Timeline of March 1948
March 1:
Transjordanian prime minister Tawfiq Abu al-Huda secretly meets British
foreign secretary Bevin. They agree that Transjordanian forces will
enter Palestine at end of Mandate.
March 2: US delegate tells
Security Council US favors implementing partition by "peaceful
measures" only.
March 3:
March 4:
March 5: Qawuqji
enters Palestine and assumes command of ALA units in central Palestine.
March 6: Haganah declares general
mobilization.
March 7:
March 8:
March 9:
March 10:
British House of Commons votes to terminate Mandate on May 15th.
March 11:
March 12:
March 13:
March 14:
March 15:
March 16:
March 17:
March 18:
March 19: Ben-Gurion declares
Jewish state dependent not on UN partition decision but on Jewish
military preponderance.
March 20: US delegate asks UN
Security Council to suspend action on partition plan and to convene
General Assembly special session to work on a trusteeship but Jewish
Agency rejects.
March 21:
March 22:
March 23:
March 24:
March 25:
President Truman secretly receives Chaim Weizmann at White House and
pledges support for declaration of Jewish state on May 15th.
March 26:
March 27:
March 28:
March 29:
March 30:
Second coastal "clearing" operation carried out by Haganah Alexandroni
brigade and other units.
Resource: http://www.alnakba.org/chronology/sixth.htm