Plan Dalet

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Plan Dalet was a 1948 Haganah military strategy outlining operations for securing territory and key roads in Mandatory Palestine during the Arab–Israeli War, including measures that contributed to the displacement of many Palestinian Arabs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 1948 Arab–Israeli War plan
Haganah operational plan
military plan
appliesToTerritory Mandatory Palestine
approvedBy Haganah leadership
linked to: Haganah
associatedWithEvent 1948 Palestinian exodus
linked to: Palestinian Nakba

Nakba
linked to: Palestinian Nakba
associatedWithOrganization Jewish Agency for Palestine
codenameLetter D
context 1947–1949 Palestine war
end of the British Mandate for Palestine
controversialFor role in the displacement of Palestinian Arabs
date 1948
dateApproved March 1948
draftedBy Haganah
Haganah General Staff
linked to: Haganah
goal ensure territorial continuity for the emerging State of Israel
neutralize Arab irregular forces
prepare for invasion by regular Arab armies
secure Jewish population centers in Palestine
secure areas assigned to the Jewish state by the UN Partition Plan
secure main roads and lines of communication
hasNameInHebrew Tochnit Dalet
hasPrimarySource Haganah archives operational orders
hasSection general guidelines for operations
specific instructions for each Haganah brigade
implementedBy Haganah brigades
linked to: Haganah

Haganah field units
linked to: Palmach

Palmach
includesMeasure control of key road junctions
destruction of villages in certain circumstances
disarming of Arab inhabitants
establishment of garrisons in captured localities
expulsion of inhabitants in cases of resistance
occupation of Arab villages and towns deemed hostile or strategically located
securing supply routes to isolated Jewish settlements
influencedBy escalating civil war in Palestine in 1947–1948
interpretedAs blueprint for expulsion by some Palestinian and critical historians
defensive plan by some Israeli historians
languageOfOriginalDocument Hebrew
partOf Haganah war preparations in 1947–1948
precededBy Plan Aleph
Plan Bet
Plan Gimel
relatedToDocument UN General Assembly Resolution 181
relatedToEntity State of Israel
linked to: Israel
resultedIn capture of numerous Arab villages and towns
consolidation of Jewish-held territory before Israeli independence
displacement of many Palestinian Arabs

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Operation Yiftach relatedTo Plan Dalet
Mivtza Nachshon partOf Plan Dalet