"[The Bericha - The “Jewish Brigade” and the Journey to Israel. The International School for Holocaust Studies. Yad Vashem \r\nhttp://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/education/learning_environments/the_bericha/brigade.asp\r\nJewish Brigade Group. Shoah Resource Center of Yad Vashem\r\nhttp://www.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%206365.pdf]" . "A brigade group of the British army that was made up of Jewish volunteers\r\nfrom Palestine. The Jewish Brigade was formed in 1944 and helped liberate\r\nItaly in 1945. \r\n\r\nThe brigade was composed of 5,000 soldiers. The Zionist flag was chosen\r\nas its banner—making it not the first Jewish unit to fight in the war, but the first\r\none to be recognized as representing the Jewish people. \r\n\r\nAt the war's end, members of the Jewish Brigade helped prepare Displaced\r\nPersons for\"illega\" immigration to Palestine. The British disbanded the\r\nbrigade in July 1946. "@eng . "Jewish Infantry Brigade Group"@eng . .