The 6th Airborne Division was a major element of the British Security Force in Palestine between September, 1945 and May 1948. Faced with the unenviable task of upholding the law in a lawless country, the individual British soldier had to face continual opposition from a hostile Jewish community. This story is described by General Wilson, then a Major, who served with the division during this period. The mission of British forces was simply "to keep the peace". To achieve this goal, the 6th Airborne Division conducted a variety of counter-insurgency operations in both urban and rural environments. These operations were designed to locate illegal arms caches, limit Jewish-Arab violence and capture dissidents who had attacked British positions. The destruction of the King David Hotel, the most famous terrorist attack of the Mandate period, is treated in great detail. With 6th Airborne Division in Palestine 1945 - 48 is a tribute to the British soldier. It is also an excellent case study in unconventional warfare. It will be of great interest to any student of the intricate problem that Palestine presents. SALES ? Acclaimed account of the bitter struggle between Arabs, Jews and British ? The area remains in a state of conflict some 60 years later ? and seldom out of the news ? First-hand anecdotes of operations against terrorist insurgents and atrocities such as the bombing of the King David Hotel ? By the author of the popular Tempting the Fates. AUTHOR Major General Dare Wilson CBE MC was a professional soldier whose remarkable wartime and peacetime career was graphically described in Tempting the Fates (2006).
