(War of Independence -WI; Israel Defense Forces -IDF; Clandestine military industries - Taas)

Alon (Paikovich) Yigal (1918-1980) - Deputy commander and commander of Palmach; commander of Southern Front in the War of Independence (WI).

Amir (Zablodovski) Israel (1903) - Head of "Shai" (Inteligence Service); Jerusalem District commander.

Arazi (Tenenbaum) Yehuda (1907-1959) - Head of Arms Procurement Department; Head of "Mossad Lealiya Bet" ("illegal" immigration) in Italy.

Avidan (Koch) Shimon (1912-1994) - Commander of Palmach`s "German Platoon"; commander of "Givati" Brigade and Chief Operations Officer in the WI.

Avidar (Rochel) Yosef (1906-1995) - Northern Region commander; Chief of Training Branch; Deputy Chief of Staff; Quartermaster General in the WI.

Avigur (Meirov) Shaul (1899-1978) - Member of the National Command; founder of "Shai" (Inteligence Service) and "Taas" (clandestine military industries); Head of "Mossad Le'alia Bet" ("illegal" immigration); responsible for arms procurement in Europe.

Avisar (Von-Fridman) Eitan (1892-1964) - Military adviser to the General Staff; chief of Planning Department.

Avner (Zelikovich) Elimelech (1897-1957) - commander of early officer courses; commander of Tel-Aviv District and Southern Region.

Ayalon (Lishchiner) Tzvi (1911-1993) - Deputy Chief of Staff and Commander of the Central Front in the WI.

Bar-Tiqva (Pasternak) Moshe (Mundek) (1906 ) - Commander of officer courses; chief instructor of Palmach Training Branch; Deputy Chief of Operations Branch in the WI.

Beeri (Birentzwaig) Iser (1901-1958) - "Taas" (clandestine military industries) manager; head of "Shai" (Inteligence Service); chief of Intelligence Dept.in the WI.

Ben-Gal (Rabinowich) Michael (1908-1992) - commander of Tel-Aviv District; commander of "Kiryati" Brigade in the WI.

Ben-Gera Eliyau (1903-1980) - Deputy commander of Jerusalem District; commander of Southern District and of Southern Region.

Ben-Gurion David (1886-1973) - Chairman of the Jewish Agency and responsible for defense matters of the "Yishuv" (the Jewish community in Eretz Israel- Palestine); first Prime Minister and Minister of Defense; leader of the Hagana and Israel Defense Forces in the War of Independence.

Ben-Hoor (Cohen) Eliyau (1911-1987) - Deputy Field Corps (Chish) commander; Jerusalem District commander; chief of the Training Branch.

Ben-Porath Yosef (1906-) - Deputy commander of Central Region; commander of Haifa and Western Galilee District.

Ben-Tzvi (Goznovski) Iser (1913-) - Member of the last National Command.

Ben-Tzvi (Rogojik) Mina ( ) - Member of Hagana delegation to the U.S.A.; first Chief of Women's Corps.

Ben-Tzvi Yitzhak (1884-1963) - One of Hagana founders and leaders; chairman of the "Vaad Leumi" (National Jewish Committee).

Ber Israel (1912-1966) - Deputy Chief of Operation Branch in the WI.

Biram Arthur (1878-1967) - First Haifa City commander; founder of "Chagam" (extended physical training).

Cahan Maxim (Maxi) (1918 ) - Commander of Battalions 23 and 24, and of "Carmeli" Brigade in the WI.

Carmel (Zelitzki) Moshe (1911-2005) - Officers Course commander; Central Region and Haifa Distric commander; commander of "Carmeli" Brigade and of the Northern Front in the WI.

Cohen Aharon Haim (1907-1962) - Central official in Intelligence Service, occupied himself in Arabic subjects.

Cohen (Rabin) Roza (1890-1937) - Commander of Haifa City.

Cohen Shmuel (Mula) (1923 -2006) - Commander of the Third Palmach Battalion and of "Yiftach" Brigade in the WI.

Danin Ezra (1903-1984) - Founder of the Arabic Dept.the Information Service.

Dayan Moshe (1915-1981) - Member of the Special Night Squads; commander of Battalion 89 and of "Etzyoni" Brigade in the WI.

Dori (Dostrovski) Yaacov (1899-1973) - Haifa District commander; first Hagana Chief of Staff and first Chief of Staff of IDF.

Dubno Yitzhak (1913-1948) - Officers Course commander; chief instructor of Palmach; commander of kibutz Negba in the WI.

Dunkelman Ben (1913-1976) - Commander of 7th Brigade in the WI.

Eshel (Aizik)Yehoshua (1900-1966) - Commander of Central Region; commander of Air Service in the WI.

Eshkol (Shkolnik) Levi (1895-1969) - Member of the National Command; Ben-Gurion`s chief assistant for matters of organization, arms, logistics in the WI.

Even (Epshtein) Dan (1912-1975) - Commander of "Alexandroni" Brigade and of the Central Front in the WI.

