Hagana

Reviewing an honor guard with the chief of staff, 1949

The Best Defense

Ben-Gurion could never have declared a state in May 1948 without first painstakingly transforming Palestine’s ragtag Jewish militias into an...

The Bristol Beaufighter was one of the most effective bombers manufactured in Britain in World War II. Almost six thousand took to the skies during the war, fighting on nearly all fronts for the British, Australian, and American air forces. British Beaufighter

Sky-Heist

In a daring smuggling operation right out of Hollywood, four bombers arrived in Israel just in time to make a...

The Battle on the Hill

Bitter and bloody, the battle for Jerusalem’s San Simon Monastery in 1948 was etched deeply into the memories of all...

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