battle, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Beersheba

Name: Battle of Beersheba
Location: Beersheba, Israel

Battle of Beersheba was a battle fought in 1938 at Beersheba, in what is now Israel. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Beersheba. It was part of the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, which ran from 1936 to 1939. The recorded result: Palestinian Arab victory. Recorded strength: 500 rebels against Unknown.

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Fought1938

WhereBeersheba, Israel31.252N, 34.787E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomePalestinian Arab victory

BelligerentsPalestinian Arab RebelsagainstMandatory Palestine

Part of1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine1936 to 1939

Where it sits in the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine

5 placed engagements of the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1938 (year precision) to 1938
Place	Beersheba, Israel 31.252N, 34.787E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	500 rebels	Unknown
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Tens injured; One missing; 250 rifles and machine guns; 50 ammo boxes; 50 pistols; 200 bombs

Placed at Beersheba; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Beersheba 1948, 1.1 km SE
Battle of Beersheba 1917, 1.3 km E
Battle of El Buggar Ridge 1917, 25 km W
Battles of Bir 'Asluj date unknown, 28 km S
Samu Incident 1966, 31 km NE

In the same war

Before: Battle of Al-Khader 1936
All 5 engagements of 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine

Elsewhere in 1938

Battle of Lake Khasan Soviet Union
Battle of the Ebro Spain
Battle of Wuhan People's Republic of China
Battle of Taierzhuang China
Catalonia Offensive Spain

Battle of Beersheba is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 179 in present-day Israel.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q116798069, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Beersheba (1938), revision 1370107606, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.