Fridan Ben-Zion (Bentz) (1917- ) - Commander of Battalion 33 and of "Alexandroni" Brigade in the WI.

Galili Elazar (Lasia) (1903-1988) - Founder and editor of the Hagana periodical "Maarachot"; head of the Education Department.

Galili Israel (1910-1986) - Head of the National Command; Ben-Gurion`s chief assistant in the WI.

Gefen Dov (1894-1975) - Member of the National Command and Tel Aviv city.

German Tzvi (1917- ) - Commander of Battalion 32 and of "Alexandroni and "Carmeli" Brigades in the WI.

Globerman Yehoshua (1905-1947) - Commander of officers' courses; chief of the training branch; commander of Tel-Aviv District.

Golan (Shpigel) Nahum (1915-1991) - Operation officer and commander of "Golani" Brigade in the WI.

Golomb Eliyau (1892-1945) - Member of the Hagana founding committee and of the National Command; actual Head of Hagana; Member of the "Vaad Leumi" (National Jewish Committee).

Gordon Yehoshua (1899-1941) - Member of Jewish Agency, responsible for "Jewish Settlement Police"; Liaison officer to the British authorities.

Gur (Grazowski) Shlomo (1913- ) - Member of Planning Department - founder of "Tower and Stockade" system; Commander of "Hemed " (Science Corp).

Hacohen David (1897-1984) - Senior officer in "Shai" (Intelligence Service); liaison officer to the British Army in the Second World War.

Hecht Yosef (1894-1970) - Coordinator of the Hagana 1921-1931; virtual Chief of Staff.

Hoz Dov (1894-1940) - Member of the Hagana founding committee and of the first National Command.

Ikar Avraham (1899-1980) - Commander of Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem cities; officers' course commander; liaison officer to the British Police.

Izraeli Yosef (1906-1973) - Member of the National Command; Manager of Taas (military clandestine industry).

Katzenelson Berl (1887-1944) - One of the Hagana founders; political, ideological and educational authority.

Klivanov Shulamit (1902-1969) - Instructor at women-commanders courses; first Commander of the Women`s Corps.

Kot Yosef ( ) - Chief of the medical service of the Hagana.

Lascov Chaim ( ) - Officers course commander; commander of Battalion 79 and Chief of Training Branch in the WI.

Lev Refael ( ) - Commander of officers courses; Chief of Training Branch; Commander of the Central Region.

Man Moshe ( ) - Commander of Northern Region; Commander of "Golani" Brigade in the WI.

Maklef Mordechay (1920-1978) - Commander of Battalion 22, "Carmeli" Brigade Commander and Operation Officer of Northern Front Chief of Staff Duties Department in the WI.

Marcus (Miki Stone) David (1902-1948) - Military adviser to the National Command; Jerusalem Front commander in the WI.

Mardor Munia (Meir) (1913-1985) - Head of Arms Procurement Department; chief of Air Transport Wing in the WI.

Margolin Eliezer (1875-1944) - Commander of the "First of Judea" Battalion, British Army, in the First World War; defended Tel-Aviv with his units in 1921 riots.

Nadav Uri (Wili Rozental) (1891-1981) - Member of the National Command.

Pat Yaacov (1894-1956) - Commander of Haifa and Jerusalem Cities.

Peled (Wainberg) Asher (1908-1970) - Head of Ordnance Department; Chief of Ordnance Service in the WI.

Peri (Prulov) Yaacov (1915-2001) - Commander of Battalion 52 and of "Givati" Brigade in the WI.

Pundak Yitzhak (1913 ) - Commander of Battalion 53 and of "Oded " Brigade in the WI.

Rabin Yitzhak (1922-1995) - Commander of the Second Palmach Battalion; Palmach`s Chief Operations Officer; commander of "Harel" Brigade and Chief Operations Officer of Southern Front in the War of Independence.

Rabinov Baruch (1909-1979) - Member of the National Command and its Head of its Financial Department; Chief of Financial Branch and Paymaster General in the WI.

Raizer Yaacov (1893-1974) - Chief of the National Command.

Ratner Yohanan (1894-1965) - First Chief of the National Command; chief of the Planing Department in the WI.

Remez Aharon (1919-) - Head of the Air Service; Commander of the Air Force in the WI.

Rosetzki Zelig (1891-1960) - Member of the National Command.

Rotberg Meir (1887-1951) - Central official in the Hagana; in charge of arms acquisition and "Taas"(clandestine military industries).

Rutenberg Pinchas (1879-1942) - Organized, together with Jabotinski, the defense of Jerusalem during 1920 riots; Commander of Tel-Aviv City during the 1921 riots; President of the "Vaad Leumi" (National Jewish Committee of the Yishuv).

Sade (Landoberg) Yitzhak (1890-1952) - Founder and commander of "Fosh"(Field Companies) and Palmach; Acting Chief of Staff; commander of the Armoured Service and of the Armoured Brigade no. 8 in the WI.

Sarig Nahum (1914- ) - Commander of the First and Forth Palmach Battalions; Commander of the "Negev " Brigade in the WI.

