When it comes to Israel's history, it is necessary to mention the "Six-Day War" of 1967, why did Egypt unite with Syria and Jordan to attack Israel? And how did Israel launch its air force in a surprisingly victorious way, win the war with lightning speed, and critically expand Israel's territory?
Background to the war
The war struck the same reasons as the joint Arab assault and annihilation of the Jewish state at the time of the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, and continued the outbreak of the Second Middle East War in 1956, when Egyptian President Al-Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal and blocked the Strait of Tiran, which Would be used by Israeli ships. As a result, Egypt lost the war but won a political victory, Nasser became a legend with great prestige, and Egypt became the main force in the Middle East world against Israel.
The two superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union were also involved in the conflict, the Israelis received the support of the United States, a large number of Western weapons and equipment provided by the United States and NATO members, while the Soviet Union provided Egypt, Jordan and Syria with Soviet-made aircraft, tanks, artillery and other weapons and equipment. At that time, Egyptian President Nasser, with the support of the Soviet Union, united Jordan and Syria to prepare for a decisive battle with Israel and destroy the entire state of Israel.
On April 7, 1967, the Syrian army in the Golan Heights opened fire on Israeli settlements, and the conflict broke out, six Syrian MiG fighters were shot down by the Israel Defense Forces, Syria immediately appealed to Egypt to enter the war, and Egypt immediately mobilized 100,000 troops and 1,000 tanks to drive into the Egyptian-Israeli border area of the Sinai Peninsula.
In May 1967, Egyptian President Nasser withdrew the United Nations Emergency Force from the Sinai Peninsula, closed the Gulf of Aqaba, and signed a joint defence agreement with the King of Jordan on May 30.
The Six-Day War of 1967 was not a war waged by Israel to encroach on land, but a pre-emptive defensive war, with intelligence showing that the forces of Arab countries such as Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Lebanon were approaching Israel.
Why does Israel have to preemptively attack?
Why did Israel preemptively attack? Because in war, it is at an absolute disadvantage! Israel faces the threat of six Arab states at the same time and is simply unable to defend itself. The following conditions are Israel's disadvantages:
1: Too few troops.
2: The legion is surrounded.
3: Too close to the hostile Soviet Union.
The war went through
On June 5, 1967, Israel quickly destroyed Egyptian fighter jets in just 180 minutes, accurately dropped bombs on real airports and planes (Egypt also has fake planes to waste Israeli gunpowder), Egypt lost more than 90% of fighters, ground troops were completely uncovered, the Sinai Peninsula was quickly taken by Israel, and Israel launched similar air strikes against Syria.
Above: Israeli troops enter Gaza.
At this time, Israel had already expressed to the king that he wanted to let Jordan go, but Jordan got the wrong information from Egypt and declared war on Israel, which had already won the war quickly! Jordan attacked Israel's West Jerusalem, and Israel naturally counterattacked, capturing the West Bank and East Jerusalem on June 7.
Above: Israeli troops arrive at the Temple Mount on June 7.
The United Nations called for a ceasefire on June 7, Israel and Jordan immediately accepted mediation, and Egypt accepted it the next day, but Syria continued to attack villages in northern Israel, so on June 9 Israel attacked syria's Golan Heights, and Syria accepted a ceasefire agreement on June 10.
Above: Israeli tanks in the Golan Heights.
In this battle, Egypt suffered more than 11,000 casualties, Jordan 6,000 and Syria 1,000.
700 people in Israel.
Israel's key to victory
1. The mobilization system, including reserve soldiers living abroad.
2. The quality of troop training. (There is no officer school, and the recruits become officers after being trained in the relevant units, not to command, but to fight together)
3. Accurate intelligence.
Israel completes its century-long survival plan
Before the war, Israel's economy was stagnant, after the war, there was new territory, there was new economic growth, and the Arab countries were deeply aware that the Jewish country of Israel could not be easily annihilated, because 20 years later, Israel's military power was no longer what it was when it was founded.
Israel preemptively launched it, and it actually worked for six days to destroy the military intimidation of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq, which was led by Egypt, and this war has made Israel strong and prosperous to this day.
In fact, israel, with the fear of being exterminated for the second time, is really a mourning soldier, put to death and born later; seeing that the Egyptian army is oppressive, the movement is frequent, the alliance Arab countries, in the case of a small number of weapons, Israel preemptively raided the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula air base, and defeated the Jordanian, Syrian and Iraqi air forces, and quickly took control of the air power, this is the first day; then the army attacked, defeated the Egyptian army on the Sinai Peninsula, this is the second day; and then capture the old city of Jerusalem, this is the third day On the fourth day, it hit the Suez Canal in Egypt; on the fifth day, it landed on the Golan Heights in Syria; on the sixth day, it took several high peaks of the highlands, looked down on the plains of Damascus, and declared a ceasefire to the world at night. On the seventh day, The Israeli soldiers rested.
In this war, Israel tripled its territory, seizing the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt; from the West Bank, including East Jerusalem; and from Syria to the Golan Heights.
Israel has attacked the masses with an outrage, and has achieved such incredible results, especially the enemy coalition aircraft shot down by Israel, which is ten times the size of israel's shooting down, which is the side of the great victory of the Israeli Air Force's surprise tactics, bringing about the results of the great war.
In the Six-Day War, if Israel is passive, waiting for Egypt to fight, it may not be more than six days, even if it is won, it is more likely to suffer extremely heavy losses, only to find the Egyptian Air Force's shift work and rest dead end time, two waves of air raids, the first day of the great defeat of the Egyptian Air Force, the unveiling of the prelude to the victory of the fire, only to have a smooth march for five consecutive days, laying history on the sixth night.
Otherwise, Israel's fallen nation will be exterminated for the second time; this is a thrilling battle to reverse history, all kinds of complicated and dangerous battles, with the determination to die, to complete Israel's century-old survival and prosperity, which is worthy of our study and inspiration in textbooks and military training teaching.
The war lasted only six days, but it never really ended. It changed the political landscape of the Middle East and the entire world, and it was also a historic turning point in the Middle East war, and the subsequent conflicts such as the Yom Kippur War, the Lebanese War, and the Palestinian Uprising were the direct consequences of these six days of fierce fighting.
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