Jewish soldiers quietly infiltrated an abandoned British airstrip in the village of Beit Daras in what is now modern-day Palestine. They then proceeded to strangle the Palestinian soldiers guarding the base, and lit up the runway with torches. Within hours, a dual-engine Douglas DC-3, with a cache of weapons, including 200 rifles, 40 machine guns, and their ammunition, touched down. The arms were sold by Czechoslovakia to the soon-to-be-created Jewish state, and they had been produced by Nazi Germany.advertisementRead Full StoryIt was March 31, 1948. Israel would be born six weeks later, on May 14, 1948.Only 36 hours before, David...
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