October War Secrets and Facts (part 3-2)

facts and figures on the October War 
Start of the air strike at 2 in the afternoon of 6 October 73 by force of  220 aircraft hit ratio of 95%

- The boot fire artillery in a war that October 73 is the first and the largest crowd by firing witnessed wars ... And perform more strongly than 2000 artillery pieces than hundreds of pieces of firing directly for 53 minutes starting at second five minutes after noon on October 6 The rate of beating in this boot fire in the first minute to about 10.500 shots at 175 Shots per second - storm The first wave of the Suez Canal in the second hour and five minutes after noon on 6 October 8000 strongly fighter through the boat and in 1600 a terrible race against time and bring the total number of fighters in the Middle 80.000 fighter Egypt by the end of October 6th.

- Began after the start of our direct intrusion by not more than 30 minutes in repelling the enemy counter-attacks and exhaustion forces and continued throughout the war.

- Egypt's first flag raised over the dust cover of Bar-Lev Line was in the second hour and 37 minutes after noon on October 6 in the area south crossing the coast.

- The first strong point fall in the sector and in the South East Qantara sector Aljbast South Channel.

- The first extensive use of human shields was in the Egyptian war of October 73 to fight the individual walking of tanks and aircraft and to recognize the Israeli forces during the battle management that the individual infantry and the Egyptian stun both arms became much taller than their tanks and guns.

- At 2 pm the afternoon of 6 October 73 began an epic creation crossings, ferries and bridges over the Suez Canal leading to open 81 slot beach in the dust cover in a manner dredging pumps water jet achieving removal of 3 million cubic meters of soil, and was the first hole at 5:15 pm, was the establishment of the first ferry crossing at 6.30 pm, and the first bridge was being built on the channel at 8.30 pm.

- During the first day of fighting our troops destroyed more than 200 Israeli tank and killed and captured and surrounded more than 1500 soldiers and an Israeli officer.

- For the first time in the history of wars, tanks are destroyed 150 tanks in a period of not more than 20 minutes with the families of most of the crews of the Israeli fighters on Monday, October 8 on a limited segment of the theater of operations in the central sector.

- The largest number of prisoners are arrested from one strong point is the fortress of Port Tawfiq was among the 37 officers and an Israeli soldier.

- War of October 73 is the first war (after the battles of attrition) in which Israel suffered heavy losses in lives if their losses amounted to 2522 people other than prisoners, wounded and missing The magnitude of these losses if compared to enumerate the limited human.

- War of October 73 is the first war of the Israeli army soldiers, doctors treating large numbers of traumatized and nervous shock of the fighting and there have forgotten the names of the terror attack Egyptian sweeping "statements from Israeli leaders in the book" The earthquake in October "to Zeev Schiff

- Ramadan War October 73 is the first electronic war in history.

- Bar-Lev line, which invaded the Egyptian forces in the war, October 73 In a few hours is the first and strongest line of defense in the history of war depends in its inception, the reason why water is unique punctuated by forts and castles as a high berm that holds in the stomach of these forts 20-22 meters and reached the degree of inclination on the eastern edge of the channel directly 45 degrees.

- Egypt has and the armed forces of the establishment of the first and the largest wall air defense missile system in minutes not seen in previous wars and who managed to bend Israel's long and dropped her on the first day of the fighting of 38 aircraft led by the most efficient pilots has led because made commander of the Israeli Air Force orders on October 8 aircraft for the approach of not less than 15 km east of the canal.

- For the first time you use the weapon of oil Arab countries and balances in the position of Arab solidarity not seen the Arab nation for several centuries and was described as a sixth force

Results after the war

Achieved Egyptian and Syrian armies of the desired strategic objectives behind the sudden onset of Israel's military, there have been significant achievements in the first days after the war, where the Egyptian forces moved 20 km east of the Suez Canal and Syrian troops were able to enter into the depth of the Golan Heights. In the end of the war Israeli army recover in the For the Egyptian front, was able to open a gap Deversoir and across the West Bank of the channel and hit the siege on the Third Army in the field and on the Syrian front was able to expel the Syrians from the Golan Heights, but continued to push the border back to expand the colony.

Interfered with the two great and at that time in the context of the war indirectly where provided the Soviet Union arms of Syria and Egypt, though the Soviet Union had refused to give Egypt the weapons necessary after the crisis of expulsion of experts by Sadat, but the Soviet Union came back and gave Egypt a part of the weapons, but the financing of Egypt The main weapons came from the Czech Republic after the visit of Egyptian Foreign Minister to visit the Czech Republic in a secret not known by anyone at that time, while the United States supplied Israel with military equipment. At the end of the war work of the U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger as an intermediary between the two sides reached a truce agreement remains in force between Syria and Israel. Converted Egypt and Israel Armistice Agreement a comprehensive peace agreement in the "Camp David" 1979.

Of the most important outcome of the war to recover full sovereignty over the Suez Canal, and the recovery of all land in the Sinai Peninsula. And recover part of the Syrian Golan Heights, including the city of Kenitra and return to Syrian sovereignty. Other findings crash myth that the army of Israel is not invincible and that he used to say the military leaders in Israel, and the war paved the way for the Camp David agreement between Egypt and Israel, which was held in September 1978 following the initiative of Anwar Sadat's historic in November 1977 and his visit to Jerusalem. The war also led to the return of navigation in the Suez Canal in June 1975 .

written by nagy