Israeli Navy - Israeli Navy Generals, Israeli Navy Personnel, Naval Battles Involving Israel, Ships of the Israeli Navy (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Israeli Navy generals, Israeli Navy personnel, Naval battles involving Israel, Ships of the Israeli Navy, Special forces of the Israeli Navy, Yedidya Ya'ari, Cherbourg Project, Shayetet 13, List of ships of the Israeli Navy, Israeli naval campaign in Operation Yoav, Edmond Wilhelm Brillant, Ze'ev Almog, Ami Ayalon, Battle of Marsa Talamat, Michael Barkai, Avraham Botzer, Yohai Ben-Nun, Eli Marom, Micha Ram, Shlomo Shamir, Benjamin Telem, Shlomo Arel, Avraham Ben-Shoshan, Paul Shulman, Gershon Zak, Alex Tal, David Ben Ba'ashat, Shmuel Tankus, Mordechai Limon, Atlit naval base. Excerpt: The Israeli Navy (Hebrew:, Heil HaYam HaYisraeli) is the naval arm of the Israel Defense Forces, operating primarily in the Mediterranean Sea theater as well as the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea theater. The current commander in chief of the Israeli Navy is Aluf Eli Marom. The Sa'ar 5-class corvette INS EilatThe origins of Israeli Navy lay at the end of 1920s with the founding of the Yarkon and Zvulun marine sports clubs. In 1938, encouraged by the Jewish Agency, Dr. Shlomo Bardin founded the Marine High School in Bosmat, the Technion's Junior Technical College. 1943 witnessed the founding of the Palyam, the naval branch of the Palmach, whose training was undertaken at the maritime school. The Jewish merchant marine was also raised, operating the SS Tel-Aviv and cargo ships such as the Atid. In 1942 1,100 Haganah volunteers joined the Royal Navy, mostly in technical roles (12 of them were officers by the nomination agreement of the Jewish Agency with the Royal Navy). A few reached sea service and combat service. Two of them served with the Fleet Air Arm (FAA), one of which was Edmond Wilhelm Brillant. With the end of the Second World War, Palyam members took part in clandestine immigration activities, bringing Europe's Jews to Palest...