1948 Arab-Israeli War war movies

The conflict in the Middle East that was building since the end of World War 2 - the Israelis were planning to establish their country in the Palestine claiming that this land belonged to them in history. Local Arab countries were strongly against giving away any part of their territory. The 1947 United Nations plan to divide the land between the two sides was welcomed by the Jews, but started the outrage in the Arab countries. Since the number of Israelis in the area was low the Arabs planned to invade the territory as soon as UN forces will move out, but Israelis did spend well the time they were given and gathered weapons and improvised weapons to prepare the defence. Arab League, form...
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Battle for Jerusalem
December 1947

The series of conflicts between militias and armed forces of Israel and Arab Legion. Soon after the British forces were retreated from area the fights started between Arabs and Jews for control over the city, even though the city was suppose to be under the corpus separatum rules (which meant that none of the sides will have the control over city). The fights were going on all through the 1948 ...

Cast a Giant Shadow 1966

Former US Army colonel accepts the offer to become military advisor and helps the Israelis form their defence against upcoming Arab invasion.