Hardware Merkava Mk II
s Israel developed an armored corps, it faced the quandary of acquiring weaponry from an outside world devoid of trustworthy sources. The grim losses it suffered during the 1973 Yom Kippur War—with 1,500 of its
Hallowed Ground Masada, Israel
The 66–74 Great Jewish Revolt against Rome has taken its place in legend for the Jewish ambush at Beth Horon in 66—which cost Legio XII Fulminata nearly 6,000 soldiers and an aquila (imperial eagle standard)—the Roman siege and destruction of Jerusal
