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The Yom Kippur War 1973 (1): The Golan Heights

By Simon Dunstan

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
ISBN
9781841762203, 1841762202
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
24 MB (25175406 bytes)
Series
Campaign 118
Pages
96\97
Time added
2020-09-27 11:47:32
Modern Warfare;History;Military;Military History;W

Description

At 1345hrs on 6 October 1973, Israeli spotters in the observation post atop Mount Hermon saw Syrian gunners below them removing the camouflage nets from their guns. Ten minutes later shells began to rain down on Israeli positions all along the Golan Heights – The Yom Kippur War had begun. The shock Syrian attack caught the Israelis by surprise and by the afternoon of 7 October a Syrian brigade was less than 10km from the Sea of Galilee. Simon Dunstan describes in detail how amid desperate and bitter fighting the Israeli forces managed to turn the tide on the Golan Heights.

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