Yom Kippur War

Yom Kippur War
Part of the Cold War and Arab–Israeli conflict
Clockwise from top-left: Israeli tanks crossing the Suez Canal Israeli Nesher variant of the Mirage V fighter jet flying over the Golan Heights Israeli soldier praying in the Sinai Peninsula Israeli troops evacuating wounded personnel Egyptian troops raising the flag of Egypt at a former Israeli position in the Sinai Peninsula Egyptian soldiers with a portrait of Anwar Sadat
Date October 6–25, 1973 Location Both banks of the Suez Canal, Golan Heights, and surrounding regions Result Both sides claim victory Military stalemate[2] Egyptian political victory[3] Egypt ultimately regains full control of the Sinai peninsula[4] Military stalemate on Syrian front[5] 1978 Camp David accords Territorial changes The Israeli army occupied sixteen hundred square kilometers of territory on the southwestern coast of the Suez Canal, within 101 km from Cairo, and encircled the entire Egyptian 3rd Army The Egyptian army occupied the eastern coast of the Suez Canal except the Israeli crossing point near Deversoir. The Egyptian army had advanced 12-20 kilometers into Sinai.
Belligerents
Israel Supported by:  NATO:  United States  United Kingdom  France  West Germany	Egypt Syria Supported by:  Soviet Union  Algeria  Cuba  Saudi Arabia  Iraq  Jordan  Kuwait  Tunisia  Morocco  Pakistan[1]  Lebanon
Strength
Israel: 415,000[28]–100,000 troops 3000 tanks 1700 armored carriers 945 artillery units 440 combat aircraft	Egypt: 200,000 troops crossed 1020 tank crossed 2,400 armored carriers 1,120 artillery units 400 combat aircraft 140 helicopters 104 naval vessels 150 surface-to-air missile batteries (62 in the front line) Syria: 150,000 troops 1,200 tanks 800–900 armored carriers 600 artillery units
Casualties and losses
Israel : 2,500–5,000 dead 7,250–8,800 wounded 250-1,000 captured 400 tanks destroyed, 663 damaged or captured 407 armored vehicles destroyed or captured 102–387 aircraft destroyed	Egypt: 2,000–10,000 dead 8,372 captured Syria: 3,000–3,500 dead 392 captured

The Yom Kippur War (also known as the Ramadan War, October War or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War) happened between Israel and a group of Arab countries, led by Egypt and Syria, from October 6 to 24, 1973. The war began on the Jewish day of repentance, Yom Kippur, and happened during the Islamic month of Ramadan, when the army was fasting. The attack by Egypt and Syria was a surprise to Israel, which had conquered the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights from Egypt in 1967 in retaliation for attacks against Israel that ultimately resulted in the occupation of Gaza.^[6]

1. ↑ "50 years on: Memories of the 1973 Arab-Israeli Conflict". The Express Tribune. 19 March 2015.
2. ↑ "The October Arab-Israeli War of 1973: What happened?". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 8 Oct 2018. {{cite web}}: |first1= missing |last1= (help)
3. ↑ "Egypt 1973 'victory' shaped nation but now a fading memory Read more: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/10/egypt-1973-victory-shaped-nation-now-fading-memory#ixzz8Ov7V7CxT". www.al-monitor.com. Sofiane Alsaar. Retrieved September 30, 2023. {{cite web}}: |first1= missing |last1= (help); External link in |title= (help)
4. ↑ "Armed Forces Day". www.britannica.com. The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 15 January 2024. {{cite web}}: |first1= missing |last1= (help)
5. ↑ "1973 Arab–Israeli War: The New Character of Warfare" (PDF). apps.dtic.mil. MAJ Jordan A. Lester US Army. Retrieved 15 January 2024. {{cite web}}: |first1= missing |last1= (help)
6. ↑ Reporter, Brendan Cole Senior News (2023-01-03). "Russian state TV laments loss of USSR—"a Soviet miracle"". Newsweek. Retrieved 2024-04-09.