Captain Orde Wingate came to Palestine in 1936. He had been brought up on the Bible in his religious family and therefore his assignment to train Jews as Special Night Squads under British leadership to combat an Arab rebellion that was massacring Jews was personally quite congenial. On the first day of training, Wingate told his men that he wanted no Jews in this outfit. That naturally confused and alarmed the Jewish recruits. He then went on to say that all he wanted was Hebrew warriors! The training he gave, and his inspirational leadership, was the foundation of the Israeli Army. As Moshe Dayan, who served under Wingate said, He taught us everything we know.
Wingate went on to glory and to death in 1944 for the behind the line exploits of his Chindits in Burma during World War II. In the world beyond I am sure he is nodding approval of the IDF he helped to create.
Wingate also had a habit of irritating the military staff members back in London with his unconventional but successful methods. Too many of the staff still retained the tactics of WW I of charging the enemy head on that cost many British lives.
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One ot he things I love about TAC is learning about obscure history in the posts. Then researching. For an example who/what were Chindits.