Complete the sentence about Imrich Lichtenfeld with the correct year: In ______, Lichtenfeld began training Haganah fighters in his areas of expertise: physical fitness, swimming, wrestling, use of the knife, and defenses against knife attacks.

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Correct answer: D. 1944

Lichtenfeld, the founder of Krav Maga, reached Palestine in 1942 after serving in a Czechoslovak battalion in North Africa. Two years later, in 1944, he began training Haganah fighters in fitness, swimming, wrestling and knife use and defence. He later trained elite units of the Haganah and Palmach too.

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