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Author: Yi Pin Wen team big buffalo, no authorization to prohibit the transfer
You can't understand the fanatical religious pursuits of the Israelis. They were even more enamored of the Holy Land of Jerusalem than their rival Arabs, and this fanaticism even affected their performance in the war.
In the early days of Israel's statehood, Jerusalem was not under their occupation. At that time, the old city was still under the control of the Jordanian army. The Old City has an extraordinary symbol of faith to Israel, as the hillside of the Old City is home to the remains of a temple built by ancient Jewish kings.
During the Six-Day War of 1967, the main energy of the Israelites was still on the Egyptian army. But after the Artillery Fire of the Jordanian Army attacked Israel, Israel began to fight back. Two cabinet ministers began to exert maximum pressure on the prime minister, and the defense minister, Da Yang, has been hesitant. Finally, on the third day, the Prime Minister gave the order to march towards Jerusalem. That's the story of this article.
(Situation of the Third Middle East War)
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On June 5, 1967, the Israel Defense Forces launched an offensive against the Egyptian army. On the other hand, relations between Jordan and Israel began to strain. Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Ahmed Ahmed Eban expressed his position to King Hussein of Jordan: If Jordan does not move, then Israel will not take the initiative to attack; but if Jordan attacks Israel, then Israel will certainly fight back. But the King of Jordan ignored the diplomatic message, having already made up his mind: as early as May 30, he had signed an agreement with the President of Egypt that the Arabs would have to join forces to exterminate the Jews this time.
(Prime Minister Becking of Israel and General Dayan, both of whom were under extreme pressure at the time.) Cabinet ministers are pressuring the prime minister, and Dayan does not want to fight randomly according to the instructions of politicians who do not understand the military. If the attack on Jerusalem destroys the old city, he will become a sinner for eternity)
(King Hussein of Jordan, a brilliant politician.) He did not suffer a great loss in the Middle East war, and he wisely maintained a certain relationship with Israel)
Near 11 a.m., Jordanian troops began firing on Israeli-held areas. Both Jerusalem and the Netania region were attacked, jordanian warplanes bombed Israeli ground targets, and Jordanian ground forces seized United Nations agency buildings in Jerusalem. The IDF immediately counterattacked, retaking the occupied government building. They then tried to contact an Israeli detachment on Mount Scopus, a hill that overlooked Jerusalem. It was a Jewish reservation with Jewish civilian areas and the Holy Land was within their field of vision.
The commander of the Central Theater of Operations, Uzzie, intended to reinforce the paratroopers in the direction of Jerusalem. The 55th Paratrooper Brigade was the preferred target, the battle-hardened commander Motta. Colonel Gul was taking command of the force. He fought in the War of Independence at the age of 18, having previously been Sharon's subordinate in the war against Egypt. But the colonel despised Sharon extremely, believing that the other side was a coward. Motta later went to Paris, France, to study military affairs, where he was fascinated by literature rather than military art. Now the colonel, who could write poetry, was going to lead the soldiers on a storm of Jerusalem.
On the afternoon of June 5, two Israeli cabinet ministers pressed Prime Minister Beguin to seize Jerusalem's old city. Politicians think that they can take over the earth by drawing a few lines on a map with a pen, but they don't think about the difficulty at all. The Defense Ministry, Dayan, didn't want to do this at all, because doing so would destroy the historic old city: the relics of the holy sites of the ancient Jewish kingdom would also be destroyed, so what was the point of the city that was taken back? Moreover, the attack on the densely populated old city will attract international public pressure, which will lead to the defeat of israel's war. Finally he made some compromises: Mount Scopus could not be lost, because that meant that Israel could no longer see the Holy Land, and Israel could not lose its honor. So Dayan ordered his army to seize the passage to Mount Scopus from the northeast of Jerusalem.
(King Hussein inspects his legions.) The Jordanian Legion was heavily trained in the West, unlike other Arab countries. The vast majority of these legions would rather die than surrender, and the israelis' most difficult enemy to deal with was Jordan, where they rarely fled or opened fire indiscriminately.)
