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Zion Mule Corps
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Company of ammunition carriers in the British army. It was enrolled in World War I in Egypt on the initiative of Vladimir Jabotinsky and Joseph Trumpeldor, and consisted of Jews expelled from Palestine by the Turks. The British rejected the proposal to form these men into a Jewish military unit, but agreed to organize them as companies of mule-drivers to carry ammunition in Gallipoli. The corps was commanded by John Henry Patterson, with Trumpeldor as his second in command. It was disbanded in 1916. See also Jewish legion . ... log in or subscribe to read full text
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