A Map of Each Day of the War of Independence

This short illustrative video (01:17) depicts the land lost and gained by each side on every day of the Arab-Israeli War of 1948 through a color coded map with changing borders. The video also presents a timeline of the war, beginning on 15 May 1948, the day after the Declaration of the State, through the first cease fire (11 June – 8 July 1948), the second cease fire (18 July – 15 October 1948), the end of the fighting on 7 Jan 1949, the official end of the war on 10 March 1949 and the final borders as declared on 20 July 1949.