The Six Day War stunned the world. The tiny country of Israel had successfully fought off the most powerful armies of the Arab world and tripled its territory. The Soviet Union’s attempt to unite the Arab world under its leadership was given an embarrassing defeat.
In response, a humiliated Arab world expelled their Jewish citizenry, and Egypt, [...]
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It’s the last day of the war.
Pressure was building to finish the conflict, from the outside and from the inside. The Soviets were worried that a total collapse of the Syrian army would irreparably damage their influence in the region. The Arab countries were screaming bloody murder about Israeli aggression. The Europeans were disconcerted by [...]
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As Day Five began, it was clear that the war for Israel’s survival was over. What was left were loose ends. Or, maybe I should say, one very important loose end.
Syria.
For years Syria had been shelling communities in the north, confident that her impregnable positions on the Golan would deter any counter attack by Israeli [...]
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As the sun rose on Day Four, the war was essentially over. There was only a little more fighting and dying left to do.
In the Sinai, some Egyptian units were still putting up a fight, and the Jordanians continued an organized retreat. But by 3:30 p.m., Egypt would accept a cease fire, and a few [...]
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Posted in Six Day War, War fighting on Jun 7th, 2007
Day three would mark the most important moment of the war.
During the first two days of the war, the Egyptians had been meeting defeat after defeat, and had been falling back in a semi-orderly manner. But, on the third day, as the Egyptian 125th Brigade retreated towards the Suez canal, they ran into elements of Ariel Sharon’s 4th [...]
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