A British recruitment poster encourages Jews in Palestine to enlist in the Jewish Brigade group. Palestine, January 1945. Photograph »

In the British army recruitment office in Tel Aviv, an official pins the symbol of the volunteer Jewish Brigade onto the shirt of a new recruit. Tel Aviv, Palestine, 1940-1941. Photograph »

Members of the infantry battalion of the British army's Palestine Buffs Regiment at training. This regiment, composed of Jewish volunteers from Palestine, was a precursor to the Jewish Brigade Group. Palestine, October 14, 1942. Photograph »

Brigadier General Ernest Frank Benjamin, commanding officer of the Jewish Brigade, inspects the Second Battalion. Palestine, October 1944. Photograph »

Members of the Jewish Brigade, an all-Jewish unit formed within the British army, in Tel Aviv. Palestine, 1944. Photograph »

Soldiers from the British army's Palestine Buffs Regiment, composed of volunteers from Palestine, at anti-aircraft exercises. This regiment was a precursor to the Jewish Brigade Group. Palestine, October 14, 1944. Photograph »

Soldiers and vehicles of the Jewish Brigade, which participated in the final Allied offensive in Italy. Italy, March 24, 1945. Photograph »

Members of the Jewish Brigade Group prepare for the final Allied offensive in Italy. March 28, 1945. Photograph »

Members of the Jewish Brigade Group move to take up positions during the final Allied offensive in Italy. Italy, March 28, 1945. Photograph »

The 3-inch-mortar crew of the British army's Jewish Brigade Group, composed of volunteers from Palestine, fires on German positions during the final Allied offensive in Italy, March 30, 1945. Photograph »

A Jewish Brigade soldier with two members of "Kibbutz Buchenwald," a group of survivors from the Buchenwald concentration camp preparing for agricultural work in Palestine. Antwerp, Belgium, 1946. Photograph »