Hasan Salama
| Hasan Salama حسن سلامة |
|
|---|---|
Hasan Salama, 1939
|
|
| Born | 1913 Qula, Ottoman Empire |
| Died |
2 June 1948 Ras al-Ein |
| Allegiance | |
| Service/branch | Army of the Holy War |
| Years of service | 1936-1948 |
| Battles/wars |
1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine Anglo-Iraqi War Operation ATLAS 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine |
| Relations | Ali Hassan Salameh (son) |
Hasan Salama or Hassan Salameh (Arabic: حسن سلامة, Ḥasan Salāmah) (1913–1948) was a commander of the Palestinian Holy War Army (Jaysh al-Jihad al-Muqaddas, Arabic: جيش الجهاد المقدس) in the 1948 Palestine War along with Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni.
Salama was born in the village Qula in 1913 during the Ottoman rule over Palestine. He was one of the leaders of the armed Arab groups who fought against the British and the Jewish community, known at the Yishuv, in Mandatory Palestine. He participated in the violent 1933 Jaffa demonstrations during the 1933 Palestine riots, and became a leader of the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine.
At the beginning of the Revolt in early May 1936 he was assigned to command the Lod - Ramla - Jaffa area. He planned and led a number of successful military operations against the British mandatory forces and the Yishuv. These operations included blowing up railway tracks and electrical power poles, severing lines of communication, and burning Yishuv orchards. In 1938 Salama was wounded when he blew up the Lod-Haifa train.
After the Arab revolt in Palestine Salama traveled to Lebanon and Syria and joined the Mufti of Jerusalem Hajj Amin al-Husseini to Kingdom of Iraq. When he was in Syria in 1939, Salameh offered his services to the British whom he had been fighting, but they declined his offer. In Iraq Salama took a tank commander's course at the Military College. Salama supported Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, and led a group of 165 Palestinian fighters. He participated in the Rashid Ali coup of 1941 and, during the subsequent Anglo-Iraqi War. After the pro-Axis Rashid Ali al-Gaylani government was overthrown by the British in 1941 and the subsequent meeting between Adolf Hitler and Grand Mufti al-Husseini, the Mufti arranged for Salama and other Arab fighters to be flown to Germany for military training. The Germans trained Salama to be a paratrooper.
...
Wikipedia