Albert Mandler
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Avraham Albert Mandler | |
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Born | Linz, First Austrian Republic | May 3, 1929
Died | October 3, 1973 Sinai, Egypt | (aged 44)
Buried | Kiryat Shaul Cemetery |
Allegiance | Israel |
Service/ | Israeli Ground Forces |
Rank | Major general |
Commands held | 8th Mechanized Infantry Brigade |
Battles/wars | Six-Day War Yom Kippur War † |
Avraham Albert Mandler (Hebrew: אברהם מנדלר; 3 May 1929, in Linz, Austria – 13 October 1973, in Sinai, Egypt) was an Israeli major general. In the 1967 Six-Day War he was a colonel commanding the 8th Mechanized Infantry Brigade. This brigade pushed "elements of the Shazli Force and the Egyptian 6th Division straight into an ambush laid by Arik Sharon" at Nakhl on June 8, 1967.[1] During the Yom Kippur War, Major General Mandler was commander of the IDF's armored forces in the Sinai. He was killed in action on 13 October 1973[2] by Egyptian artillery fire[3] after his voice was intercepted and identified by Egyptian electronic warfare units using tactical COMINT equipment, who immediately transmitted his position to the nearest Second Army artillery battery.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ Oren, Michael (2002). Six Days of War. Oxford University Press. p. 30. ISBN 1841762210
- ^ Dunsten, Simon (2003). The Yom Kippur War 1973 (2): The Sinai: Sinai Pt. 2 (Campaign) p. 30. ISBN 0-19-515174-7
- ^ Dunsten, Simon (2003). The Yom Kippur War 1973 (2): The Sinai: Sinai Pt. 2 (Campaign) p. 64-65. ISBN 0-19-515174-7
- 1929 births
- 1973 deaths
- Israeli generals
- Austrian Jews
- Austrian emigrants to Israel
- Israeli military casualties of Yom Kippur War
- Israeli military personnel killed in action
- Burials at Kiryat Shaul Cemetery
- Military personnel from Linz