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Page 94
There the boys had to blast a fortified wall under machine-gun crossfire; then cut
their way through three barbed wire defences—all under enemy fire; place their
explosives in position and set them off— and then withdraw from the area, which
...
There the boys had to blast a fortified wall under machine-gun crossfire; then cut
their way through three barbed wire defences—all under enemy fire; place their
explosives in position and set them off— and then withdraw from the area, which
...
Page 175
Some of our boys from the town broke through to the sea-shore. They used tiny
pleasure-boats and, heedless of the danger, of the flames bursting from the holds
of the ship, which might have exploded at any moment, they rowed and paddled
...
Some of our boys from the town broke through to the sea-shore. They used tiny
pleasure-boats and, heedless of the danger, of the flames bursting from the holds
of the ship, which might have exploded at any moment, they rowed and paddled
...
Page 240
Our boys had remained chatting with the guards. But as soon as they heard the
shooting from the middle of the camp, they ordered the guards to put their hands
up and to get into the guardroom. They then took up stations in the place of the ...
Our boys had remained chatting with the guards. But as soon as they heard the
shooting from the middle of the camp, they ordered the guards to put their hands
up and to get into the guardroom. They then took up stations in the place of the ...
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Contents
THE GATEWAY TO FREEDOM | 1 |
LAND OF OUR FATHERS | 12 |
AU Revoir IN FREEDOM | 23 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Revolt: Story of the Irgun |
| Author | Menachem Begin |
| Publisher | H. Schuman, 1951 |
| Length | 386 pages |
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