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Moshe Dayan was born on May 20, 1915 and
died on October 16, 1981. During his life he was a soldier, a military
leader and a politician. In his youth he joined the illegal Jewish
defense force, the Haganah and found himself imprisoned by the British.
In 1941 Dayan lost his eye when a Vichy
French sharpshooter spotted him on a roof observing the enemy with
binoculars. The bullet hit his binoculars saving his life but glass and
metal fragments cost him his eye. He was unable to use a glass eye so a
patch was provided and became his hallmark.
He fought in the 1948 War of
Independence as well he led the invasion of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula in
1956. He held the post of Commander of the Jerusalem front, Chief of
Staff of the IDF 1953-1958 and mainly the Defense Minister during the
Six-Day war. He was considered by most of the world as the symbol of the
new Israeli State. Moshe Dayan was a man of many talents and after
being blamed by some for the army's lack of preparation before the
outbreak of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, he left the army and joined
politics.
Figure size: about 30cm
Item-no.: 040400004
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