Undercurrent: Tank Commander Cadet in the Yom Kippur War Bega Amir
Undercurrent: Tank Commander Cadet in the Yom Kippur War Bega Amir The harrowing memoir of a teenage tanker who served on active duty in the Armored Corps on the front line during the Yom Kippur…
Specifikacia Undercurrent: Tank Commander Cadet in the Yom Kippur War Bega Amir
Undercurrent: Tank Commander Cadet in the Yom Kippur War Bega Amir
The harrowing memoir of a teenage tanker who served on active duty in the Armored Corps on the front line during the Yom Kippur War.Tank commander cadet Amir Bega is about to leave training for the Jewish High Holiday of Yom Kippur when a surprise attack on Israel by Egyptian and Syrian forces upends this peaceful reprieve, throwing the teenager into an unexpected war. His battalion was annihilated in one of the first combats by new anti-tank weaponry. A war in which the confidence and complacency of the Israeli army led to disaster.Believing himself well-trained and the Israeli army unstoppable, Bega struggles to accept the horrifying events surrounding him.
He survived and joined a reserve unit, with which he fought to stop the Egyptian army from advancing beyond the first line of defense, all through the war's end.In this realm of death and
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