-Haganah li-Tseva haganah, 1979: t.p. (Haganah) p. 15 (irgun ha-Haganah)
Badr, H. Tārīkh Munaẓẓamat al-Hāghanāh fī Filasṭīn, min 1920 ilá 1945, 198-: t.p. (Munaẓẓamat al-Hāghanāh fī Filasṭīn) p. 5, etc. (est. in the twenties; headquarters: Haifa)
Hashāy mukhabb̄arāt Munaẓẓamat al-Ḥajanāh, 1999.
Ḥomat magen, 2002: t.p. (irgun ha-Haganah) t.p. verso (Hagganah [in rom.])
Wikipedia, February 28, 2023 (Haganah (Hebrew: ההגנה = ha-Haganah, lit. The Defence) was the main Zionist paramilitary organization of the Jewish population ("Yishuv") in Mandatory Palestine between 1920 and its disestablishment in 1948, when it became the core of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF); on May 28, 1948, less than two weeks after the creation of the state of Israel on May 15, the provisional government created the Israel Defense Forces, merging the Haganah, Irgun, and Lehi) Russian version (Хагана = Khagana) Japanese version (ハガナー = Haganā) Ukrainian version (Га-Аґана = Ha-Agana)
Britannica online, February 28, 2023 (Haganah, (Hebrew: "Defense"), Zionist military organization representing the majority of the Jews in Palestine from 1920 to 1948; By order of the provisional government of Israel (May 31, 1948) the Haganah as a private organization was dissolved and became the national army of the state. Its name is perpetuated in the official name of the Israeli armed services, Tzva Haganah le-Yisraʼel ("Israel Defense Forces"))