Burma Road (Israel)
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Burma Road in Israel was a makeshift bypass road between Kibbutz Hulda and Jerusalem, built under the supervision of General Mickey Marcus during the 1948 Siege of Jerusalem. It was named for the Chinese Burma Road.
Burma Road
Convoy returning to Tzrifin from Burma Road, 1948
Construction of Burma Road
A bulldozer tows a truck on Burma road, June 1948
Mickey Marcus
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David Daniel "Mickey" Marcus was a United States Army colonel, later Israel's first General, who was a principal architect of the U.S. military's World War II civil affairs policies, including the organization of the war crimes trials in Germany and in Japan.
Mickey Marcus
US Col. Mickey Marcus in 1948, the first modern Israeli general (Aluf)
Memorial plaque for Colonel David Marcus at Union Temple of Brooklyn