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Killing of Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad

27 March 1939

Rebel leader Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad is killed in a firefight with British soldiers near the village of Sanur (Jenin subdistrict).

The Palestine Arab Higher Committee on MacDonald White Paper

30 May 1939

The Arab Higher Committee (AHC) adopts a reply to the White Paper / Statement of policy.

Outbreak of World War II

1 September 1939

World War II begins with the German invasion of Poland.

Military Recruitment in Palestine

3 September 1939

Soldiers are recruited for the British military.

Land Transfers Regulations

20 February 1940

In accordance with MacDonald White Paper (1939), the British High Commissioner is empowered to severely restrict further land acquisitions by Jews.

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15 May 1941

The Haganah creates the Palmach ("Strike Forces") as its elite underground wing.

Alexandria Protocol and the League of Arab States

7 October 1944

The protocol, issued by representatives of five Arab states (Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Transjordan ) meeting in Alexandria, announces the representatives' intent to establish a League of Arab...

Stern Gang Assassinates Lord Moyne in Cairo

6 November 1944

LEHI-Stern Gang terrorists assassinate Lord Walter Moyne, British resident minister of state, in Cairo, Egypt.

Roosevelt and Ibn Saud Meet

14 February 1945

US President Franklin D.

Pact of the League of Arab States; Annex on Palestine

22 March 1945

The five states that had issued the Alexandria Protocol on 7 October 1944, joined by Saudi Arabia and Yemen, sign the Pact of the League of Arab States on 22 March 1945.

Vice-President Harry Truman Becomes President of the US

12 April 1945

Following the death of Franklin D.

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Which event in the history of Palestine is dated 15 May 1941?

“Palmach Underground Is Established” is dated 15 May 1941.