aRAB ISAREAL WAR

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THE ARAB ISRAEL WAR - 1973

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 The state of Israel arose out of a conflict between two peoples-
Arabs and Jews occupying the same general territory and
unable to settle their differences between it.
 In WWII the British passed the Palestinian problem to the
United Nations, which partitioned it into separate Arab and
Jewish states on 15th May 1948. October 1973, The Arab
Israel War by Frank Aker
Between World War I and World War II, Jews migration from all
over the world to Palestine led to new land purchases, Jewish
settlements and inters Arabs Jews clashes in 1920s and 30s
After WW II, UN Partition Plan divided the area into Jewish and
Palestinian states on 15th May 1948, which became the root
cause of conflict between Jews and Arabs
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 The war ended in 1949 with Israel obtaining control of 77% of
area
 Egypt occupied Gaza Strip and Jordan West Bank and East
Jerusalem
 Closure of Suez Canal by Egypt created another geo-political
imbalance and paved route to 1956 Sinai Campaign. June
1967 presented entirely a new map of the Middle East
 In the overall perspective, a clear imbalance had been created
in the region that should have logically led to commencement
of a counter balance. Therefore next road of conflict was only a
matter of time, which resulted in 1973 Arab-Israel War
INTRO

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AIM
To carryout analytical study of Arab Israel War
1973 with a view to draw appropriate lessons and
Suggest viable recoms

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Part I – HIST PERS &
TERRAIN ANALYSIS
Part II –CONDUCT OF WAR
Part III - Analysis
Part IV - Recoms

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PART - I
BACKGROUND

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 1948 Arab - Israeli War
 May 15, 1948 – March 10, 1949
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 1949 Armistice Agreements
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 October 1956 War
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 Suez War 1956
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 Israel invading the Sinai Peninsula – 1967
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Israel – Before June1967 After 6 Days War
ISRAEL BEFORE AND AFTER & WAR

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October 6, 1973 – October 24, 1973
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 Secured Borders
 Israelis Fallacy Regarding Barlev Line
 Secured Borders
OPERATIONAL SITUATION IN 1973

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GEO

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Israel
EGYPT
JORDAN
ISRAEL
MEDITARRANEAN
SYRIA
GEO

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Sinai
THE SINAI PENINSULA

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GOLAN HEIGHTS
Golan Heights
GOLAN HIEGHTS

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OPPOSING FORCES / OPERATIONAL
OBJECTIVES

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OPPOSING FORCES
OPPOSING FORCES

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SINAI FRONT
Bir
Gifgafa
Gidi Pass
SC
BARLEV LINE
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SINAI FRONT

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GOLAN FRONT
SYRIA
ISRAEL
Lake Tiberias
Jordan R
GOLAN FRONT

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 To cross Suez Canal and establish bridge head
 To weaken Israel's air efficiency and paralyze their
operational action
 To destroy the Israeli forces, especially tanks
 To absorb hostile reactions and Israeli offensive capacities
through defensive and positively active operations
 To paralyze Israeli commands and confuse them for a
suitable period of time
 To handicap quick mobilization procedures as well as those
of effective concentration
 To neutralize the enemy's firepower in the very first instants
of combat
 To launch the offensive simultaneously all along the front
and in the southern Sinai
OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES

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PART - II
CONDUCT OF WAR

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3RD
ARM
Y
2ND
ARMY
BARLEV
LINE
EGYPTIAN FRONT

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GOLAN FRONT SYRIAN ATTK
SYRIA
ISRAEL
Lake Tiberias
Jordan R
GOLAN FRONT SYRIAN ATTK

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SYRIA
ISRAEL
Lake Tiberias
Jordan R
GOLAN FRONT SYRIAN ATTK
GOLAN FRONT SYRIAN ATTK

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ISRAEL CTR ATTK
BIR
GAFGAFA
MITLA
GIDDI
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ISRAEL COUNTER ATTK

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Egyptian Held
Israeli Held
CEASE FIRE
CEASE FIRE

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PART - III
ANALYSIS

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 Selection of Day and
Time
 Comprehensive and
simple plan
 Frontal Charges
 Night Fighting
 Un Orthodox Techniques
 Swift and Timely
Execution
ANALYSIS

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 Combined Arms
Teams
 Commando Parties
 Pre Planning
 Strong Anti-Tank and
Air Craft Defence
 Intelligence
 Over Reliance
 Siting of Res
ANALYSIS

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LESSON LEARNT

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 Maintaining Security of
Plan
 Completion of
Operational Cycle
 Over Estimation of
Strength
 Seizing of Opportunity
 Exploitation of Gaps
 Motivation
LESSON LEARNT

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 Training and Timely
Execution
 Night Fighting
 Significance of Logistic
 Timely Mobilization
 Information
 Air Defence
 Force Multipliers
 Surprise
 Use of Air
LESSON LEARNT

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RECOMMENDATIONS

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 Selection of Day & Time
 Security of plan
(Need to know basis)
 Motivation and high
standards of trg
 Intelligence
 Aggressiveness
RECOMM

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 Contingency planning
 Estimation of En
strength
 Swift and timely
execution
 Night Fighting
 Modernization of wpn &
eqpt
RECOMM

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ARAB ISRAEL WAR (1973)
CONCL

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