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Three forces, under the command of Colonel Motta, attacked the Jerusalem area. But they tried not to move the old town, which needed protection, and the paratroopers' attack would be supported by tanks and artillery.
The meetings of the commanders of the companies were held in civilian houses adjacent to the front line. With trembling hands, the homeowner's old mother took out a worn-out flag that had been flying on the roof of her old town during the Revolutionary War. Later, when the old man was forced to leave the old town, he took the flag with him. The old woman hoped that the flag would be carried to the western wall of the ancient city by the paratroopers, and the soldiers were so touched by her actions that the request turned into a military operation.
At 2:30 a.m., the first paratroopers entered the old city of Jerusalem. The information provided by the intelligence personnel was not very accurate, and some tanks and paratroopers went the wrong way. They fell into a trap in the alleys of the old town. There are Jordanian soldiers stationed on the ancient walls of the old city, and there are soldiers in the alleys. They were armed with machine guns, anti-tank bazookas and mortars. The Jordanian army was different from the Indiscriminate Strafing of the Egyptians; nor was it as aggressive as the Syrians; they were heavily trained by Western European and American armies and were difficult to deal with. The Jordanians suddenly strafed at the attacking Israelis, and several of the team members fell down in an instant. The medics rushed to the rescue, only to be killed by shells. A team member threw a grenade, but was hit by a machine gun, and the grenade exploded in his hand.
(Israeli tanks entering the old part of Jerusalem)
The commander of the attacking 28th Battalion called for tanks for support, and as a result the tanks were also hit and paralyzed in the streets. After 7 hours of fighting, the paratroopers broke through from this alley. Israeli soldiers near the Western Wall were shot in concentration by Jordanian troops.
The 66th Battalion of Paratroopers attacked the police academy in the Arab zone, and they encountered another difficulty. When the soldiers had conquered the building, everyone stopped: in front of them was a huge fortress complex, nicknamed Ammunition Mountain!
(Soldiers look at the ruins of the Holy Land, and the picture shows the famous Golden Dome Ancient Temple.)
The fort was originally a fortification during the British Mandate. The Jordanians transformed it into a huge fortress, and the hills were covered with barbed wire and crossfire points. The Jordanian soldiers here are elite troops, and they will fight to the death because there is no way back. The paratroopers of the 66th Battalion threw themselves into battle, and there was a rain of bullets and bullets, and the cries of Jewish soldiers before they died. The Jews were almost completely annihilated, and the 71st Battalion, which had come to reinforce, was in trouble, and many of them were wounded and jumped into the trenches to die with the enemy. A 20-year-old recruit jumped out of the trench with a machine gun in his hand and ran to the Jordanians to strafe, and his comrades warned: Come back now, or you will die! But the soldier kept running, hitting 30 enemy troops and then being killed by the other side. Another commando, encouraged, also ran to the enemy position to strafe. He was lucky, but he was badly injured and survived. The medics frantically ran between the two units to rescue the wounded, but in the end the doctors died, and those who survived were also broken.
The remaining soldiers moved toward the core fortress, and a platoon leader approached and threw grenades, but he was immediately killed by machine guns. The core fortress had two layers of protection, and three Israeli soldiers approached the bunker from different directions. They attacked with bazookas, grenades and artillery, but to no avail. The commander ordered them to place explosive packs outside the bunker, and with a loud bang, the bunker exploded. Five jordanian soldiers inside survived, but they continued to fight in defiance until all the Jews killed them.
(Paratroopers enter the old part of Jerusalem to fight)
The battle at Ammunition Hill lasted until more than 6 a.m. the next morning, in which 36 Israelis and 70 Jordanian soldiers were killed. The captured Jordanian soldiers were ordered to bury their own Jordanian comrades, and an Israeli soldier casually wrote on the tombstone: "There are 28 fighters buried here", and another Israeli soldier modified the tombstone: "Here are 28 brave soldiers buried".
Two companies of Israeli paratroopers were left, and they lost the battle, but the battle on Ammunition Hill was over.
