1948 Arab–Israeli War

May 15, 1948 – March 10, 1949

Second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war, from 15 May 1948 to 10 March 1949, beginning the morning after the Israeli Declaration of Independence and the end of the British Mandate with the entry of a coalition of Arab states into Mandatory Palestine. The war formally ended with the 1949 Armistice Agreements, which established the Green Line.

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Battles 3

May 15 – July 18, 1948
Battle of Jerusalem (1948) Moshe Dayan, Glubb Pasha
May 24 – July 18, 1948
Battles of Latrun Glubb Pasha, Shlomo Shamir
October 15–22, 1948
Operation Yoav Yigal Allon

Battle sites 3

Key commanders

Arab states 3

Abdullah I of Jordan King of Transjordan; the Arab Legion fought in the war under his sovereignty · 1882–1951 Glubb Pasha Commander of Transjordan's Arab Legion · 1897–1986 Fawzi al-Qawuqji Field commander of the Arab Liberation Army · 1890–1977

Israel 4

Moshe Dayan Commander of the Jerusalem front · 1915–1981 David Ben-Gurion Israel's prime minister and defense minister during the war · 1886–1973 Shlomo Shamir · 1915–2009 Yigal Allon · 1918–1980