The Lion's Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Day War

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by Steven Pressfield


  Chief of Staff Citations, 1, 87

  children:

  on kibbutzim, 7, 157, 245–46

  in prelude to war, 32

  “Children’s House,” 7, 246

  Christians, Jerusalem sites sacred to, 252–53, 268, 296

  see also specific sites

  Churchill, Randolph, 251

  Churchill, Winston (journalist), 251

  Churchill, Winston (prime minister), 251

  cigarettes, 335

  code words, 309, 311, 338

  Cohen, Amir, 392

  Cohen, David, 387

  Cohen, Eddie, 42, 46–48

  Cohen, Ela, 1, 393, 395

  Cohen, Eliezer (Cheetah’s grandfather), 84–85, 391–92

  Cohen, Eliezer “Cheetah,” 84–90, 88, 227, 228

  children of, 1–2

  leg injury of, 89

  and Nechemiah, 1–3, 87–89, 391–96

  Nechemiah’s death kept from, 3, 203, 393

  parents of, 393, 395

  in Six Day War, 203–4, 207, 224–28, 231–35, 346–50

  Cohen, Mrs., Israeli flag of, 303–4, 320, 321, 323–26, 325, 389–90

  Cohen, Nechemiah, 1–3, 85, 87–89, 88, 225, 394

  burial of, 393

  death of, 3, 203, 207, 393

  house dedicated to, 394–96

  as most decorated soldier, 1, 87, 207

  Cohen, Tamar, 392

  Cohen, Uri, 225, 396

  Cohen, Yuval, 392

  Cold War, 110

  collective punishment, 58

  command and control, 152

  commanders, IDF:

  role and responsibility of, 152–53, 167–71, 196–97, 221, 227, 279–82, 283–85, 289, 299, 302, 340, 344

  see also specific individuals

  computers, rudimentary, 113

  confidence:

  Israeli, 17, 33, 82–83

  of M. Dayan, 54

  in Moked, 135–36, 138, 143

  and momentum of events, 264–65

  of Rabin, 136

  of Romm, 156

  of Tal, 180

  of youth, 19

  Crusades, 348

  Curtis Commando C-46, 45, 46

  “Cut Their Throats!,” 33

  Czechoslovakia, 41, 42, 43, 46, 92

  Daily Mail (London), 251

  Damascus, 350, 355

  Damascus Gate, 252, 373

  Dan Hotel, 29

  Darbashiya, 349

  Dassault Aviation, 109–11

  David, Avi, 403

  David, king of Israel, 27, 60, 85, 129, 208, 252, 271, 316, 363, 378

  Davidi, Aharon, 49, 70–71, 72, 73, 94–95, 225, 268

  David’s Tower, 2, 373

  Dayan, Aharona, 374

  Dayan, Assi, 29, 124, 251, 336, 374

  Dayan, Devorah, 54, 55, 382

  Dayan, Mimi, 55

  Dayan, Moshe, 19, 62, 73, 123, 269, 346, 373–74, 389, 391

  aggressive action espoused by, 11–12, 29, 30, 64–65, 129

  Arab stance respected by, 74, 292, 367, 379, 382, 386

  as army chief of staff, 30, 68–69, 79, 80–84, 97–100, 125, 383

  Begin and, 127, 129

  Ben-Gurion and, 54, 69, 74, 75–76, 125, 366

  birth of, 7, 361–62

  burial site of, 53

  command style of, 97–98, 100

  conflict between Sharon and, 61, 93, 96, 205

  critics of, 381–83

  as diplomat vs. warrior, 292, 294, 363, 367

  eclipse of, 367

  as embodiment of Israel, 361–63

  esteem for, 11, 27, 50, 54, 80–83, 91, 98–100, 361–63, 366–67

  eye patch of, 81, 99–100, 129, 363, 366–67, 375

  as first son, 49, 50

  Haganah and, 53–55

  on Israel’s global future, 30, 264–65, 295–97, 367, 375–85

  marriage and family life of, 251–52, 254, 374, 383

  meaning of Israel for, 129–30, 206

  as military commander of Jerusalem, 253

  military command sought by, 9–12, 29, 61, 75, 118, 120–21

  as minister of defense, 100, 122–24, 125–30, 134, 143, 151, 153, 155, 182, 207–11, 252–54, 262–65, 292–97, 309–10, 329, 331–34, 356, 357, 362, 364–66

