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Prior to the establishment of the state of Israel the leader of the Yishuv, David Ben-Gurion, made several attempts to reorganise the main underground militia, the Haganah, and its elite force, the Palmach. In 1948 this led to a series of confrontations between Ben-Gurion and leaders of the newly formed Israeli army, which became known as "The Generals' Revolt". ==Prelude== Ben-Gurion had three objectives: * Replacing the existing Yishuv structures of control over the Haganah and replacing them with a centralised chain of command. * Dissolving units connected with political movements and creating a unified national army. * Building an army based on the British Army model, breaking with the Palmach ''revolutionary army'' tradition. In 1946 Ben-Gurion tried to appoint loyal supporters into the upper echelons of the Haganah but was unsuccessful. The following year, there was a debate within the defence establishment about what form of armed forces the Yishuv should have in the anticipated conflict. Ben-Gurion proposed an entirely new organisation to replace the Haganah, modelled on the British Army. These new ideas shocked the Haganah leadership. The Haganah had not been active since withdrawing from direct action against the British authorities in July 1946, and the crisis threatened morale within Haganah units. Rather than damage the existing structures, Ben-Gurion allowed his ideas to be dropped.〔Peri 1983, p. 54〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Generals' Revolt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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