Israeli Armor In Sinai During 1967 Six Day War

01 Jun 1967, Unknown, Egypt --- Israeli armored forces in action in the Sinai Desert. Thirty years after the six-day war, new revelations showed that Israeli generals exerted considerable pressure to push their government into battle. According to military historian Ami Gluska of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, "a gap separated government officials from soldiers who were on average more than 20 years younger and who were burning to go to war."

01 Jun 1967, Unknown, Egypt — Israeli armored forces in action in the Sinai Desert. Thirty years after the six-day war, new revelations showed that Israeli generals exerted considerable pressure to push their government into battle. According to military historian Ami Gluska of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, “a gap separated government officials from soldiers who were on average more than 20 years younger and who were burning to go to war.” (epa/Corbis)

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