KHAYOT HANEGEV tziyurim shel lokhameynu

Gutman, Nahum

Verlag: Am Oved, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1949

Beschreibung

235 X 167 mm. 31 pages. 29 full page illustrations. The Negev Brigade (literally: the Negev Animals) was an Israeli commando unit established in December 1947 by Simcha Shiloni and dismantled in 1949. It was sent to the Negev to protect the water lines and roads between the settlements, which came under attack immediately after, and in response to, the U.N. resolution of November 29, 1947 which proposed the creation of two states west of the Jordan river, one Jewish, one Arab. The Arabs rejected a Jewish state in the middle east back then and ever since. Initially the Negev Brigade had one closed truck and one pickup truck, light weapons, no radios, no warm winter clothing, and no ammunition/gear belts. They kept their grenades and rifle rounds in their pockets, were short on food, slept in tents and had to sometimes go into action wearing undershirts because the sweaters needed to stay dry for overnight operations. In mid-January 1948 they received a few armored vehicles. On 27 January 1948 they took their first overt aggressive action. That morning they received a report that a truck with weapons was leaving Beersheba with weapons to be distributed to Bedouins. They overcame the Arabs. On Saturday January 31 one of their two armored vehicles was stalled due to mechanical failure. When a British patrol came upon it, the British tried to confiscate the arms and ammunition, but the other Negev Animals vehicle showed up, threatened the British and prevented the confiscation of weapons. In February 1948 they damaged property of Bedouins who sabotaged water lines in the Negev. They operated around the clock, and living conditions caused them to grow beards, consequently developing the image of a bunch of wild men. They called themselves The Negev Animals and adopted the image of a camel, which was painted on the sides of their vehicles. One of them went to town and had metal insignia made with the Camel image. These they wore on their lapels or hats. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 011009

Bibliografische Details

Titel: KHAYOT HANEGEV tziyurim shel lokhameynu

Verlag: Am Oved, Tel Aviv, Israel

Erscheinungsdatum: 1949

Einband: Soft cover

Illustrator: Gutman, Nahum

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket