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The UN security council is about to draft a resolution for this comment section

Christ theres more people saying the comments are gonna be bad than the actual bad comments

Israel didn't start with tanks, they managed to build the 3 Sherman's after the war started from scrap heaps found at British ordnance yards. The first tanks Israel had was 2 Cromwell, which was liberated from the British forces during their withdrawal with help from sympathetic British soldiers.

The Israeli was in a life and death situation, they had everything to lose in defeat. The motivation of both army was different.

I was expecting spicy comments, instead i get people warning of incoming spicy comments.

Interesting fact: most of the weapons that Czechoslovakia (I apologize if I spelled that wrong) sent to the Israelis were, in fact, surplus weapons that had been manufactured for the Wermacht in WW2. As such many, if not all of them, had improperly calibrated or sabotaged sights, which the Czechs had intended to mess with the Germans, but they forgot to inform the IDF about it until after the weapons had been shipped, issued and the Israelis had found out about the messed up sights. Still, it must have struck several of the Jews as ironic that they were now using Czech Vz. 24s, Kar98ks and other weapons made for the Nazis, to defend themselves, along with a smattering of American, British, Russian and even homemade weapons.

It's hard to imagine the Jews were attacked on so many fronts and without air superiority to start. Now looking at Israel today and it's not hard to see this is one country that will never go down without a complete fight from all citizens. Simply astounding how they managed to get to this point!

So from what ive gathered, the only reason the nakba happened is because the arabs attacked the israeli state upon creation, thus displacing most of their population due to their own loss. This is a major point because the narrative is often spun the other way around, but in reality the overwhelming majority of the arabs would have become israeli citizens, and even now we see that arab muslims are 20 percent of israeli citizens.

I spent several weeks in Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and the West Bank, and Egypt back in 2018. One thing that was amazing to me is how small this whole area is. The area covered in this video is barely the size of New Jersey. For a Texan like me, learning that the distance from Amman to Jerusalem is the same as Austin to San Antonio, or that Beirut is closer to Tel Aviv than Austin is to Waco, is really incredible. I pray that within my lifetime I can take a drive between those cities with something approaching the ease I do within my own state.

Fun fact: When one of the Messerschmidts was shot down, the american pilot (who couldn't speak hebrew) found himself between the fronts. It was dusk and and his only hope were some Kibbutzniks who didn't even know that Israel had an air force. Afraid that they would shoot at him, thinking he would be an arab pilot, if he approached them, he ran in their direction screaming "gefillte fisch!" (a traditional Jewish meal) Edit: Also he was Pee Wee Hermans dad

One little nation against all odds and still come victorious. Respect sincerely.

The comments section is more peaceful than the middle east right now.

Arabs: We are going to finish you. Israelis: Our country map is very chaotic, let us make it a bit better and make the lines straight.

the arabs really managed to grab defeat from the jaws of victory

Arab league: “We have you 7 to 1” Israel: “I like those odds”

There are so many comments about the comment section, that no actual comment section can be seen.

I am not gonna lie, I do think this map is a bit chaotic, which is a shame. I personally prefer the style used in your ''Six-Day war'' video. Nice informative video, though.

Great video, but I do have to point out an error. The agreement between Israel and Egypt signed in 1948 was not, as a matter of law, a treaty. It was an armistice agreement, which has a lesser legal status. There would not be any treaties between Israel and any Arab state until 1979, when Israel and Egypt did finally conclude a peace treaty.

Really hard to believe that such a small bunch of people were able to repel attacks from multiple far bigger countries. Unbelievable accomplishment. Also, the arabs were fighting as effective as the italians ins ww2 it seems.

Why bother listen to Historians, when the "real" experts can be found in a comments section?

Fun fact: The Avia S-199 was a Bf-109 airframe with the engine and propeller from a Heinkel He-111.

Everyone attacks Israel Israel: “you’re going to need more everyone for this to be a fair fight.”

In 1948 not a single Arab living there called himself a Palestinian. That is a historical fact and must be mentioned.

While the 3D animation is good, I still would prefer a more professional style map view. I am not quite sure where all the fronts are supposed to be in these. If the map instead showed NATO style icons and attack arrows (sort of like hearts of iron with NATO icons on), I think it would make it much clearer.

It amazes me how far this channel has come from its Nurrrik and Phoenix days. Love the work you guys do, yet another fantastic video.

the Arabs were absolutely merciless towards any Jewish women and children.

This doc ends with “The Israeli victory made future conflict inevitable”. It’s the Arab world’s complete unwillingness to live with the result of their military actions that would lead to continual war.

When your very existence is at stake, you will fight with everything you have. This was not the case for Arab states, each guy was happy at home and just threw a few soldiers at Israel to feel a sense of contribution.

I gotta said i much prefer the rectangle to the little soldiers. Thank you for your work

Anyone notice how the Palestinians were not a thing at this point in history?

Although one day it might, Palestine doesn’t exist today. An independent Arab Palestine has never existed. It didn’t exist under the Ottoman rule or the British Mandate or, in the end, under a United Nations Partition Plan that was rejected by every single Arab state and Palestinian leadership. It didn’t exist when the Palestinians were governed by governments in Jordan and Egypt (a time when there was virtually no international pressure to create an independent Palestine) and it didn’t come into existence when the Arab states rejected Israel’s peace gestures after the 1967 and 1973 wars. Yasser Arafat ultimately rejected peace in every negotiation he ever participated in, embracing Intifada instead. Palestine didn’t exist after Israel granted Gaza autonomy and the populace turned to the terrorists of Hamas, and it won’t exist until Hamas and Fatah stop engaging in and supporting terrorism and drop their absurd demands for Jerusalem and the Right of Return.

After being starved and decimated in Europe they had to put up one hell of a fight. Kudos to the Israeli

*Breaking News: Egypt blame Moses for the Defeat*

'...proved incapable of defeating their better-organised opponents...' Sums up the last 70-odd years.

One important note, back in the day Arabs didn't address themselves as Palestinians. Also, the major conflict about Israeli lands was between Israel and Arab countries.

I once thought that the 6 day and Yom Kippur wars were most indicative of Israel's military prowess. But having studied the history, the Israeli independence war was where Israel truly demonstrated its courage and determination. A fledgling unsupported state with many new immigrants, holding its own and eventually kicking ass against massive forces from 7 Arab countries. Though the video sites the number of infantry being more or less on par (since Israel drafted EVERYBODY), still the Arabs were much better equipped, and surrounded Israel on all sides. The only thing that prevented the Arabs from bringing in even more forces they had, was sheer hubris, they were certain they had far more than enough to defeat the "weak" Israelis. Boy were they in for a surprise.

Seriously guys? I came with popcorn to the comment section. I'm genuinely disappointed. C'mon guys, start fighting. Where are the experts and keyboard warriors?

"It gives off an impression which is incorrect, that the combined Arab nations drastically outnumbered their enemy" A few seconds later: Egypt: 50 tanks, 65 howitzers, 91 aircrafts Iraq: 20-50 tanks, 70-80 artillery pieces, around 40 combat-ready aircrafts vs Israel: 3 Sherman tanks LOL But WAIT! THERE IS MORE! 40 entrenched Israeli defenders managed to repel sustained assaults from 1000 Egyptian soldiers supported by artillery and mortar fire. Ah yes, and incorrect impression indeed... and I can keep going

Arabs still hoping for a win since 1948

this war was the most humiliating war of the Arab league because we Jews didn't have a military

Seriously HOW did the Arabs lose this war. They were on the offensive and even took parts of E. Jerusalem before the first truce and then Israel just decided to actually try as hard as they could. It was like Israel just needed some practice before going into full playoff mode.

Arab States: You're stuck with us. After the truce Israel: You are stuck with me now.

It's amazing how the UN doesn't intervene when the fight started, but when Israel counter-attack, they come like a savior.

The Jews didn't run to the airport clinging to airplanes trying to get out. They grabbed their weapons and fought to the death.

It`s so good to hear that my country, Czechoslovakia, was so supportive over the war.

For those who care what that kibbutz thing is, It's an israeli commune, usually agriculture based.

Compared with WW2 that just ended, this war was like a kindergarten quarrel. On the other hand, the help from Chechoslovakia was really important, and is strange that USSR allowed this. Yes, the Israeli army had a hard birth. But look where they are today!

Arabs countries: starting a war against Israel Israel: *fighting back* Arab countries: wait that's illegal

The fact that there are more comments about the toxicity of comments on arab-israeli videos instead of actual nasty comments says a lot about the kings and generals audience.

"Due to the chaos many Palestinians withdrew to neighboring Arab countries." Actually they left because the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, the leader of Muslims in the region, announced that any Muslim who stayed in Israel would be treated like the Jewish Israelis and be seen a traitor by the victorious Muslim armies and punished. He promised that if they left Israel that they would be resettled back in Israel with substantial benefits by the victorious Arab army when the inevitable Arab victory occurred.

“It’s over, Egypt! I have the high ground.” “You underestimate my power!”

The US had an arms embargo on Israel. However, some US gangs at the time trafficked arms. I've heard that essentially Frank Sinatra operated as an Israeli agent in involvement with procuring arms from the mafia, and was especially helpful in evading the FBI... lo and behold, Frank Sinatra is highly revered in Israel and I believe there are several places named after him.

