IDF Parade history 1948-1973

הסטוריה של המצעדים הצבאים של צה"ל בכל הזמנים

Yakov Dori IDF chife of staff 1949 parade

1949

Marmon Harrington mk 4 1949 Tel Aviv

Navy 1949

Captured Egyptian Archer tanks from 1956 'Kadesh" war 1956 in Tel Aviv 1957 parade

1968 Parade in Jerusalem




First IDF military parade in Tel Aviv 1949

1949 parade

Tel Aviv 1952

1973 Jerusalem

The Israel Defense Forces parade was an event during the first 25 years of the State of Israel's existence to celebrate its military might. It was cancelled after 1973 due to financial concerns.

The first IDF parade took place during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, on July 27, 1948, on Allenby Street and Ben Yehuda Street in Tel Aviv.

The second parade took place in 1949, on Israel's first independence day, in Tel Aviv. It failed in the process because the overenthusiastic crowd burst into the parade ground. It was nicknamed "The parade that did not march".

Starting with the third parade in 1950, annual parades were held on the country's independence day, ending in 1968. Citing financial concerns, it was then decided that the parade should only be held on special occasions. The last IDF parade thus took place in 1973, on Israel's 25th birthday.

The Israel Defense Forces still has weapon exhibitions country-wide on Independence Day, but they are stationary and have a limited scale.



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1954
On the independence day of the state of Israel the IDF parade took place in Haifa
Marching from south to north from where "Dado" beach is today to Haifa downtown
near the port.
Prime minister David Ben Gurion and the chief of staff of the IDF Maklef were saluting the military parade

IDF MARCH


1968 parade in Jerusalem

1966 IDF Parade in Haifa

1968 IDF parade in Jerusalem

1967 parade one month peior to the Six Days War