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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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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The Latrun salient is an area of the West Bank that protrudes into Israeli territory. It is surrounded by a strip of territory covering 46.4 square kilometres...
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Yad La-Shiryon (redirect from Latrun tank museum)
Yad La-Shiryon (officially: The Armored Corps Memorial Site and Museum at Latrun; Hebrew: יד לשריון) is Israel's official memorial site for fallen soldiers...
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Arab state, not entering the corpus separatum but massively garrisoning Latrun to blockade West Jerusalem once again. Israeli victories against the Arab...
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1948 Arab–Israeli War (section Battles of Latrun)
the Latrun fortress overlooking the main highway to Jerusalem, which the Arab Legion immediately seized. The Arab Legion also occupied the Latrun Monastery...
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No man's land in the Latrun area (NML) was a strip of territory covering 46.4 square kilometres (17.9 sq mi), in the area of Latrun. Israel considers the...
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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 79th...
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Latrun Interchange is a key road interchange of Israel, located in the Latrun Salient in the Israeli occupied West Bank. It lies on the route between...
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Israel's Declaration of Independence in 1948, fought in the Battles of Latrun during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. He retired from the Israel Defence Forces...
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military base; abandoned. Kiriat Haim police station in Haifa (active) Latrun police station, now the IDF's Armored Corps Memorial Site and Museum Lajjun...
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Operation Dani (section Latrun)
Aviv to a southern bypass. The second phase was to capture the fort at Latrun and break through Ramallah. The operation was carried out under Palmach...
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Arab–Israeli War, when he successfully defended the town of Latrun at the crucial Battle of Latrun near Jerusalem against Israeli forces, Israeli forces was...
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national park, the Yad La-Shiryon (Armored Corps Museum), Mini Israel, the Latrun Monastery and Emmaus Nicopolis, an archeological site commonly identified...
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withdrew from the Latrun monastery and police fort that dominated the road and prevented supplies from reaching Jerusalem. Latrun was immediately occupied...
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ridge settlements outside barrier Right: Jordan Valley L above center: Latrun salient Center: Jerusalem envelope, Ma'ale Adumim at right Lower L of center:...
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Israel A Charioteer is on outdoor display in Yad la-Shiryon Museum in Latrun. A Charioteer is on outdoor display in Israel Defense Forces History Museum...
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agreed to talk about the massacre. Alexandroni Brigade memorial overlooking Latrun police station Alexandroni Brigade memorial in Netanya Mass grave of 87...
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Day. The main museum for Israel's armoured corps is the Yad La-Shiryon in Latrun, which houses one of the largest tank museums in the world. Other significant...
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Magach 6B in the Yad La-Shiryon Armored Corps Memorial and Museum, Latrun...
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A surviving police Tegart fort at Latrun devised by Sir Charles Tegart, who also introduced border fences and Arab Investigation Centres....
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made a number of proposals for military action, including the capture of Latrun, but the cabinet turned him down. Dayan rejected multiple requests from...
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Centurion BARVs are on display at The Tank Museum (UK), at Yad La-Shiryon in Latrun - the IDF tank museum - and at the Israel Defense Forces History Museum...
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the Latrun sector, killing 23 Israeli soldiers, precipitated the debate. On 26 September, Ben-Gurion put his argument to the Cabinet to attack Latrun again...
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survivors and including a number of Machal troops. Almost annihilated at Latrun, then re-formed in the north. It had tanks and mounted infantry. The 8th...
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the Walls of Jerusalem and Musrara. A strip of land north and south of Latrun was also known as "no man's land" because it was not controlled by either...
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Harel 15 April Continuation of Nachshon, focused on Arab villages near Latrun Territories allocated to future Arab State Defeated Operation Bi'ur Hametz...
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Zionist leaders, arrested in Operation Agatha, in detention in Latrun (l-r): David Remez, Moshe Sharett, Yitzhak Gruenbaum, Dov Yosef, Mr. Shenkarsky,...
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during the Persian Gulf War. The Armored Corps Memorial Site and Museum at Latrun There is a T-54AM at the German Tank Museum in Munster, Germany. One Czechoslovak...
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