The Battles of Latrun were a series of military engagements between the Israel Defense Forces and the Jordanian Arab Legion on the outskirts of Latrun between...
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Latrun (Hebrew: לטרון, Latrun; Arabic: اللطرون, al-Latrun) is a strategic hilltop in the Latrun salient in the Ayalon Valley. It overlooks the road between...
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door on the possibility of Jerusalem being internationalized. Battles of Latrun (1948) Operation Danny Operation Kedem Operation Nachshon Operation Yevusi...
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Israelis attempted to take the Latrun fortress in a series of battles lasting from 24 May to 18 July. The Arab Legion held Latrun and managed to repulse the...
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Following is a list of battles and operations in the 1948 Palestine war. Following is a list of operations undertaken by the Yishuv and later Israel to...
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Mickey Marcus (category American people of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War)
He participated in planning Operations Bin Nun Bet and Yoram against the Latrun fort, held by the Arab Legion, which blocked the road from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem...
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7th Armored Brigade (Israel) (category Military units and formations established in 1948)
Battles of Latrun in 1948 72nd Battalion, participated in the Battles of Latrun in 1948 73rd Battalion, participated in the Battles of Latrun in 1948...
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foothills of Latrun. The 28-kilometre route between Bab al-Wad and Jerusalem took no less than three hours, and the route passed near the Arab villages of Saris...
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Palestinian expulsion from Lydda and Ramle (redirect from Lydda and Ramle during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war)
route. Israel had launched several ground or air attacks on Ramle and Latrun in May 1948, and Israel's prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, developed what Benny...
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Yad La-Shiryon (redirect from Latrun tank museum)
and Museum at Latrun; Hebrew: יד לשריון) is Israel's official memorial site for fallen soldiers from the armored corps, as well as one of the most diverse...
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Army Battle of Karameh Battles of Latrun (1948) Birds of Jordan Black September in Jordan Blasphemy law in Jordan Boy Scouts in Jordan Cabinet of Jordan...
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David Ben-Gurion (redirect from Founding Father of Israel)
occupy Samaria in the wake of a Mujuhidin's attack near Latrun in September 1948." Yoav Gelber, Israeli-Jordanian Dialogue, 1948–1953, Sussex Academic Press...
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Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This article lists all the battles that...
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effect in Palestine upon Arab-Israeli acceptance of the UN Security Council's order. The Battles of Latrun ended in Jordanian victory and Operation Death...
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Chaim Herzog (category Israeli military personnel of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War)
following the end of the British Mandate and Israel's Declaration of Independence in 1948, fought in the Battles of Latrun during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War...
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Royal Jordanian Army (redirect from Army of Jordan)
13–15 May 1948. Occupation of Latrun Tegart fort on 17 May 1948, and later the Battles of Latrun Battle for Jerusalem (1948) Attacking and conquering Gezer...
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Yad Mordechai ended in a successful Israeli delaying action. The Battles of Latrun began during the Arab–Israeli War. The Soviet Union vetoed a UN resolution...
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Sha'ar HaGai (category 1948 Arab–Israeli War)
War, the fort at Latrun, two kilometres west of Bab al-Wad, was held by the Arab Legion, the British-trained and commanded army of Transjordan, thus...
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No man's land (redirect from Land of nobody)
between the western and southern parts of the Walls of Jerusalem and Musrara. A strip of land north and south of Latrun was also known as "no man's land" because...
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Operation Dani (category Battles and operations of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War)
The second phase of the operation failed after several costly attacks on Arab Legion positions in the Battle of Latrun and the threat of a UN-imposed cease-fire...
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Arab Legion (category 1948 Arab–Israeli War)
17 May 1948, and later the Battles of Latrun from 20 May to 18 July 1948. Siege of Jerusalem from 17 May to 18 July 1948, Attacking and capturing (but...
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The Battles of the Kinarot Valley (Hebrew: הַמַּעֲרָכָה בְּבִקְעַת כִּנָּרוֹת, HaMa'arakha BeBik'at Kinarot), is a collective name for a series of military...
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Habis Majali (category Jordanian people of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War)
"baptism of fire", according to The Guardian obituary, came during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, when he successfully defended the town of Latrun at the crucial...
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Royal Tank Museum (section Al-Quds hall 1948)
The center of the museum from above Arab Army Hall Panorama of the Battle of Latrun 1948. Arab-Israeli Wars Lounge. Tank clip. A model of the battlefield...
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memorial Latrun memorial Be'erot Izhak memorial Bus suicide bombing memorial in Tel Aviv Haganah memorial Second Lebanon War memorial War of Independence...
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the 1948 Palestine war List of battles and operations in the 1948 Palestine war List of ghost towns by country Benny Morris (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian...
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Plan Dalet (category 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine)
executed during the 1948 Palestine war for the conquest of territory in Mandatory Palestine in preparation for the establishment of a Jewish state. The...
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Jordanian Armed Forces (redirect from Military history of Jordan)
wars and battles, mostly against Israel. In the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the capture of the West Bank by Jordan and the decisive Battles of Latrun, proved...
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Archer (tank destroyer) (category World War II armoured fighting vehicles of the United Kingdom)
Archers in 1952. Surviving vehicles are preserved at Yad La-Shiryon museum in Latrun National War and Resistance Museum, Overloon in the Netherlands The Tank...
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Cast a Giant Shadow (category Films set in 1948)
or even a system of ranks, they do have spirit and determination. He organises the construction of the "Burma Road", bypassing Latrun, to enable convoys...
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