Yom Kippur War Egyptian Army

The war began with attacks meant to be a total surprise to israel on the holiest day of the jewish year.

Yom kippur war egyptian army. The yom kippur war ramadan war or october war hebrew. מלחמת יום הכיפורים milẖemet yom hakipurim or מלחמת יום כיפור milẖemet yom kipur. During the 1973 yom kippur war against israel the army commander was lieutenant general saad mamoun. Whether to cross the suez canal the next night on saturday night.

ʻamaliyat badr or plan badr خطة بدر. As neither belligerent has released an official order of battle this list remains incomplete for example concerning brigades within divisions of the third army and largely conjectural. Launched in conjunction with a syrian assault on the golan heights this attack marked the start of the yom kippur war. The yom kippur war was fought between israel and arab countries led by egypt and syria in october 1973 inspired by arab desires to win back territories taken by israel during the 1967 six day war.

After the idf managed to repel the syrian army from the golan heights and score beyond the border line the center of gravity of the war was shifted south. This is the order of battle for operation badr an egyptian military operation that initiated the yom kippur war against israel along the suez canal in the sinai on october 6 1973. In april 1973 marwan as well as other mossad sources warned that egypt planned to attack in mid may. The war was initiated by egypt and syria on october 6 1973 on the jewish holy day of yom kippur and during ramadan the month of fasting in islam and it continued until october 26.

The lesson that india needs to learn from the six day war of 1967 and the 1973 yom kippur war is not to give the us an opportunity to manipulate the indian security establishment s penchant for. Khitat badr was the code name for the egyptian military operation to cross the suez canal and seize the bar lev line of israeli fortifications on october 6 1973. Israel raised its state of military readiness but war did not come probably because syrian president hafez al assad convinced sadat to delay it until syria was better prepared to occupy the golan heights. The so called golden message that warned of the impending yom kippur war which was delivered to military intelligence on october 5 1973 and was declassified on september 24 2020.

حرب أكتوبر ḥarb ʾuktōbar or حرب تشرين ḥarb tišrīn also known as the 1973 arab israeli war was fought from 6 to 25 october 1973 by a coalition of arab states led by egypt.