Thursday, October 14, 2010

October War Secrets and Facts (part 3-1)

Suez Canal transit
Select the Egyptian and Syrian armies for the attack hours later the second afternoon after he fell out the Syrians and the Egyptians on the zero hour. While the preferred Egyptians sunset be sunrise is the best for the Syrians, so it was not expected to choose afternoon to launch the attack, and across the channel 8,000 Egyptian soldiers, and then rolled waves crossing the second and the third for the number of Egyptian troops on the east bank by night to 60,000 troops, at a time who was the Egyptian Corps of Engineers opens the gaps in the dust cover with water hoses, high pay
In the second hour was running sirens all over Israel to declare a state of emergency and appealed the Israeli army, despite sending holiday and reserve troops began recruiting a few hours before that which led to resume traffic in cities, which raised questions in the Israeli public. In spite of the expectations of the Egyptians and the Syrians, Israeli recruitment was relatively easy as most people stayed at home or gathered in churches to perform the Eid" Muslims feast" prayers. But the short time that was available for recruitment and the failure to equip the army for a war the Israeli army prevented from responding to the joint Egyptian-Syrian attack. Enable the Egyptian army during the first days of crossing the Suez Canal and the destruction of the Israeli Bar-Lev line defense impregnable. The attack began on both fronts simultaneously at two o'clock in the afternoon air raids and artillery shelling on the overall length of the front lines. Syrian troops moved infiltrated the Israeli lines and rise the Israeli losses are not used during previous wars with the Arabs. During two days of fighting, Egypt has become dominated on the east bank of the Suez Canal and the Syrian army was able to edit the main city of Kenitra and Mount Hermon Mrasdh with sophisticated electronic. Egyptian army achieved tangible achievements until 14 October as the spread of Egyptian forces on the eastern bank of the Suez Canal, but on the ninth day of the war the Egyptian troops failed of trying to overrun the front line and to enter into the depth of the territory of the Sinai desert and access times, and the decision was appreciated some of the worst strategic decision taken by the leadership during war because it make the back of the Egyptian army west of the canal semi-naked in any wrapping which is what happened already. Halted the Egyptian forces fighting on the forehead because of exposure to the back of its troops to the enemy due to lack of ability to cover more than 12 kilometers deep in the Sinai, because of near running out of ammunition and because the capacity of military equipment to have (aviation and artillery) that allows coverage of this depth just as well for fear of get around because of landing the air-bridge between Israeli forces and the U.S. in the depth of the Egyptian Sinai and the Golan front, Syrian front.
Gap
Because of the failure to implement some of the hit Israeli targets affecting the Syrian front, according to the plan agreed upon between the Syrian and Egyptian fronts alert the enemy of the Syrian moves early, making it believes its defenses and requested U.S. support urgently. Posted leadership Syrian military delegates to the unified command of the two fronts led by Field Marshal Ahmed Ismail requests to increase pressure on Israeli forces on the front of the Suez Canal to ease the pressure on the Golan front, he asked President Sadat Ismail development of the attack east to relieve the pressure on Syria, he issued Ismail ordered the suspension to be D morning 12 October.
October 14, forced the Egyptian forces risky and enter at the rear of Egypt without a cover is protected to draw the attention of the enemy on the Syrian front to be allowed to make to adjust their status and provide cover and to prepare for a retaliatory strike, turned Battalion Israeli armored vehicles around the Egyptian forces takes advantage there is no cover for them and surrounded them, causing the gap famous . But team-Shazly strongly opposed any development outside the scope of the 12-kilo forces that stand in the protection of the umbrella of air defense, and progress outside the canopy means that we offer our gift to the Israeli airline.
On the orders of the development of the attack east attacked the Egyptian forces in the Third Field Army (in the direction of Suez) with 2 Brigade, Major General atheist ten (infantry mechanic) in the direction of passage of Capricorn, and the Third Armored Brigade in the direction of passage "Mitla".
In the sector of the Second Army field (in the direction of Ismailia) attacked the armored division 21 in the direction of the "bowl", and on the axis of the northern Sinai attacked the 15 Armored Brigade in the direction of "pomegranate". The attack was unfortunate at all, as expected Chadli, and ended the failure of development, with the major difference is that the Egyptian forces lose 250 tanks of the main striking force in a few hours of the start of development of the Israeli air superiority.
. On this day, the U.S. government decided to create a "air bridge" of Israel, of any aircraft carrying military equipment to supply the Israeli army, including the missing gear. On the night of 15 October, a small Israeli force has been able to pass the Suez Canal to west Bank and the Third Army began to encircle the Egyptian forces.
The form of crossing the Israeli forces to the West Bank of the channel problem caused the gap in the ranks of the Egyptian forces, known as the gap Deversoir and as much as Major General Saad El Shazly, Israeli forces west of the canal in his book "" The October War, "" On October 17, four armored divisions, a weak armor Egyptian West channel.
Expanded the gap widening significantly even cut through the Suez and Suez was besieged and trapped the entire Third Army's stewardship of about 45 thousand for a period of three months. The widening gap was a result of serious errors leading to both Sadat and Ahmad Ismail from the development of the attack to an unwillingness to maneuver forces, prompting some people to download the full responsibility of Sadat.
October 23, Israeli forces were deployed around the Third Army, which forced the Egyptian army to stop fighting. On October 24 (October) has been the implementation of the cease-fire.
Golan
