The Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict: 4 volumes [4 volumes]Spencer C. Tucker, Priscilla Roberts Bloomsbury Academic, 12 במאי 2008 - 1752 עמודים This exhaustive work offers readers at multiple levels key insights into the military, political, social, cultural, and religious origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict. |
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... troops into Jordan in April 1948. General Nur al - Din Mahmud commanded the Iraqi expeditionary force . On the first day of the war , the Iraqi forces constructed a pontoon bridge across the Jordan River . They operated between the ...
... troops at its formation , by mid - July 1948 it had more than doubled in size . It continued to grow exponentially , and by the end of 1948 Israel could place more than 100,000 troops in the field . The vast majority of those troops ...
... troops succeeded in driving back IDF forces , but Iraqi attacks were ineffective , and soon the Iraqi force shifted to a defensive posture in the regions of Jenin and Nablus . A Syrian attack along the northern front of the war ...