Talk:Burma Road (Israel)

Lots of errors in the photo captions
The convoy is not returning FROM the Burma road, but along it. That's not a 'truck' but either an ambulance or specifically a medical supplies lorry, as the symbol shows. Can someone PLEASE fix these???!!!!!

First Edits
I have removed the "stub" tag & added an account of the building of the road that is based largely on Yitzhak Levi's "Tish'a Kabin" (Nine Measures) - summarizing what I wrote elsewhere and referencing it (the other article has references to the original Hebrew). Levi was in the first jeeps to arrive in Tel Aviv from Jerusalem over the road and was chief of Hagannah intelligence in Jerusalem. Therefore, his account should be reasonably accurate.

American accounts credit Col. David "Mickey" Marcus with initiating the idea of the road, but I have not seen of any Israeli account that does so, though he is mentioned in Levi's account as surveying it. Marcus had overall command authority. An Israeli professional historian I consulted concurs that Marcus was not the initiator or real manager of the road project. I have finessed this difference of opinion since there is evidently no way of resolving it. Mewnews (talk) 00:30, 18 September 2008 (UTC)]]


 * 'Professional historians' often have an agenda. As someone who grew up in Jerusalem during those years, I can say that we always regarded Marcus as the initiator and motive force.

Possible copyright problem
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Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 26 September 2021
Under the History section “Palestine War” should be changed to “Israel War of Independence”. That is the correct term. 24.5.225.28 (talk) 23:09, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
 * ABSOLUTELY. This is an idiotic term. Israel War of Independence is the historically correct term, accepted by all serious scholars. But trust Wiki to be motivated by hatred towards Israel on all occasions.
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:19, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
 * ABSOLUTELY. This is an idiotic term. Israel War of Independence is the historically correct term, accepted by all serious scholars. But trust Wiki to be motivated by hatred towards Israel on all occasions. 89.240.248.160 (talk) 12:58, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 16 April 2024
The Burma Road was opened by the 7th Brigade. The 7th Brigade was commanded by Major-General (Aluf) Shlomo Shamir. See the book "to Jerusalem at any Price" ISBN 965 05 0717 5 and also "Latrun" by Ram Oren ISBN 9965 7130 16 2. The opening of the Burma Road was not planned or supervised by David Marcus who was recruited in the USA by Shamir. Yaelshamir (talk) 08:19, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. PianoDan (talk) 23:20, 17 April 2024 (UTC)