Arabs: Thats the end of israel habibi Israel: hold my bamba

Refreshing my memory in light of modern events, good video

The fighting’Jew’ certainly is a ‘beast’ to behold, you certainly have to admire their tenacity, bravery, bravado, brilliance & courage

I never knew Czechoslovakia was so instrumental in helping Israel

Fun fact: Jamal Nasser (future Egyptian leader and the person who ordered Egypt to start the six day war in 1967) was actually a soldier trapped in the Faluja pocket durning Israel independance war. When the war ended Rabbi Goren (the IDF rabbi) came to collect the bodies of religious IDF soldiers the Faluja pockets have killed and Nasser even saluted him despite Rabbi Goren being lower in rank then Nasser.

Im surprised more Muslims have no lost their faith when clearly the Jews were chosen by god throughout this conflict

This war was smoke screened if you will by the swift 6 day war. This war is even more incredible in my opinion. How the Israelis only lost 1% of their population after this war whilst surrounded by 15 million Arabs at the time, boggles my mind. The Israelis are, although not perfect and have screwed up, are arguably the greatest fighters in modern history.

6:24 Eight tanks with infantry (military) support get whipped by some guys (civilian) with one Piat Projector and petrol bombs. Just stop and think about that.

Arab Armys: *exist* IDF: _I'm gonna do what is called a Pro-Gamer Move_

Israel vs arabs gang but the Arabs still lose..im sure the arabs really embarrassed at that time

Part of the problem the Arabs didn't want to take a no by loosing. Here we are again in 2023.

A seven nation army can't hold them back

i see our support made some difference. Greetings from Czech Republic

In one village in Israel, 40 defenders repel an attack from 1,000 Egyptian soldiers....... that shows you how poor the Egyptian army was in places.🇮🇱✌

One of the French built Renault tanks of the Syrian army still sits outside the main gate of Kibbutz Degania. On the spot where a kibbutznik stopped it with a molotov cocktail. They repaint it from time to time and it's in good condition.

I just hope for peace in region and end to hostilities, it is easy to keyboard war here than to be actually there and suffer the dreaded war and horrors. War is terrible...period.

Too many graphics, call me old fashioned, but I prefer the historical footage and charts WITHOUT 7.62 constantly rolling over them.

You can't delete israel from the world map....

NB Calling the Arabs of Palestine "Palestinians" is historically inaccurate and perpetuates later (1960s) Arab/Soviet linguistic sleight of hand. Firstly, most of Mandate Palestine was carved off and renamed "(Trans)Jordan". Secondly, while all residents of western Palestine were technically "Palestinians" between 1920 and 1948, only the Palestinian Jews embraced the name, using it in numerous Jewish institutions, e.g. the Palestine Post, Palestine Symphony Orchestra, or the Palestine national football team.

It was a really good documentary, I only have one point I'd like to say is that it would have been great to have the map with different colors moving with the fronts moving.

You said the 3D modeling costs a lot more money - yet in looking at this and the "2D" modeling of the Six Day War video, I gather more information from the less-fiddly-and-distracting latter. I would much prefer you take the "cheaper" option of the Six Day War style of video over this one.

The LORD was with them.

The major difference was in the morale. The Israelis were fighting for survival whereas the Arabs were fighting to win.

Have to agree with J Dekkers, the old style in the 6 days war video was alot better, this one is far more chaotic and hard to make out which territory belonged to whom. Still an awesome video as always, with lots of information, especially stuff people usually tend to forget, like the weapons and armor imports from other countries to the Jewish State.

Only war where the loser is expected to loose nothing 😂😂😂😂😂

It’s important to note that the borders at the start of the war were not the borders offered in the resolutions. They were far better and looking back the Arabs certainly should have agreed

Gave me chills. Such a brave people and country.

“Whoever blesses Israel will be blessed, And whoever curses Israel will be cursed.” Numbers 24:9, Genesis 12:3 Think about that sentence.

"Man Plans and God Laughs" - Jewish Proverb

interesting how arabs say jews took their land when they themselves were subjects of the ottoman empire. they were allowed on the land but it belonged to the turkish. arabs didnt own those lands for centuries much like the same with jews

While I liked this video, I think the viewers would understand the war better with changing front lines. That red line could have moved around as each side pressed their attack and sieges territory. I still learned a lot though.

Your modern warfare videos are my favorites, but to be honest I preferred the style of the Six-Days War video. The infantry divisions are oversized on the map and the fact that they pop in and out constantly makes it confusing ! However the narrator is still the best 👌

Farmers, many of them refugees from the Holocaust, defeat seven British-trained and supplied armies. Praise God!