Senesh Chana (1921-1944) - Volunteered to parachute into occupied Hungary in order to help save Jews, during the 2nd World War; was caught and executed by the Nazis.

Sereni Chaim Anzo (1905-1944) -Served in the Intelligence Service of the British Army and volunteered to parachute into Occupied Italy in order to help save Jews.

Shadmi (Kramer) Nahum (1898-1985) - Commander of Jerusalem District; Commander of the Hagana in Europe and North Africa.

Shaltiel David (1903-1969) - Commander of Haifa District; head of the Intelligence Service ("Shai"); Fommander of Jerusalem District and "Etzioni" Brigade in the WI.

Shacham (Shechter) Mishael (1912-1992) - Commander of the Southern Region; Commander of "Golani" Brigade and deputy commander of Central Front in the WI.

Shamir (Rabinowich) Shlomo (1914-) - Head of Hagana Delegation to the U.S.A; Commander of Brigade no.7 and of the Eastern Front in the WI.

Shapira Avraham (1870-1965) - Commander of the Hagana in Petach Tiqva during the 1921 riots.

Sharet (Shartok) Moshe (1894-1965) - Head of the Political Department of the Jewish Agency; key person in establishing the Jewish Settlement Police, and to raising new settlements; led the volunteering to Jewish units in the British Army, in 2nd WW.

Shefer (Fainshtein) Zeev (1891-1964) - Chief of the National Command.

Shiloach (Zaslani) Reuven (1909-1959) - Liaison Officer to the British Army during 2nd World War; Coordinated the "Shai" political and Arabic matters.

Shochat Israel (1886-1961) - One of the founders of pre-Hagana organizations "Bar-Giora" and "Hashomer "; Member of the first Hagana committee.

Shochat (Wilboshevich) Mania (1879-1961) - Member of "Hashomer "; engaged in arms acquisition and "illegal" immigration; defending Tel-Aviv in the 1921 riots.

Shulman Pol (1922-) - Commander of Navy in the WI.

Shturman Chaim (1891-1938) - Member of The National Command; engaged in Setting up the "Tower and Stockade" settlements.

Sitcov Ysaschar (1889-1951) - Member of the National Command.

Slavin Chaim (1902-1980) - Head of "Taas" (clandestine military industries); procured machinery for Taas in U.S.A.; head of Taas in the WI .

Sne (Kleinboim) Moshe (1909-1972) - Chief of the National Command; member of the Vaad Leumi (National Jewish Committee).

Tabenkin Yosef (1921-1987) - Commander of the Fourth Palmach Battalion and of "Harel" Brigade in the WI.

Tabenkin Yitzhak (1887-1971) - Member of the first Hagana Committee; involved in establishing the "Fosh" (Field Corps) and the Palmach.

Tehomi (Zilberg) Avraham (1903-1991) - Deputy commander of Jerusalem District; Commander of "Irgun Bet" (split from Hagana in 1931, reunited in 1937).

Trumpeldor Yosef (1880-1920) - Organized the defense of the Galilee after the First World War; commander of the settlement Tel-Chai , who became a symbol of heroism and a legend.

Tzadok (Lerer) Moshe (1913-1964) - Commander of the Southern Region; chief of Manpower Branch of the General Staff in the WI.

Tzizling Aharon (1901-1964) - Member of the National Command.

Waserman Shimon - Member of the National Command.

Wingate Orde Charles (1903-1944) - British officer of Scottish origin; founder and commander of the S.N.S. (Special Night Squads); instructed a course of Hagana commanders.

Zhabotinski Zeev (1880-1940) - Commanded the Hagana forces in Jerusalem in the 1920 riots; Supreme commander of the "Etzel".

Zair (Klain) Amnon ( Rudi) (1897-1977) - Commander of the Northern Dead Sea area in the WI.

Zak Gershon (1913-1989) - Head of the Naval Service in the WI.

Ziv-Av Nahum (1908-1954) - Commander of Tel-Aviv District.

Zaiid Alexander (1886-1938) - One of the founders of pre-Hagana organizations "Bar-Giora" and "Hashomer.

Zakif (Juchovitzki) Shmuel (1884-1968) - Member of the National Command.

Yaacovson Yosef (1907- ) - Member of the National Command.

Yadin (Sukenik) Yigael (1917-1984) - Officers course commander; Deputy Commander of Tel-Aviv District; Chief of Planning Department; Chief of Operations Branch in the WI; Chief of the General Staff of IDF in 1949.

Yafe Katriel (1909-1941) - Engaged in "illegal" immigration; Captain of the boat "Kaf-gimel yordei hasira" (23 seaman sailed to sabotage refineries in Lebanon, in WW2).

Yafe Avraham - Battalion commander in WI. Yafe Uri (1916- ) - Commander of the First, Third and Fourth Palmach Battalions; Commander of "Oded" Brigade in the WI.

Yafe shaul - Battalion commander inWI.

Yanait (Ben-Tzvi) Rachel (1886-1979) - Member of "Hashomer"; of the founders of the Hagana.