Operation Balak: The History of the Weapons Smuggling Operation that Helped Israel Win the 1948 Arab-Israeli War Audiobook Libro.fm

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Less than two weeks after the creation of Israel the states leader David BenGurion announced the creation of the Israel Defense Forces IDF This represented the combined military forces that would protect the new state and while it might have sounded impressive on paper the reality was very different The new army was comprised mainly of exmembers of several paramilitary organizations that had fought for the establishment of the new state but they lacked heavy weapons armor and air defenses The Israeli navy and air force did not exist other than as largely notional organizations and at the beginning of 1948 the Israeli Air Force did not possess a single combat aircraft of any type