3:41 Seven Nation Army cannot defeat Israel

This is one of the hardest wars to explain due to the multiple simultaneous fronts going on in the span of a couple of weeks and I wanted to give you guys a shout out for doing it (I know how hard it was since I helped out one of my profs to do a lecture on the topic). I hope that my criticism below won't be taken out of context but I have just a couple things to mention. First, the Arab Holy Army (the local Arab Palestinian main force) was a large and significant player in the early stages of the war adding nearly 35,000 extra troops to the invading force. Secondly, Israel having nearly 30,000 troops is slightly misleading considering that it was their total military contingent (not their combat force) when using that number to compare to the 20,000 Arab combat force. It leaves out how many Israeli's were conscripted to simply to work sometimes 18 hour shifts which that state needed them to do (like babysitting, construction, ammunition and weapons production...etc.). It makes no sense to the viewer that Israel would have 30,000 troops but them be completely outnumbered by Arab forces such as how you mentioned in Kfar Doram, Nirim, and Jerusalem. However, it failed to give to full scope of the battles and campaign and just how out numbered the Israeli's were in May in the Negev the Israeli's had an 800 total force to 10,000 Egyptian one, Galilee (Kinerot Campaign Syrian force of 2,100 against 150 Israeli's, Gesher 3,000 Iraqi's against 50 Israeli's), and Jerusalem (Ramat Rachel where nearly 2,000 combined Jordanian, Arab Liberation Army, Arab Holy Army, and Egyptian forces attacked 80 Israeli's), and so on and so forth. Thidly, logistics (like with any major conflict) was the most important factor of the war. It's important to show Jordanian, Iraqi, and Egyptian supply lines and the inter-Arab conflict that was caused due to Egypt refusing to allow Jordanian bound arms from the UK through the Suez and instead had stolen them for themselves. Due to the UK control of the Suez it also made moving Egyptian forces nearly impossible forcing them to send their supplies from Alexandria to El-Arish and then would bound them to their respective locations. That took two weeks and meant that the destruction of any supplies caused them to have a significant logistical disadvantage over their much smaller foe. Fourth, it would have been important to mention the geopolitical implications for Britain with supporting Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, and Syria. The United States, the Soviet Union (until October) , and most importantly, France backed Israel making the 1948 war a proxy war that had begun the process of the collapse of any British Middle East Empire. Lastly, civilians were often intentional targets of the war with Iraqi, Egyptian, Jordanian, and other forces intentionally attacking schools, hospitals, while the Israeli's had often massacred villages (specifically during fierce resistance) if civilians had remained inside the villages they would have likely not survived. Massacres on against both sides had occurred and had been covered up until being found out through oral testimony and declassified Israeli documents. If you guys want to know more about the topic I would strongly encourage you guys to read about it. Though there is a lot of pieces missing from the puzzle most of the commanders of the war wrote their own books on the topic and with a little critical thinking and a lot of time it would offer a clearer perspective on the complexity of this war alone.

Israel’s three Sherman tanks of glory.

I am an eighty years old German. By every war in which Israel has been attacked I was pressing thumps for Israel.

Congrats to the Israelis They know how to win a fight against bullies Cheers from Brazil

Nice video, thanks for mentioning the Czechoslovak support of Israel, we were one of few, who supported them during this conflict. As a thanks for this, Israel gifted as an Merkava MK1 tank for our tank museum in Lešany, somwhere in 2000s, making us one of few nations in the world owning an Israeli tank :D

I was just watching your video on the Battle of Lipany when I got the notification for this video. *epic*

Welcome people, who are here to really understand the Israel Hamas problem ..... U r the real guy/girl 👍🏻

You underestimate the value of the Arab forces in the war, the estimates are about 75,000 Arab forces (although not all in a military framework, but as guerilla fighters) compared to about 27,000 Jewish soldiers

🇮🇱 Mighty Israel! She is small, but she will not be messed with ♥️🇮🇱🙏

UN observer: its look like 5 maybe 6 countries attack israel and try to destroy it !!! UN: what can we do ? let them fight it out . UN observer: ty god its look like israel winning . UN: ceasefire !!! ceasefire !!! arabs world wide: look at this aggressor country, war crimes war crimes !

It's not "the first arab-Israeli war" it's Israel's War of Independence, once started by the Arabs as they rejected a two state solution (History really does repeat itself)

What did those arabs expect? The Israelians just survived the concentration camps and swore to never again be murdered without resistance. And they never will!

In Israel we call this war the War of Independence because in this war we got an independent state without British or UN envoys