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Abraham (Avraham) "Bren" Adan was an Israeli army
general who served in the military between 1947 -
1973.

 
He was born in Kfar Gileadi, Palestine in 1926. 
He joined the Jewish self-defense force, the
Palmach, in 1943, before the country of Israel
declared its independence in 1947.
 
During Israel's 1948 Arab-Israeli War|War of
Independence during 1947-1948, he led the Negev
Brigade in capturing the Jordanian outpost of
Eilat, at the southeastern-most tip of the newly
created country.
 
During the 1956 Suez War, Lieutenant Colonel Adan
commanded the 7th Armored Brigade (the Hativa
Sheva) in the Sinai and defeated several Egyptian
forces in that area. 
 
During the June 1967 Six-Day War, Adan was the
deputy commander of an Armored Division fighting
again in the Sinai.  Shortly thereafter he
conceived of the idea to build a high sand-dune
along the east side of the Suez Canal to prevent
the Egyptians from observing the Israeli Army's
defenses.
 
Major General Adan was defending the northern
portion of the Israeli defense along the Suez
Canal when the October 1973 Yom Kippur War
started.  As the commander of the 162nd Armored
Division, he directed his unit to cross into
Egyptian territory just north of the Great Bitter
Lake, during Operation Strongheart.  He then
manouvered his unit southward to Suez City, where
his unit surrounded the Egyptian Third Army.  This
envelopment caused the collapse of the Egyptian
war effort.
  
Between 1974-1977 he served as the Armed Forces
Attache at the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC.

==Sources==
*"Up to the Ink Flag"
*"On the Banks of the Suez."