Yitzhak Sadeh

Yitzhak Sadeh
General Sadeh, 1950
Birth nameIzaak Landoberg
Nickname(s)HaZaken (the old man)
BornAugust 10, 1890
Lublin, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
DiedAugust 20, 1952(1952-08-20) (aged 62)
Tel Aviv, Israel
Allegiance Russian Empire
 Israel
Service/branchImperial Russian Army
Palmach
RankCommander
Moshe Dayan, Yitzhak Sadeh, and Yigal Allon. Kibbutz Hanita, 1938
Sadeh (left) and Yigal Allon, 1948
Yitzhak Sadeh in 1949

Yitzhak Sadeh (Hebrew: יצחק שדה, born Izaak Landoberg, August 10, 1890 – August 20, 1952), was the commander of the Palmach and one of the founders of the Israel Defense Forces at the time of the establishment of the State of Israel.