Arapska legija

Arapska legija je vojno-policijska snaga koju su britanske mandatne vlasti 1920. godine stvorile i izdržavale u Transjordaniji (posle Drugog svetskog rata Jordan) radi zaštite svojih naftovoda, prekomorskih baza i aerodroma i kontrole svog protektorata.

Amblem Arapske legije

Za 36 godina postojanje narasla je do 23.000 ljudi. Ljudstvo su činili Arapi a komandni kadar britanski oficiri. Od 1939. do 1956. vrhovni komandant Arapske legije bio je britanski potpukovnik John Bagot Glubb

Legija je učestvovala:

• 1941. u ugušivanju antibritanskog puča u Iraku;
• 1942—1945. osiguravala veliki prostor Srednjeg istoka:
• 1948. u arapsko-izraelskom ratu osvojila je Jerusalim.

Godine 1956. Arapska legija je pretvirena u Arapsku armiju Jordana.

Literatura

• Dupuy, Trevor N, Elusive Victory, The Arab-Israeli Wars, 1947–1974, Hero (1984)
• Farndale, Sir Martin, History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, The Years of Defeat, 1939–41, Brassey’s (1996)
• Glubb, John Bagot, The Arab Legion, Hodder & Stoughton, London (1948)
• Isseroff, A., Kfar Etzion Remembered: A History of Gush Etzion and the Massacre of Kfar Etzion, 2005.
• Levi, I., Jerusalem in the War of Independence ("Tisha Kabin" – Nine Measures – in Hebrew) Maarachot – IDF, Israel Ministry of Defence, 1986. ISBN 965-05-0287-4
• Pal, Dharm, Official History of the Indian Armed in the Second World War, 1939-45 - Campaign in Western Asia, Orient Longmans (1957)
• Roubicek, Marcel, Echo of the Bugle, extinct military and constabulary forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan 1915, 1967, Franciscan (Jerusalem 1974)
• Shlaim, Avi (2007). Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace, Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0-7139-9777-4
• Vatikiotis, P.J. (1967). Politics and the Military in Jordan: A Study of the Arab Legion, 1921-1957, New York, Praeger Publishers.
• Young, Peter (1972). The Arab Legion, Osprey Publishing. ISBN 0-85045-084-5 and ISBN 978-0-85045-084-2
• Jordan – A Country Study, U.S. Library of Congress

External links

• Encyclopædia Britannica article
• The Arab Legion Arhivirano na sajtu Wayback Machine (5. avgust 2007)
• The Arab Legion and the Defense of Jerusalem
• 1956 - King of Jordan sacks British general (BBC article and video)