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Elyashiv Shimshi

Elyashiv Shimshi is an Israeli military officer and historian, a brigadier general in the IDF who received the Medal of Distinguished Service as an armored battalion commander in the Yom Kippur War.

born 1941Commanding Battalion 430 in 1973Medal of Distinguished ServiceBooks on military historyFounding the journal Shiryon

Born: 28 August 1941, Tel Aviv
Occupation: historian, military officer
Rank: tat aluf
Wars: 1982 Lebanon War, Six-Day War, War of Attrition, Yom Kippur War

Elyashiv Shimshi was born in 1941 in Tel Aviv

Elyashiv Shimshi was born on August 28, 1941, in Tel Aviv. He studied economics and business administration at Bar-Ilan University.

He joined the Armored Corps in August 1960 and became a tank platoon and company commander in Battalion 82. He fought in the Six-Day War, the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War. He later commanded Armored Brigade 177, led company commander courses and served as deputy commander of Division 611.

His last role was chief of staff of Corps 441 with the rank of brigadier general, a post he held for a long time in the reserves. After leaving the army he advised a team of Rafael and the American firm Loral that won a tender to build an exercise control system for the IDF. He founded the journal Shiryon and was its first editor in chief, and he headed the Council for the Reduction of Crime in Israel.

Shimshi has written many books on military history, focusing on the analysis of battles at the tactical and operational levels. He received the Moldovan Prize for military literature in 2016 and a lifetime achievement Moldovan Prize in 2024 for his book on Yigal Allon.

Elyashiv Shimshi's life in 8 milestones

1941
Born in Tel Aviv.
1960
Joined the Armored Corps.
1968
Commanded a force in Operation Karameh.
1973
Commanded Battalion 430 in the Yom Kippur War.
1976
Appointed commander of Armored Brigade 177.
1986
Published a book on the Se'ara Battalion in the Yom Kippur War.
2016
Won the Moldovan Prize for military literature.
2024
Received the Moldovan lifetime achievement prize for his book on Yigal Allon.

Elyashiv Shimshi served in Armored Corps

Shimshi served in the Armored Corps from 1960, fought in the Six-Day War, the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War, where he commanded Battalion 430 and received the Medal of Distinguished Service. He rose to brigadier general as chief of staff of Corps 441.

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