At the same time, according to prior agreement by the Syrian army offensive comprehensive in the Golan Heights and launched a Syrian aircraft launched a major offensive on the positions and fortifications Israel in depth of the Golan Heights and attacked gatherings of military tanks and artillery emplacements and Israeli stations, radars and supply lines and achieved the Syrian army's great success and according to a plan so that exposed the battlefield before Syrian troops and tanks made of several kilometers on the first day of the war, confounded and scattered the Israeli army, which was receiving strikes everywhere from the Golan Heights.
While offering the Syrian army's lead in the Golan Heights and managed on October 7 to capture al-Qaeda, an Israeli town on the shoulder of Mount Hermon in the process of landing a heroic rare seized during which the observatory of Mount Hermon and on lands in the southern Golan Heights and a Syrian flag atop the highest summit on Mount Hermon, and dropped many units of the Israeli force under Syrian pressure. Israel evacuated civilians and the Israelis who settled in the Golan until the end of the war.
On October 8, Syrian troops have stepped up their offensive and Syria launched a rocket attack on the village of Migdal Haamiq eastern prairie Abe Amer inside Israel, the Israeli air base at Ramat David, also in the Marj Abu Amer. On October 9, dropped the Syrian defenses large numbers of Israeli aircraft, which took a heavy toll in the ranks of the IDF and Israel requested urgent assistance from the United States for its support on the Syrian front.
Forced the Egyptian forces to stop fighting on her forehead because of exposure to the back of its troops to the enemy due to lack of ability to cover more than 12 kilometers deep in the Sinai, because of the near running out of ammunition and because the capacity of military equipment to have (aviation and artillery) that allows coverage of this depth just as well for fear of get around because of the landing air-bridge between Israeli forces and the U.S. in the depth of the Egyptian Sinai and the Golan front, Syrian front.
Syrian military command sent delegates to the unified command of the two fronts led by Field Marshal Ahmed Ismail requests to increase pressure on Israeli forces on the front of the Suez Canal to ease the pressure on the Golan front, so I decided to attack Egypt east to relieve the pressure on Syria.
Gap: October 14, forced the Egyptian forces risky and enter at the rear of Egypt without a cover is protected to draw the attention of the enemy on the Syrian front to be allowed to make to adjust their status and provide cover and to prepare for a retaliatory strike, turned Battalion Israeli armored vehicles around the Egyptian forces takes advantage there is no cover for them and surrounded them, causing gap famous, because there is no cover for more than 12 kilometers in depth in which troops are where the protection of the umbrella of air defense, and progress outside the canopy means we offer a gift to the Egyptian forces, the Israeli airline.
On the orders of the development of the attack east attacked the Egyptian forces in the Third Field Army (in the direction of Suez) with 2 Brigade, Major General atheist ten (infantry mechanic) in the direction of passage of Capricorn, and the Third Armored Brigade in the direction of passage "Mitla".
In the sector of the Second Army field (in the direction of Ismaili) attacked the armored division 21 in the direction of the "bowl", and on the axis of the northern Sinai attacked the 15 Armored Brigade in the direction of "pomegranate". The attack was unfortunate at all, as expected team-Shazly, and ended the failure of development, with the major difference is that the Egyptian forces lose 250 tanks of the main striking force in a few hours of the start of development of the Israeli air superiority. More precisely the fighting stopped the Egyptian side was forced by the lack of the presence of equipment support provided as well as the rapid reaction of U.S. forces to supply Israel bridge air base in Turkey central battlefield in the Golan foiled the planned Egyptian and helped the Israelis to carry out an attack opposite successful in the Golan, the Israeli army tried help direct U.S. to stop the Syrian army from progress towards the international border had been received from the Syrian army units to the international border and around the Sea of Galilee.
Oil weapon
October 17 contract and Arab oil ministers meeting in Kuwait, the Council decided to cut oil production by 5% per month and raise the prices of oil from one side, on October 19 asked the U.S. President Nixon from Congress for $ 2.2 billion in emergency aid to Israel which led to the establishment of Saudi Arab Saudi Arabia, Libya and other Arab states to declare a ban on oil exports to the United States, creating an energy crisis in America.
End of the war
United States stepped in and the Member States in the UN Security Council of the United Nations has been issued resolution 338 which provides for the cessation of all hostilities starting on October 22, 1973 and Egypt accepted the decision and implemented as of the evening the same day the Israeli forces violated the ceasefire, Security Council adopted international decision last on Oct. 23 requiring all parties to the ceasefire. But Syria did not accept the cease-fire, and began a new war called the War of Attrition aim is to affirm the steadfastness of the Syrian front and increase pressure on Israel to return the rest of the Golan Heights, after the victories achieved by the Syrian army and after the Exodus from Egypt the battle and this war continues for 82 days. At the end of the month of May 1974 the fighting stopped after an agreement was reached for the separation of forces between Israel and Syria, which Israel evacuated the civilian Kenitra and parts of the territories occupied in 1967.
Syrian war of attrition
In early 1974, Syria has cracked, is not convinced of his or her conclusion of fighting in an attempt to recover and liberate the rest of the territory of the Golan Heights, and after the fighting stopped on the Egyptian front, Syria has cracked a war of attrition against Israeli forces in the Golan, centered on the Mount Hermon area, and lasted 82 days has cost the Israeli army sustained heavy losses. Brokered by the United States, through the shuttle tours to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Henry Kissinger, in a military disengagement agreement between Syria and Israel. Text of the agreement signed in June (June 1974) on the withdrawal of Israel from the strip of land occupied in 1967, includes the city of Kenitra. On June 24 lifted President Hafez al-Assad the Syrian flag in the sky Kenitra editor but that the Israelis had resorted to destruction of the city in an orderly fashion before their withdrawal, and Syria decided not to re-colonize before the return of all the Golan Heights to Syrian sovereignty .
written by nagy

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