...cross the Suez Canal. With reinforcements on…

October 1973 CE

...cross the Suez Canal.

With reinforcements on the way, the IDF rapidly turns the tide.

A daring Israeli helicopter assault disables portions of the Egyptian air defenses, which allows Israeli forces commanded by Sharon, recalled for the war, to spearhead the Israeli counterattack westward across the Suez Canal, establish forces on its west bank, and encircle the twenty thousand-man Egyptian Third Army.

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Cairo > Al-Qahirah Al-Qahirah Egypt View →

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Anwar Sadat View → Golda Meir View → Richard Nixon View →

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Golan Heights View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), or Soviet Union View → Lebanon, Republic of View → Syria, or Syrian Arab Republic View → Palestinians View → Israel View → West Bank View → Gaza Strip View → Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of View → Egypt, Arab Republic of View →

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Cold War View → Yom Kippur War, or Arab-Israeli War of 1973 (also “October War,” or War of the Ramadan) View →

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Fuels, lubricants and sealants View → Land View →

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Conflict View → Mayhem View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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