Trumpeldor was an early Zionist activist and military figure who died defending the Jewish settlement of Tel Hai in 1920.

As a soldier in the Imperial Russian Army during the Russo-Japanese War, he lost his left arm at Port Arthur and was decorated for bravery.

• In 1915, he co-founded the Zion Mule Corps with Ze'ev Jabotinsky, which fought for the British at Gallipoli during World War I.

• His reputed last words, "It is good to die for our country," became a celebrated phrase in Israeli culture, and the Betar youth movement is named after him.