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Yom Kippur War

The Yom Kippur War occurred from October 6 to October 25, 1973, as part of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Cold War. It involved significant military actions in the Golan Heights, Sinai Peninsula, and Suez Canal, resulting in territorial changes where Egyptian forces occupied the eastern bank of the Suez Canal while Israeli forces gained territory near Cairo. The war had lasting implications for the region and its geopolitical dynamics.

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Yom Kippur War

The Yom Kippur War occurred from October 6 to October 25, 1973, as part of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Cold War. It involved significant military actions in the Golan Heights, Sinai Peninsula, and Suez Canal, resulting in territorial changes where Egyptian forces occupied the eastern bank of the Suez Canal while Israeli forces gained territory near Cairo. The war had lasting implications for the region and its geopolitical dynamics.

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Yom Kippur War

Part of the Arab–Israeli conflict and the Cold War


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 6–25 October 1973

(2 weeks and 5 days)


Location Golan Heights, Sinai Peninsula,
Suez Canal (both banks) and
surrounding regions

Result See § Aftermath

Territorial Egyptian forces occupy the ●​


eastern bank of the Suez
Canal, with the exception of
changes
the Israeli crossing point
near the Deversoir Air
] [11
Base
Israeli forces occupy 1,600 ●​
2
km (620 sq mi) of territory
on the southwestern coast
of the Suez Canal within
100 km (60 mi) of the
Egyptian capital of Cairo,
and encircle an Egyptian
enclave on its eastern
] [11
bank

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