The Battle of Jerusalem

The fighting in the West Bank, the Israeli Army suffers a defeat by the Iraqi Army at Jenin and by the Arab Legion at Latrun. The Arab Legion capture the Jewish Old City in Jerusalem. To bring suppliers into Jerusalem, the Israeli Army builds a new road nicknamed the ‘Burma Road’ is enable food, water and goods to be brought into the City. A biography of Mickey Marcus an American who fought with the Israeli Army becoming its first General.

General Mickey Marcus