"Victor Israelyan was a senior ambassador in the Soviet Foreign Ministry when the armies of Egypt and Syria invaded Israeli-occupied territory on October 6, 1973. Critical to the outcome of this conflict were the Soviet Union and the United States, whose diplomatic maneuverings …
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"During the 1967 Six-Day War ... Israel seized the strategically critical Golan Heights, routing the whole Syrian Army in little more than a single day. Yet when the Yom Kippur War broke out in 1973 the Israeli military found itself in immediate danger of being overwhelmed, suff…
The Yom Kippur War 1973
by Dunstan, Simon, Lyles, Kevin
fromOsprey military campaign series
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Type: Book
The Yom Kippur War 1973
by Dunstan, Simon, Lyles, Kevin
fromCampaign (Osprey Publishing)
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Type: Book
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 I…
The Yom Kippur War 1973
by Dunstan, Simon, Lyles, Kevin
fromCampaign (Osprey Publishing)
0
Type: Book
The Yom Kippur War 1973
by Dunstan, Simon, Lyles, Kevin
fromOsprey military campaign series
0
Type: Book
"The sudden eruption of the Yom Kippur War in 1973 took Israel--and the world--by surprise. While many scholars have tried to explain why Israel was caught unawares despite its sophisticated military intelligence services, Dalia Gavriely-Nuri looks beyond the military, intellige…
In surprise attacks on Israel in October 1973, Egyptian and Syrian forces crossed ceasefire lines to enter the Israeli-held Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights, igniting what became known as the Yom Kippur War. In the north, Israel succeeded in blocking the Syrian advance, but in …
In surprise attacks on Israel in October 1973, Egyptian and Syrian forces crossed ceasefire lines to enter the Israeli-held Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights, igniting what became known as the Yom Kippur War. In the north, Israel succeeded in blocking the Syrian advance, but in …