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Moshe Dayan

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Born May 20, 1915 · Degania Alef, Ottoman Empire [now Israel]

Died October 16, 1981

Biography

Moshe Dayan was an Israeli military leader and politician. As commander of the Jerusalem front in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1953–1958) during the 1956 Sinai War, and as Defense Minister during the Six-Day War in 1967, he became a worldwide fighting symbol of the state of Israel.

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Awards & recognition

  • Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour · 1956
  • Distinguished Service Order
  • Israeli military decorations
  • Knight of the Legion of Honour

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