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By this time the passage to Mount Scopus was clear. Early in the morning of the day of victory, Dayan and senior army officials inspected Mount Scopus, and it was at this time that the Ministry of Defense issued an order to encircle the old part of Jerusalem until it was all in Israeli control. Obviously there are people at the top of the government who want to change their minds, who want to seize the Holy Land. All the paratroopers and other combat troops in the area fought together, and reinforcements from the armored forces and the Holy City Guard Brigade came up. The Jordanians were also desperate, sending out 42 Patton tanks, but were destroyed by the Israeli Air Force halfway through.
(Colonel Motta and his soldiers looked at the Temple Mount from afar, which was a few hours before the final showdown.) He later retired as Minister of Israel)
(Lion's Gate, where Colonel Motta enters the Grand Square.) It's full of artifacts and can't be destroyed casually)
As night fell, Colonel Motta sent a small group of paratroopers and tanks to the last mountainous area north of Jerusalem: the Mount of Olives. There they fell into the Jordanian trap again, and a small bridge halfway down the road ambushed the Jordanian army. Israeli paratroopers were shot on the bridge on the spot or fell into the river; some jeeps were hit and rushed into the river. The commander who led the team jumped into the river to try to rescue the wounded, and some of them had no combat mission, but came specially to save people. Colonel Motta was under great pressure, on the one hand, the casualties on the other side of the small bridge, and his side had to deal with the counterattack of the Jordanian Legion. He gave the order with great force, and the soldiers avoided the artillery fire, and finally collapsed among the soldiers. The colonel lamented the loss of so many soldiers, but in the end he regained his composure and sanity.
On the evening of June 6, Jordanian soldiers suspended the offensive. At 4 a.m., Prime Minister Beking heard a news from the BBC on the radio: the UN Security Council was about to order a ceasefire and that war on the Sinai Peninsula was coming to an end. Dayan and cabinet ministers also heard the news, and they realized the seriousness of the problem: if Israel did not make progress in the offensive, Jerusalem would continue to exist as Jordan's territory in Israel. The Jews did not hesitate to give the order: Capture the old town immediately!
(The Jews were fanatical about religion, as they took a group photo at the ancient site of the Western Wall after the battle.) ）
At dusk, Colonel Motta finally captured the Mount of Olives area. But he lost his best company commander here. Now he set up the command post next to the hotel on the Mount of Olives. The exhausted troops could finally spend the night quietly while watching the holy city. The name of the city of Jerusalem seemed magical, and the paratroopers were dying, but as soon as they heard that they were going to enter the old city, they immediately expressed their morale and said that they were ready for battle.
The final moment of battle came, and Colonel Motta gave the order by radio: "Attack the old town"! He himself jumped into a half-track armored vehicle and rushed to the "Lion Gate" of the old city, the colonel's driver was already accelerating madly, but the colonel was still constantly urging the driver: "Give me a quick"! At the moment when the armored vehicle entered the city gate, halfway down the road lay a motorcycle, perhaps with mines below, or a Jordanian army ambush in a nearby alley. He couldn't take care of too much danger, and the colonel ordered the driver: "Give me the fucking run over it"! The armored vehicle drove up the narrow street, and suddenly the eyes opened up, and the ancient temple with the golden roof shone in the square. After a while, Colonel Motta's voice came from the radio: The Temple Mount is ours!
When the Colonel's aide-de-camp Moses and the paratroopers heard the news, they immediately ran to the western wall of the temple ruins. They took out of their pockets a neatly folded flag— the same old flag that the old woman had taken from the Old Town Ghetto in 1948— and they planted it on the west wall.
(In the old city of Jerusalem, the cobweb-like alleys are just down the hill.) The street battles and the sacrifices of the soldiers here are unknown, and this holy place has been fought countless times over thousands of years. Civilizations and wars come and go, yet never stop fighting)
The news is now known to all Jewish residents of Israel and Jews in exile abroad. The holy city of Jerusalem was returned to Israeli control, and the wish of a thousand years had finally come true. Of the 182 soldiers, 98 of whom were killed in the battle to capture Jerusalem. Three days later, the Six-Day War ended. Israel seized the Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank and the Golan Heights, as well as Jerusalem.
But peace has not come, and the Holy Land remains a cloud of war. References "Battle of the Temple Mount" What are the comments, welcome to leave a message below to discuss!