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That same day, March 15, 1939, [[Nazi|Germany]] invaded [[Czechoslovakia]], and German forces triumphantly marched into Prague.</blockquote>
That same day, March 15, 1939, [[Nazi|Germany]] invaded [[Czechoslovakia]], and German forces triumphantly marched into Prague.</blockquote>
Historian, orientalist on the Arabs in the land, referring on the WW2 period - atmosphere:<ref>Mikha'el Asaf. "The history of the Arabs in Eretz Yisrael." (Heb.). Vol.3 Pt.1. Israel: Dvir, 1967. [https://books.google.com/books?id=UdYMAQAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%91+%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9D%22 pp.153-154].</ref>
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In World War II.
The Arab movement was broken and shattered at the outbreak of World War II. There was a great deal of fatigue from the revolt, in which thousands of Arabs were murdered and injured, many homes and orchards were destroyed, hundreds of the movement's activists and leaders went into exile in neighboring countries, hundreds of wealthy people fled the country and ceased or reduced their economic activities. Political indifference prevailed among the public, which implied anticipation of the results of the war and the hopes of most Arabs that Britain would emerge defeated in it.
In this atmosphere, even the leaders of the opposition, who remained in the country, saw no point in any political action, and especially after the restrictions on immigration had been to their satisfaction, this situation was very desirable for the British authorities, whose main goal was to rule Palestine during the war as a British colony in every sense of the word.
Meanwhile, the active Arab force, headed by Muhammad Amin al-Husseini, moved from Syria and Lebanon to Iraq, the seat of the German political headquarters in the Middle East (Baghdad).
The younger Arab generation at that time mostly followed the Nazi-fascist axis, which operated in two powerful propaganda arms: the Italian arm was active in Egypt, Lebanon and Syria, and the German arm -- mainly in Iraq and Persia. The Arab rebels from Israel turned to the Baghdad center of the axis, its great stronghold in World War II, which also had in its heart its fierce hatred of Jews.
Then, during the war, the pan-Arab delusion arose among Arab activists and their leader Muhammad Amin al-Husseini, and his delusion was even nourished by political and military support from Italy, Germany and Iraq.</blockquote>
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