The Third Temple: Yom Kippur War Part 2
Conflicted: A History Podcast
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The Syrian Onslaught Was a Hat Trick
Of the seven israeli tanks, theirs is the only one firing. The other six are still at the bottom of the tank ramp. Some combination of fear and paralysis kept them from exposing themselves. As howard blum writes, askarovqut understood the man's fear. He knew that they would all die to day. After being hit four times, askarof's tank was finally destroyed and he was thrown 20 feet from the turret. His throat filled up with blood and he passed out. Askarov awoke several hours later in an israeli field hospital, and the doctors told him what the battle had done to his body. We removed a bucketful of shrapnel,
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