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