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unusual facts about October War



History of Egypt under Anwar Sadat

The October War of 1973 launched against Israel began when the coalition launched a joint surprise attack on Israel on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism, which occurred that year during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Wings Over Israel

The player can select a historical campaign from either Six-day War (1967), October War (1973), or Lebanon War (1982); each being from a different time era with different aircraft and weapons forcing the player to employ different tactics in each.


see also

6th of October

Yom Kippur War, aka 6th of October war, a war between Israel and allied Egypt and Syria

Ahmed Hamdi

He was the leader of the engineering group that was in charge of executing the engineering works for the 3rd army, and while the groups were the most important in Yom Kippur (6 October War).

Egyptian Army

It has been argued that only the relatively good performance of the Egyptian Army in the October War of 1973, especially during the crossing of the Suez Canal (Operation Badr) and in the Battle of Suez, which allowed the Egyptians to claim victory and take part in the 1977 Camp David Accords.