✦ History

Yom Kippur War

October 6–25, 1973

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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Battles 20

October 6–8, 1973
Operation Badr (1973) Egyptian victory Operation Badr (1973) Ariel Sharon, David Elazar, Ahmad Ismail Ali
October 6–7, 1973
First Battle of Mount Hermon Syrian victory First Battle of Mount Hermon Amir Drori
October 6–9, 1973
Valley of Tears Israeli victory Valley of Tears Avigdor Ben-Gal
October 6, 1973
Ofira Air Battle Israeli victory Sinai Peninsula
October 6, 1973
Battles of Fort Budapest Israeli victory Sinai Peninsula
October 7, 1973
Battle of Latakia Israeli victory Latakia
October 7, 1973
Operation Model 5 Syrian victory Golan Heights
October 7, 1973
Operation Tagar Discontinued after initial attack wave Hosni Mubarak, David Elazar, David Ivry
October 8, 1973
Second Battle of Mount Hermon Syrian victory Mount Hermon Amir Drori
October 9, 1973
Battle of Baltim Israeli victory Damietta
October 12, 1973
Operation Gown Israeli victory Al-Qutayfah
October 13, 1973
1973 raid on al-Mazzah Airport Israeli victory Mezzeh Military Airport Moshe Dayan
October 14, 1973
Air battle of Mansoura Egyptian victory Nile Delta Hosni Mubarak
October 14, 1973
Battle of the Sinai Israeli victory Ariel Sharon, Moshe Dayan, Ahmad Ismail Ali
October 15–17, 1973
Battle of the Chinese Farm Israeli victory Battle of the Chinese Farm Ariel Sharon, Ibrahim El-Orabi, Avraham Adan
October 15–23, 1973
Operation Abirey-Halev Israeli victory Operation Abirey-Halev Ariel Sharon, Amnon Reshef, Danny Matt
October 16, 1973
1973 raid on Egyptian missile bases Israeli victory
October 18–22, 1973
Battle of Ismailia Egyptian victory Ariel Sharon, Amnon Reshef, Danny Matt
October 21–22, 1973
Third Battle of Mount Hermon Israeli victory Third Battle of Mount Hermon Amir Drori
October 24–25, 1973
Battle of Suez Egyptian victory Suez Avraham Adan

Key commanders

Arab states 8

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 Saad Mamoun military commander Ibrahim El-Orabi military commander

Israel 12

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 Avraham Adan military commander Amir Drori military commander Avigdor Ben-Gal military commander Amnon Reshef military commander Danny Matt military commander David Ivry military commander