Battalions Museum

The Jewish Legion Museum depicts the story of Jewish volunteering to the British army in two world wars and of their heroic spirit. On top of a hill, overlooking the wide Hefer Valley and the Sharon, stands an impressively beautiful structure, housing the Beit Hagdudim Museum. The museum was established at Moshav Avichail in 1961 by veterans of the Hebrew battalions (gdudim) of the First World War and it presents Jewish courage and volunteering. During the two world wars Jews from Land of Israel and the diaspora joined the British Army to fight for the Land of Israel.