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Page 126
The whole neighbourhood knew about it. One night we were awakened by the
rumbling of heavy vehicles and a voice calling: “One, two, three!” I peered out
through the shutter and saw the police radio-car, which received and transmitted
...
The whole neighbourhood knew about it. One night we were awakened by the
rumbling of heavy vehicles and a voice calling: “One, two, three!” I peered out
through the shutter and saw the police radio-car, which received and transmitted
...
Page 149
And if an internal force many times stronger in numbers and resources,
threatened to destroy us, where was the shame in surrender? Surely it would
have rested upon the “victors.” But we viewed the whole situation in a totally
differentmanner.
And if an internal force many times stronger in numbers and resources,
threatened to destroy us, where was the shame in surrender? Surely it would
have rested upon the “victors.” But we viewed the whole situation in a totally
differentmanner.
Page 209
He built the famous “barrel,” thebarrel on wheels which one morningcatapulted
from an armoured car (the first of its type in Eretz Israel), shattered the whole
Government “security zone” in Haifa and undermined British security in the whole
...
He built the famous “barrel,” thebarrel on wheels which one morningcatapulted
from an armoured car (the first of its type in Eretz Israel), shattered the whole
Government “security zone” in Haifa and undermined British security in the whole
...
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Contents
THE GATEWAY TO FREEDOM | 1 |
LAND OF OUR FATHERS | 12 |
AU Revoir IN FREEDOM | 23 |
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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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