- Abraham Adan
Avraham "Bren" Adan (born October 1926) is a former
Israel igeneral who served in the military between 1947 and 1973.He was born in
Kfar Gileadi , British-Mandate Palestine in 1926. He joined the Jewish self-defense force, thePalmach , in 1943, before the country of Israel declared its independence in 1948. During Israel's War of Independence during 1947-1948, he led theNegev Brigade in capturing the Jordanian outpost ofEilat , at the southeastern-most tip of the newly created country. During the 1956Suez War ,Lieutenant Colonel Adan commanded the 7th Armoured Brigade (the Hativa Sheva) in the Sinai and defeated several Egyptian forces in that area. During the June, 1967Six-Day War , Adan was the deputy commander of an armored division fighting again in the Sinai. Shortly thereafter, he conceived of the idea to build a high sand dune along the east side of theSuez Canal to prevent the Egyptians from observing the Israeli defenses.Major General Adan was defending the northern portion of the Israeli defense along the Suez Canal when the October, 1973Yom Kippur War started. As the commander of the162nd Division (IDF) - the 162nd Armoured Division - he directed his unit to cross into Egyptian territory just north of theGreat Bitter Lake duringOperation Strongheart . He then maneuvered his unit southward to Suez City, where his unit surrounded theEgyptian Third Army . This envelopment caused the collapse of the Egyptian war effort. Between 1974 and 1977, he served as the Armed Forces Attache at the Israeli embassy inWashington, DC .Sources
*"Up to the Ink Flag"
*"On the Banks of the Suez."
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