Chaim Herzog
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- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Military History
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Judaism, Jews, Synagogues, Temples, Espionage, Spying, Spies
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, British History, Middle Eastern History
Article abstract: Military significance: As chief of military intelligence from 1948 to 1950, Herzog played an important role in the survival of Israel during the Israeli War for Independence and its aftermath.
Chaim Herzog was born in Belfast, son of the chief rabbi of Ireland. In 1935, he immigrated to Palestine. In 1939, he enrolled at Cambridge University; he later attended the University of London, earning a doctorate of law.
Following the outbreak of World War II (1939-1945), Herzog enlisted in the British army, eventually rising to the rank of...
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