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Six Day War 1967 Sinai

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ISBN-10: 1846033632

ISBN-13: 9781846033636

Edition: 2009

Authors: Simon Dunstan, Peter Dennis

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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 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 theYom Kippur Warof 1973 and the continuing strife in the region. Written by the author of Osprey'sYom Kippur War, this volume covers the background to the war and the campaign against the Egyptians in the Sinai…    
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Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 10/27/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 7.27" wide x 9.70" long x 0.18" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English

Simon Dunstan is a well-established author, film-maker and photographer in the field of military history, with several titles already published with Osprey. He specializes in armored 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 armored warfare in Korea. The author lives in London, UK.

Introduction
Chronology
Opposing Plans
Egypt - a strategy of rhetoric
Operation Qahir - Conqueror
Israel - a failure of deterrence
Opposing Commanders
Israeli commanders
Egyptian commanders
Opposing Forces
Israeli forces
Egyptian forces
Orders of battle
Operation Moked
Air France
Do it right
Five Days of War
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
The Battlefield Today
Further Reading
Index