The Yom Kippur War 1973
Israels victory in the 1967 Six Day War sowed the seeds of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. At 1400hrs on 6 October 1973 the Egyptian army launched an assault crossing of the Suez Canal. The carefully co-ordinated attack achieved complete tactical surprise. The sand embankments of the Israeli Bar-Lev Line were breached and an Israeli counterattack thrown back with heavy losses. In the second of his two-volume analysis of the Yom Kippur War, Simon Dunstan details the fighting in the Sinai, culminating i…
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- Full title :The Yom Kippur War 1973. / written by Simon Dunstan ; illustrated by Kevin Lyles.
Summary
Israels victory in the 1967 Six Day War sowed the seeds of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. At 1400hrs on 6 October 1973 the Egyptian army launched an assault crossing of the Suez Canal. The carefully co-ordinated attack achieved complete tactical surprise. The sand embankments of the Israeli Bar-Lev Line were breached and an Israeli counterattack thrown back with heavy losses. In the second of his two-volume analysis of the Yom Kippur War, Simon Dunstan details the fighting in the Sinai, culminating in Operation Gazelle, the Israeli counterattack across the Suez Canal. Although defeated militarily.
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- Publication Date:©2003.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Osprey
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2003.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (96 pages) : : illustrations (some color)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781846036484, 1846036488, 9781782006916, 1782006915
- oclc:ocn302391703
- LC Classification:DS128.1
- Dewey Decimal:956.048
Table of Contents
Cover; Half Title; Title; Imprint; Contents; The Origins Of The Campaign; The Bar-Lev Line; The War Of Attrition; Chronology; First Steps To War; Opposing Plans; The Israeli Response; Opposing Armies; Egyptian Forces; Order Of Battle Egyptian Army, October 1973; Israeli Forces; Order Of Battle Israeli Southern Command, October 1973; Opposing Commanders; Israeli Commanders; Egyptian Commanders; The October War; Operation Badr; Assault Crossing; Shovach Yonim; The First Israeli Counterattack; The Fightback; Operation Gazelle; Endgame; Aftermath; Battlefield Today; Bibliography; Index.
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