Undercurrent tank commander cadet in the Yom Kippur war
The confidence and complacency of the Israeli army after the swift victory in the Six-Day War led to the disaster of the Yom Kippur War that rocked the foundations of Israel. Amir Bega was a nai̤ve 19-year-old Israel Defense Forces' tank commander cadet when his battalion was thrown into this u...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Philadelphia
2023
Oxford: Casemate |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | The confidence and complacency of the Israeli army after the swift victory in the Six-Day War led to the disaster of the Yom Kippur War that rocked the foundations of Israel. Amir Bega was a nai̤ve 19-year-old Israel Defense Forces' tank commander cadet when his battalion was thrown into this unexpected war--sent to stop the Egyptian army's advances toward Israel. As the war progresses, he deals with the horrific losses of both those around him and his own innocence. After his battalion is annihilated in one of the first contacts, he is transferred into a reserve unit. He will survive physically unscathed as tank after tank is destroyed or damaged. His vivid memoir recounts the whirlwind of non-stop battles of survival from the first day of the war to the very last, and gives an insight into the heavy toll of the war and its impact on the people of Israel. |
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| Beschreibung: | xiii, 177 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781636243412 163624341X |