  Old City dilemma of, 295–97, 309–10, 363

  order to enter Old City issued by, 310

  parachute training of, 79

  “possible” and “impossible” in worldview of, 81–82

  in prelude to war, 27–31, 75–79, 118

  on reconciliation and peace, 379–85

  Rotberg’s eulogy delivered by, 384–85

  in Sinai Campaign, 27, 80–83, 91–92, 96, 97–100, 130

  speeches of, 98, 384–85

  tactical doctrine of, 99, 362

  on turmoil in Middle East, 292–94, 367

  in Vietnam, 375, 376

  in War of Independence, 28, 49, 50

  on Warrior Jew, 375–85

  at Western Wall, 336, 363

  and Wingate, 76–79

  wound of, 53, 208

  Dayan, Ruth, 9, 29, 30–31, 55, 124, 208, 251–54, 336, 374

  Dayan, Udi, 29, 251, 336

  Dayan, Uzi, 29, 55, 129

  Dayan, Yael, 9–12, 11, 29, 35, 60–63, 122–24, 148–49

  marriage of, 373–74

  in Six Day War, 205–6, 208, 232, 251, 335–37

  Dayan, Zohar “Zorik,” death of, 29, 54–55, 129, 208, 382

  “death burst,” 14, 155

  Deganiah Alef, Kibbutz, 7, 130, 282

  de Gaulle, Charles, 24, 82

  Delphi, 387

  demilitarized zone:

  establishment of, 100, 103

  failure of, 23–24

  demonstration shots, 14

  desert, terrain of, 60, 91–93, 216

  “diamond,” 155

  Diary of the Sinai Campaign (M. Dayan), 28–29, 97, 99

  Diaspora:

  heritage of, 129, 261, 378

  languages of, 85

  Direction des Études et Fabrications d’Armement (DEFA), 111

  Dome of the Rock, 253, 268, 294, 296, 318–19, 319, 379, 386

  Doors, 4–5, 8

  Dreyfus, Alfred, 377

  Druze, 54, 357, 382

  Dulles, John Foster, “lost” letter of, 24

  Dvekut baMesima (adherence to the mission), 15, 141, 239

  Dvir, Arye “Kooshie,” 289–90

  dybbuks, 26

  East (Arab) Jerusalem, 253, 264, 270, 308, 379

  Eban, Abba, 24, 127, 265, 297

  Edwards Air Force Base, 112

  Efron, Moshe, 73

  Egozi, Shlomo, 133

  Egypt, 13, 16, 73, 88

  aggressive mobilization by, 17, 23–24, 115

  Arab pride in, 332–33

  Arab support for, 6, 23, 24, 128

  British support for, 40–41

  eradication of Israel as goal of, 4–6, 9, 33, 39

  frontier of, 10–11, 18, 34, 76

  Jordan allied with, 62, 75, 262, 293

  May 1948 invasion of Israel by, 39–40, 45–48, 56–59

  in Sinai Campaign, 23, 92, 130

  Six Day War in, 3, 9, 144–48, 207

  Soviet support of, 5–6, 17, 25, 30, 265

  superior military power of, 6, 17, 30, 86, 127, 203, 209, 232, 335, 364

  as target of total war, 103–14

  TV propaganda from, 4–5

  see also Nasser, Gamal Abdel; Sinai Desert

  Egyptian Air Force (EAF), 6, 46–47, 144
, 352–53

  air power of, 6, 103

  IAF compared with, 86

  plan for total destruction of, see Moked, Operation

  Egyptian Army, 46, 47, 55, 209, 242

  2nd Division, 62–63, 203

  3rd Infantry Division, 331

  4th Armored Division, 17, 241, 331

  6th Mechanized Division, 331

  7th Division, 18, 175–76, 181, 209, 212, 242

  11th Brigade, 177

  20th Division, 209, 242

  destruction as Dayan’s goal for, 30, 331

  Israeli respect for, 199

  Israeli sympathy for, 346

  losses of, 216, 242, 337, 343–45, 346

  military doctrine of, 228

  retreat and withdrawal of, 198, 237, 240, 242, 335, 338–39, 341–45, 346

  second line of, 331–32

  Shazli Force, 18, 214, 331, 335

  terrorist connection to, 68–69

  Eilam, Naomi, 23–26, 35, 266

  Eilam, Uzi, 7, 23–25, 35, 49, 94

  in blowing of shofar, 327–28, 328

  in Operation Black Arrow, 68–74

  in Six Day War, 225, 245, 249–50, 256, 266–71, 273–74, 276–77, 279–82, 286, 288, 290, 291, 298–99, 301, 303–5, 307, 308, 310–11, 316–18, 320, 327–28, 328, 348, 386

  Eilam’s Arc (U. Eilam), 71–72

  Eilat, port of, 8, 24, 75, 160, 161, 257, 347

  Eilat, Uzi, 269, 270, 272, 274, 276–78, 285, 286, 299–300, 308

  Ein Harod, Kibbutz, 78

  Eitan, Rafael “Raful,” 49, 70, 73, 94–95, 120, 207, 225, 268

  Elad, Ehud, 212, 219–20, 222, 222, 242, 369

  Elah, Valley of, 60

  El Arish, 19, 47, 100, 118

  in Six Day War, 176, 177, 181, 185, 188–90, 200, 209, 210, 213, 218, 236–42, 248–50, 252, 292, 331, 332, 345, 369

