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The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, [60] the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was fought from 6 to 25 October 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria. Most of the fighting occurred in the Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights, territories occupied by Israel ...
The October War, or the Tenth of Ramadan War, is also known in Syria as the Tishreen Liberation War, [1] while Israel calls it the Yom Kippur War. [2] It is the fourth Israeli war launched by Egypt and Syria against Israel on Saturday, October 6, 1973, corresponding to the 10th of Ramadan 1393 AH with a surprise attack by the Egyptian army and the Syrian army on the Israeli forces that were ...
The 6th of October War Panorama is a museum and memorial to the 1973 October war, located in Heliopolis, Cairo. [1] Constructed over an area of 7.5 feddans (around 32,000 square metres), [ 2 ] it was inaugurated on 5 October 1989 by former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak .
The 1967 war had severely depleted Egypt's military strength, as most of their air force and a large quantity of equipment was destroyed. Soviet assistance helped the Egyptian military to start the rebuilding of their armed forces shortly after the war, and by September 1968 Egyptian ground forces had sufficiently recovered to challenge the Israeli presence east of the Suez canal.
The Ofira Air Battle was one of the first air battles of the Yom Kippur War.On 6 October 1973, Egypt launched a massive surprise attack on Israel that included over 200 Egyptian aircraft participating in an opening airstrike.
The Egyptians launched their offensive in the early morning of October 14, at 6:30. The mechanized infantry brigade was to attack in the direction of the Gidi Pass, one armored brigade was to attack in the direction of the Mitla Pass, one brigade was to attack towards Baluza, and two brigades were to attack in the direction of Tasa. As ...
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This is a list of wars involving the Arab Republic of Egypt and its predecessor states. Egyptian victory Egyptian defeat Another result * *e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Egypt, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result