Sgt Mike Flanagan from Foxford, County Mayo in Ireland is considered to be a 'Founding  Father' of the Israeli Defence Force Armoured Corps. How did this Irish man serving in the British Army become a 'Founding Father' of the IDF Armoured Corps?
This is the amazing story of how the IDF Armoured Corps stared with two  tanks delivered to the Haganah  by Sgt Flanagan in 1948, and how and why he served during every war in Israel from 1948 to 1973.