  Elazar, David “Dado,” 49, 268, 349, 356–57

  Eleventh Commandment, 125–30, 379

  Elgamis, Yossi, 175, 178, 181–84, 183, 190, 200, 369, 403

  en brera (no alternative), 15, 44, 46, 47, 138, 181, 312, 362

  “End, The,” 4–5, 8

  Eretz Israel HaShlema (Greater Israel), 264, 265, 391

  Eshkol, Levi, 127, 129, 134, 153, 254, 265, 292, 297

  M. Dayan’s conflict with, 10–12, 29, 122, 363

  opposition to, 19, 35, 75–76, 80

  radio address of, 12, 17, 26, 29–30, 33, 34–35

  regard for, 33

  exile, malady of, 377, 388–89

  Faisal, king of Saudi Arabia, 128

  Fakos, 146

  Fatah, 383

  Fayid, 148

  FBI, 41, 45

  fedayeen (self-sacrificers), 23, 26, 40, 50, 66, 68, 130

  Fenikel, Haim, 200, 403, 404

  fergal (man who owns fields), 84

  field hospital, 199

  55th Brigade, 64

  fighter pilots, 13–17, 39, 347

  in air combat, 154–56, 159–60, 164–67, 352–53

  in air-to-ground combat, 312–15

  errors of, 150, 167, 168, 169–70

  focus and determination of, 141, 148, 150

  inexperience of, 15, 46–47, 138–39, 154–57, 312–13, 352

  in liberation of Jerusalem, 312–15

  mission principles of, 15

  in Moked, 133–71

  preparation and training for, 16, 46, 111–12, 133, 135, 137

  ruthless debriefing of, 15

  test pilots, 109–11, 139, 165

  training for, 312–13

  two generations of, 13, 315

  see also specific individuals and squadrons

  Fiq, 355, 356

  Firdan Bridge, 345, 364

  first sons, 49–52, 54

  flag:

  Israeli, 303–4, 320, 321, 323–26, 326, 389–90

  Jordanian, 318

  flight school, 157–58, 312

  Fortas, Abe, 128

  “fortified encampment,” 189

  Fouga Magisters, 16, 312–15

  14th Armored Brigade, 230

  France, 80, 292, 296, 377–78

  Arab support from, 24

  IAF planes made in, 15–16, 27, 109–10

  Israeli attempts to gain support from, 8

  in Sinai Campaign, 82–83, 92, 93, 295

  Fratkin, Yossi, 267

  French Resistance, 39

  Friedman, Elisha, 139

  Frumer, Uzi, 316

  Gahal party (Gush Herut-Liberalim), 75, 126

  Gaist, Joshua, 176, 184

  Galei Zahal, 364

  Galenti, Avraham, 197

  Galilah (horse), 140, 140

  Galilee, 41, 119, 129, 139, 391

  Galilee, Sea of, 4, 140, 164, 348, 350–51, 355

  “Gang, the,” 54

  Gan Shmuel, 25

  Gardaka, 157, 159–60, 168–69

  Gate of the Tribes, 318

  Gavish, Yeshayahu “Shayke,” 331, 332, 365, 378

  Gaza Raid, see Black Arrow, Operation

  Gaza Strip, 3, 18, 30, 34, 68, 70, 127, 154, 384

  in Six Day War, 176, 179, 207, 213, 224, 231, 292, 336, 346, 393

  Gazit, Gabi, 20, 186–88, 192, 200

  Gazit, Shlomo, 80–83, 383–85

  Gefen, Aviva, 29, 55

  Gefen, Israel, 55

  Gefen, Jonathan, 29

  Gemul Alley, 273, 274

  General Staff, Israeli, 72, 81, 92, 113, 127, 134

  Geneva Convention, 58

  Germany, 99

  Gesher Ad Halom, 48

  Gethsemane, Garden of, 253, 268, 301

  Geva, Tani, 221, 223

  Ghost Company, 368–72

  Gideon, 78

  Giladi, David, 283

  Ginat, Igal, 279, 283

  Givat Brenner, Kibbutz, 248, 255, 267, 271

  Givati Brigade, 47, 48

  Glazer, Yehoshua “Shia,” 255

  Gloster Meteors, 86

  Golan Heights:

  Six Day War in, 3, 346, 347–52, 392

  threats from, 8

  topography of, 351

  in Yom Kippur War, 118

  Golani Brigade, Battalion 71, 249

  Goldberg, Arthur, 128

  Goldstein, Coleman “Collie,” 39–42, 46, 48

  Golgotha (Hill of the Skull), 253

  Goliath, 60

  Good Spot on the Side, A (Matalon-Barnoach), 97

  Goren, Shlomo, 264, 327–28, 328, 393

  Gorodish, Shmuel “Shmulik”:

