The Six Day War 1967: Sinai

The Six Day War 1967: Sinai

The Six Day War 1967: Sinai

The Six Day War 1967: Sinai

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Overview

In May 1967, Egypt expelled the United Nations peacekeeping forces stationed in the Sinai desert and deployed its army along its border with Israel, its moves coordinated with those of Jordan and Syria. By June, Israel realized that the international community would not act, and so it launched a pre-emptive strike against the combined Arab forces. The ensuing Six Day War was a crushing defeat for the Arab world, one that tripled the area controlled by Israel and which sowed the seeds for the Yom Kippur War of 1973 and the continuing strife in the region. Written by the author of Osprey's Yom Kippur War, this volume covers the background to the war and the campaign against the Egyptians in the Sinai Peninsula, including the initial devastating air assault that showed the world how vital air supremacy was in modern combat.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781782002413
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 08/20/2012
Series: Campaign , #212
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 96
File size: 16 MB
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About the Author

Simon Dunstan is a well-established author, film-maker and photographer in the field of military history, with many titles already published with Osprey. He specializes in armoured warfare, and has written on this subject for three decades. His books have covered many topics such as helicopter and armoured warfare in Vietnam, British main battle tanks and regimental histories. Simon lives and works in London

Peter Dennis was born in 1950. Inspired by contemporary magazines such as Look and Learn he studied illustration at Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including many Osprey titles. A keen wargamer and modelmaker, he is based in Nottinghamshire, UK.
Simon Dunstan is a well-established author, film-maker and photographer in the field of military history, and has published several titles with Osprey. He specialises in armoured warfare, and has written on this subject for two decades. His books have covered topics such as helicopter and armoured warfare in Vietnam, the Challenger main battle tank, the British Guards and armoured warfare in Korea. Simon lives and works in London.
Peter Dennis was inspired by contemporary magazines such as Look and Learn, leading him to study Illustration at Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including many Osprey titles. A keen wargamer and modelmaker, he is based in Nottinghamshire, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction 5

Chronology 6

Opposing Plans 10

Egypt - a strategy of rhetoric

Operation Qahir - Conqueror

Israel - a failure of deterrence

Opposing Commanders 20

Israeli commanders

Egyptian commanders

Opposing Forces 25

Israeli forces

Egyptian forces

Orders of battle

Operation Moked 28

Air France

Do it right

Five Days of War 40

Red Sheet unfolds

Advance at all costs - Ugda Tal, 5 June

The Jeradi defile - Ugda Tal, 5 June

The battle of Bir Lahfan - Ugda Yoffe, 5 June

The battle for Abu Ageila-Um Katef - Ugda Sharon, 5 June

The other side of the hill

Ugda Yoffe, 6 June

The race for the passes

On to the canal

Aftermath - Al-Naxa 88

The Battlefield Today 92

Further Reading 94

Index 95

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