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The Palmach Motto: "לפקודה תמיד אנחנ" "Always at your command"

The Palmach was founded on May 15, 1941, with British approval , by the HaHagana under the command of Yitzhak Sadeh, in order to fight the Germans if they will invade to Israel-land.
It was preceded by the "S.N.S Special Night Service" or "Fire Squads" that were active in 1936-9 and were formed and commanded by the British Major (Later General) C.Orde Wingate.
The Palmach at is peak, during theWar of Independence, had three regiments (Yiftah, Har'el and Negev with 10 battalions together) of the 12 IDF regiments that existed in that period.
On November 7, 1948, The Palmach was dissolved, and its three regiments becoming regular IDF regiments.