The Zion Mule Corps
Vladimir Jabotinsky proposed that a Jewish legion be formed to join the British in liberating
Palestine from the Turks during World War I, but the British resisted
the idea of Jewish volunteers fighting on the Palestinian front. Instead,
they suggested the Jews serve as a detachment for mule transport at
another location along the Turkish front. Joseph
Trumpeldor subsequently formed the 650-strong Zion Mule Corps, of
whom 562 were sent to the Gallipoli front.
Sources: The Pedagogic
Center, The Department for Jewish Zionist Education, The Jewish Agency for
Israel, (c) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, Director: Dr. Motti Friedman, Webmaster:
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