"* Major in the" . . "23px" . . . "Manpower Directorate" . . . "* Head of the" . "in 1953 - 1955" . "Gideon Schocken"@en . "* Head of staff of the" . "World War II" . "*" . "British Army" . ", February 1956 \u2013 April 1961" . . ", February 1949 \u2013 1954" . "1936Z"^^ . . "," . "1961Z"^^ . . "British Army" . "Operations Directorate" . . "* Deputy Head of the" . "Gideon Schocken (Also spelled Gideon Shocken; Hebrew: \u05D2\u05D3\u05E2\u05D5\u05DF \u05E9\u05D5\u05E7\u05DF\u200E; December 28, 1919 - 1981) was Haganah fighter, Major in the British Army during World War II, and Aluf (major general) in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). He served as the head of the Manpower Directorate from February 1956 \u2013 April 1961."@en . .