Jewish Legion (disambiguation)

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The term Jewish Legion is used for:

  • a Jewish cavalry regiment led by Berek Joselewicz who took part in the Kościuszko uprising in Poland in 1794
  • the Jewish Legion (1917-1919), a volunteer unit that fought on the side of the British Army against the Ottoman Empire in World War I.
  • the Jewish Brigade (1940-1946), which fought on the side of the Allies against the National Socialists in World War II