of all guerrilla casualties during 1938 were caused by the SNS, which had lost only two of its men (Pvt. Stephen Chapman from the Royal West Kents and supernumerary Yosef Ben-Moshe) in action.F or the unit's actions in Palestine, Wingate was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), and three SNS officers were awarded the Military Cross (MC). Several soldiers and supernumeraries were also awarded medals and citations. Criticism Israeli historian Yoram Kaniuk writes: The operations came more frequently and became more ruthless. The Arabs complained to the British about Wingate's brutality and harsh punitive methods. Even members of the field squads complained... that during the raids on Bedouin encampments Wingate would behave with extreme viciousness and fire mercilessly. Wingate believed in the principle of surprise in punishment, which was designed to confine the gangs to their villages. More than once he had lined rioters up in a row and shot them in cold blood. Wingate did not try to justify himself; weapons and war cannot be pure. Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, who as commander of Northern Palestine had authorized the SNS, told Moshe Dayan during 1966 that he considered Wingate to have "been mentally unbalanced and that the best thing he ever did was to get killed in a plane crash in 1944". Footnotes References Brown, Judith and Louis, Roger (1999). The Oxford History of the British Empire. Oxford: Oxford University Press. van Creveld, Martin (2004). Moshe Dayan. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Goodspeed, Michael (2001). When Reason Fails: Portraits of Armies at War: America, Britain, Israel, and the Future. Greenwood. Kaniuk, Yoram (2001). Commander of the Exodus. Grove Press. Katz, Sam (1988). Israeli Units Since 1948. Osprey Publishing. Oring, Elliott (1981). Israeli Humor: The Content and Structure of the Chizbat of the Palmah. Albany: State University of New York Press. Rankin, Nicholas (2009). A Genius for Deception: How Cunning Helped the British Win Two World Wars.'' Oxford University Press. 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine Organizations based in Mandatory Palestine History of Mandatory Palestine Law enforcement in Mandatory Palestine Militant Zionist groups Military units and formations established in 1938 Military units and formations disestablished in 1939 1938 establishments in Mandatory Palestine 1939 disestablishments in Mandatory Palestine