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Aharon Nachshon

Aharon Nachshon was a Palmach and Haganah commander and an IDF colonel who served in the Armored Corps.

1925 to 1995Commanding Battalion 377 in SinaiFighting in the battle for HaifaFirst CEO of Beit Shemesh Engines

Died: 13 April 1995
Occupation: military officer
Rank: aluf mishne
Wars: Suez Crisis, 1948 Palestine war

Aharon Nachshon was born in 1925 in Haifa

Aharon Nachshon was born in Haifa in 1925. He was a member of the Scouts movement.

He joined the Palmach in 1943 and left it in 1945, then stayed active in the Haganah. In the War of Independence he commanded a company in the Carmeli Brigade and fought in the battle for Haifa and in the Galilee.

In the IDF he served in the Armored Corps and commanded Battalion 79 in 1950 and 1951. He studied mechanical engineering at the Technion and later headed the Armored Corps school. In the Sinai War he commanded Battalion 377, and afterward he commanded the 7th Brigade.

After leaving the army, he became the first CEO of Beit Shemesh Engines in 1968. In 1976 he joined Ariel Sharon's Shlomtzion party. He died in 1995 in Karmei Yosef, where he lived.

Aharon Nachshon's life in 8 milestones

1925
Born in Haifa.
1943
Joined the Palmach.
1947
Completed a platoon commanders course.
1950
Appointed commander of Battalion 79.
1955
Sent to France to examine buying AMX-13 tanks.
1968
Became the first CEO of Beit Shemesh Engines.
1976
Joined the Shlomtzion party.
1995
Died in Karmei Yosef.

Aharon Nachshon served in Armored Corps

He served in the Palmach and the Haganah, commanded a Carmeli Brigade company in the War of Independence, and in the IDF Armored Corps commanded Battalion 377 in the Sinai War and later the 7th Brigade. He reached the rank of colonel.

Armored Corps