  “Young Rommel,” 49, 115–18, 117, 120

  in Six Day War, 176, 182, 184, 188–90, 191, 210, 212–13, 213, 219–20, 240, 242, 296, 331, 338, 340–42, 365, 369

  Gorodish, Yoel, 115–18, 120, 121, 242

  Goshen, Eliyahu, 192, 195, 199, 403

  Great Britain, 2, 3, 51, 80, 99, 245–46, 259, 292, 296, 333

  Arab support from, 40–41, 56, 119, 128, 143, 161–62

  in arms embargo against Israel, 41, 110

  “boxes” military doctrine of, 228

  Israeli attempts to gain support from, 8, 24, 128

  in Mandate, 40, 45, 46, 55, 77, 84–85, 126, 139, 252, 263, 348, 389, 391

  in Sinai Campaign, 82–83, 92, 93, 295

  World War II generals of, 228

  Green Line, 28, 253, 266–67, 270, 271

  Groag, Shaul, 178, 193–94, 200, 214–17, 218, 239, 369, 403, 404

  Grofit, Kibbutz, 257

  Gruner, Dov (IZL fighter), 389–90

  Gruner, Dov (paratrooper), 323, 388, 389–90

  guns, 70, 106, 219,
232, 249, 257

  for Mirages, 110–11

  see also artillery fire; cannons; rifles, recoilless

  Gur, Motta, 49, 69, 70, 93, 94–96

  in Six Day War, 225, 247, 250, 262, 266–68, 270–72, 273, 296, 298–99, 301, 302, 304, 306, 308–11, 309, 316–19, 327, 348

  Gush Etzion, 50, 354

  Gush Herut-Liberalim (Gahal party), 75, 126

  Gvulot Junction, 177

  Haaretz (“The Land”), 19

  Hacham, Shmuel “Borvil,” 199, 403

  hafooch al hafooch (upside down of upside down), 273–74

  Haganah, 40–42, 46, 53–55, 56, 58, 64, 73, 79, 80, 134, 204, 351

  Haifa, 14, 32

  half-tracks, 20, 94–95, 149, 176, 179, 183, 186–88, 188, 192, 194–95, 199, 203, 214, 220, 222, 239, 268, 311, 316–18, 374

  command, 182, 200, 212, 335

  Hammarskjöld, Dag, 295

  har (mountain), 260

  Harel, Barouch “Pinko,” 186, 189, 192, 212, 222

  Harel Brigade, 294–95

  Har-Lev, Rafi, 224

  Harpaz, Yoram, 168

  Har-Zion, Meir, 49, 65, 70, 73, 94, 98, 225, 266, 268, 273, 301

  Hassan II, king of Morocco, 128

  “Hatikva” (The Hope), 205, 265, 326, 390

  Hattin, Horns of, 348

  Hatzerim Air Base, 313

  Hatzor Air Base, 16, 133

  Hawker Hunters, 161, 163

  Hazzak, Barry, 282–83, 288

  Hebrew language, 4, 7, 32, 81, 83, 89–90, 152, 185, 378

  revitalization of, 85

  Hebron, 263, 349, 351, 379, 381

  Heiman, Amitai, 221

  helicopters, 3, 6, 87–88, 88, 203–6, 336

  multiple tasks of, 346

  paratroopers and, 224–29, 232

  Helicopter Squadron 114, IAF, 348, 349

  Helicopter Squadron 124, IAF, 203, 224–35, 227, 346, 348, 349

  Henry Hudson Hotel, 40

  Hermesh, Shai, 276, 284–85, 289–90

  Heroes of Israel, 119

  Herut (Freedom) party, 126

  Herzl, Mount, 393

  Herzl, Theodor, 377–78, 391–92

  het formation, 235

  Hod, Motti, 17, 109, 113, 135, 347

  in Moked, 143, 151–53, 163

  Hofert, Bat Sheva, 372

  Hoffman, Omri, 160

  Holocaust, 82, 204, 348, 390

  children’s knowledge of, 32–33, 85

  survivors of, 45, 54, 372

  Holy Sepulchre, Church of, 153, 268, 296

  horrors of war, 70, 217–18, 239, 290, 321, 337, 339, 345

  House of Death, 278, 279–92

  House with the Burnt Roof, 282–83, 288–89

  Hussein, king of Jordan, 2, 8, 162–63, 209, 252, 292, 293, 296, 381

  allied with Nasser, 62, 75, 127–28, 153, 160, 262–63

  M. Dayan on, 292–94

  pride of, 332

  war rationale of, 262–63, 292–94

 

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