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Yom Kippur War

October 6–25, 1973 · Suez Canal and Golan Heights

6-25 October 1973 war between Israel and an Arab coalition led by Egypt and Syria, opened by a surprise Arab attack on Yom Kippur, fought mainly in the Sinai and Golan Heights. U.S. and Soviet resupply efforts for their allies heightened superpower tensions. It led to the 1978 Camp David Accords, in which Israel returned the Sinai to Egypt in the first Israel-Arab peace treaty.

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Golda Meir Prime Minister of Israel, Led Israel during the war Ariel Sharon belligerent leader Moshe Dayan Defence Minister of Israel, Directed Israel's military response David Elazar belligerent leader Albert Mandler military commander Shmuel Gonen military commander
Hafez al-Assad belligerent leader Anwar Sadat President of Egypt, Planned the surprise attack across the Suez Canal Hosni Mubarak belligerent leader Mustafa Tlass belligerent leader Ahmad Ismail Ali military commander Saad el-Shazly military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
375,000–415,000
Deaths
2,521–2,800
Wounded
7,250–8,800
Captured
293
Tanks
1,700
Tanks lost
c. 400–800
Aircraft
440
Aircraft lost
c. 102–387

Israel Killed c. 2,838

Egypt Killed c. 7,700

Saudi Arabia Killed c. 100

Jordan Killed c. 23

Syria Killed c. 3,500

Iraq Killed c. 278

Killed
c. 14,439

Units

Central Command (Israel) Northern Command (Israel) Southern Command (Israel) Israeli Combat Engineering Corps 143rd Armored Division (1973) 146th Division (Israel) 162nd Division (Israel) 252nd Division (Israel) 36th Division (Israel) 188th Armored Brigade 401st Brigade (Israel) 460th Brigade (Israel) 7th Armored Brigade (Israel) 8th Armored Brigade (Israel) Alexandroni Brigade Carmeli Brigade Golani Brigade Harel Brigade Israeli Navy
Egyptian Army Egyptian Second Army (1973) Egyptian Third Army (1973) Iraqi Army 3rd Division (Iraq) 6th Division (Iraq) Kuwait Land Forces Kuwait National Guard Syrian Army 14th Special Forces Division 1st Armoured Division (Syria) 5th Mechanized Division Syrian army on the Golan (1973) Egyptian Navy Egyptian Air Force Iraqi Air Force Korean People's Army Air Force
Syrian Air Defence Force 210th Division (Israel) 3rd Armoured Division (Syria) 7th Mechanized Division (Syria) 9th Armoured Division (Syria) 226th Paratroopers Brigade Nahal Brigade Syrian Air Force

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Before and after

Followed from
Six-Day War June 5–10, 1967
Led to
1973 oil crisis October 17, 1973 – March 18, 1974
Sinai Interim Agreement September 4, 1975

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