Shlomo Shamir

Shlomo Shamir (15 June 1915 – 19 May 2009) was the third Commander of the
Shlomo Shamir
Israeli Navy (1949–1950), and the first Israeli Navy Commander to receive the rank
of Aluf. He was the third Commander of theIsraeli Air Force (1950–1951).

Biography
Shlomo Shamir was born Shlomo Rabinowitch, in Berdychiv, Russian Empire. He
was taken to Palestine in 1925. In 1929 he joined the Haganah and was instrumental
in smuggling weapons and illegal Jewish immigrants into Palestine during the time
of the British Mandate and the White Paper of 1939. In 1940 he received his pilot
license, and in the same year he joined the Royal Air Force in order to fight the
Nazis and gain experience in warfare. In 1946 he was discharged from the British
military with the rank of major.

In 1948 he was ordered by Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion to lead the Israeli 7th
Armored Brigade in the fight to conquer Latrun. He was also instrumental in
creating the Burma Road. At the end of the Israeli War of Independence he was
offered the job of Chief of the General Staff, but he refused. Instead he served other
capacities, eventually becoming the third Commander of the Israeli Navy in May Born 15 June 1915
1949. He helped build the small Israeli Navy by purchasing a new corvette and Berdychiv, Russian
advanced torpedo boats. In 1950, he was replaced as Commander of the Israeli Navy Empire
by Mordechai Limon and became the Commander of theIsraeli Air Force. Under his
Died 19 May 2009
leadership, the Israeli Air Defense Network was created, and the Hatzor Israeli Air
(aged 93)
Force Base built. In August 1951, he handed command of the Air Force over to
Tel Aviv, Israel
Haim Laskov and retired from the Israel Defense Forces.[1][2]
Allegiance Israel
In civilian life, Shamir became a successful businessman, creating many companies. Service/ Israeli Navy
He received a master's degree in Social Sciences from Tel Aviv University and a branch Israeli Air
master's degree in administration fromHarvard University. Force

On 19 May 2009 Shamir died inTel Aviv at the age of 93, leaving his daughter Yael, Years of 1929–1951
two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.[3] service
Rank Aluf
References Commands Commander of the
held Israeli Navy,
1. http://www.olinfilms.com/brigade/resources/bios/shamir.html‫שמיר‬ Commander of the
2. http://www.olinfilms.com/brigade/resources/bios/shamir.html Israeli Air Force
3. "Archived copy" (https://web.archive.org/web/20100413120910/http://do
Battles/wars World War II
ver.idf.il/IDF/announcements/09/05/1902.htm). Archived from the
original (http://dover.idf.il/IDF/announcements/09/05/1902.htm) on 13 Israeli War of
April 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2010. Independence

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