اللواء الثامن مدرعات (إسرائيل)

اللواء الثامن مدرعات (بالعبرية: חטיבה שמונה‎، حاتيڤا شمونه)، هو لواء مدرعات احتياط في الجيش الإسرائيلي يتبع الفرقة 91. وهو أول لواء مدرع بالجيش الإسرائيلي يمتلك دباباة، سيارات جيب، وحاملات أفراد مدرعة، حيث كانت جميع وحدات الجيش الإسرائيلي الأخرى في ذلك الوقت تعتمد على قوات المشاة.

اللواء الثامن مدرعات
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شارة اللواء
نشطة1948–الحاضر
البلد إسرائيل
الولاءIsrael Defense Forces
النوعالاحتياط
الحجملواء
الاشتباكات


اللواء الثامن مدرعات عام 1948.

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التنظيم

  •   8th Armored Brigade "HaZaken/The Old One" (Reserve)
    • 89th Armored Battalion
    • 121st Armored Battalion
    • 129th Armored Battalion
    • Logistic Battalion
    • Reconnaissance Company
    • Signal Company


التاريخ

 
Palmach M4 Sherman tank leading a convoy

التأسيس والتنظيم

The brigade was founded and subordinated to Yitzhak Sadeh on May 24, 1948. Two battalions were created—the 82nd Tank Battalion under Felix Biatus, and the 89th Commando Battalion under Moshe Dayan.[1] Another battalion, the 88th, was founded later.

According to Dayan, the 89th consisted of four companies each made up of different groups: from kibbutz and moshav members, from Tel Aviv, from Lehi, and veterans from South Africa.[2] The battalion consisted entirely of volunteers: "A" company consisted of men from the disbanded Lehi underground organisation; "B" company was taken from the 43rd Battalion, Kiryati Brigade; "C" company from the Golani Brigade. Many of the men joined after personal approaches from Dayan, to the annoyance of their commanding officers.[3] They were stationed at Tel Litvinsky. Their first action was against Irgun members landing arms from the Altalena at Kfar Vitkin, 23 miles north of Tel Aviv. The Alexandroni Brigade was "reluctant" to intervene, and Dayan was unable to deploy ex-members of Irgun from his battalion.[4]

حرب 1948

On 11 July 1948, the 89th Battalion was involved in the attack on Lydda. Later that month, Dayan became the commander of the Jerusalem front and was replaced by Dov Chesis. On 28 October the 89th Battalion, now under Chesis, captured the town of al-Dawayima.

Among others, the brigade participated in Operation Danny, Operation Yoav, Operation Assaf and Operation Horev.

ما بعد حرب 1948

Following the 1948 war, the brigade served as the backbone of the IDF's armoured forces. In the Six-Day War, the brigade fought on two fronts, including in the Sinai and the Golan Heights. In the Yom Kippur War, the brigade fought in the Sinai. In the 1982 Lebanon War, the brigade was mobilized but did not take part in the fighting.[5]

A memorial to the 8th Brigade is located adjacent to the Ben Gurion International Airport.

انظر أيضاً

المصادر

  1. ^ Eshel, Tzadok (1968), Yitzhak Sadeh Brigade. Ministry of Defense Publishing and IDF Education Corps. p. 4
  2. ^ Moshe Dayan, "Story of My Life." ISBN 0-688-03076-9. Page 94.
  3. ^ Teveth, Shabtai, (1972). Moshe Dayan. The soldier, the man, the legend. London: Quartet Books. ISBN 0-7043-1080-5. Page 170.
  4. ^ Dayan, page 96.
  5. ^ חטיבה 8 - עוצבת "הזקן" (in العبرية). Archived from the original on 2013-01-06. Retrieved 2009-12-08.

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