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Czechoslovak Arms Exports to the Middle East - Volume 1: Israel, Jordan and Syria, 1948-1994 (Paperback)
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Czechoslovak Arms Exports to the Middle East - Volume 1: Israel, Jordan and Syria, 1948-1994 (Paperback)
Series: Middle East@War
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Eager to fully use its excessive arms manufacturing capacities and
thus earn as much hard currency as possible, communist
Czechoslovakia became one of the principal arms suppliers to the
Middle East during the Cold War. After the end of the Second World
War, Czechoslovakia became an integral part of the Soviet Bloc
which was heralded by the communist coup d'etat in February 1948.
Before that date, however, the communist-led government in Prague
had already decided, with backing from Moscow, to provide the newly
established State of Israel with armament, which subsequently led
to violating the UN arms embargo. These arms - infantry weapons and
fighter aircraft - played a crucial role in the subsequent 1948
Arab Israeli War. As well as armament, the Czechoslovak Army also
trained the initial cadre of personnel for the Israeli Air Force
and Israeli paratrooper forces. When it became clear that Israel
would not become a communist country, solid relations between the
two states were disrupted by the Czechoslovak government. From then
onwards, the leadership in Prague concentrated on deliveries of
military hardware to Israel's Arab opponents. Thus in 1955, thanks
to Prague, Syria became the first Arab state which obtained weapons
from any communist country. Damascus remained the most loyal client
of Czechoslovak arms in the Middle East until the fall of communism
in Czechoslovakia in 1989. During more than 30 years, Syrians
ordered large quantities of Czechoslovak-designed jet trainer
aircraft and impressive numbers of armoured vehicles manufactured
in Czechoslovakia under Soviet license. Moreover, Czechoslovak
experts designed several Syrian facilities for the repairs of
military hardware as well as a number of installations and
structures on Syrian military airfields. Jordan also obtained
Czechoslovak infantry weapons in 1956 and Amman expressed interest
in arms supplies and military assistance from Czechoslovakia in the
subsequent years. The publication also contains information related
to deliveries of Czechoslovak weapons to other states in the Middle
East such as Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, the
United Arab Emirates, and to different Palestinian factions. The
first volume of this mini-series provides general information on
the development of the Czechoslovak arms industry post-1945 as well
as detailing the principles, organization and history of arms
export from communist Czechoslovakia. At the same time, the
training of foreign military personnel in Czechoslovakia is
outlined. Using the declassified original documentation, this is
the most comprehensive account of Cold War Czechoslovak military
involvement in the Middle East ever published.
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