Complex sentence: David (Dado) Elazar (1925-1976), was the ninth Chief of Staff for the Israel Defense Forces and served in this capacity from 1972 to 1974, when he was forced to resign in the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War.
Split into simpler sentences: David (Dado) Elazar (1925-1976), was the ninth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, serving in that capacity from 1972 to 1974. He was forced to resign in the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War.