The Yom Kippur War, 1973
- In 1970, Anwar Sadat becomes the leader of Egypt, and expels the "atheist" Soviets from the country.
- He planned for Egypt's next attack to be a surprise attack on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.
- Because Israel was surpassed by the attack, they were not able to employ their sure-fire "first strike" method of warfare. Because of this, they had to call on the United States to send aid to defend.
- The conclusion of the combat of the war is relatively inconsequential: The borders remained unchanged.
- The major outcome of the war was the formation of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), which led to the famous oil embargo of the 1970s.
- He planned for Egypt's next attack to be a surprise attack on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.
- Because Israel was surpassed by the attack, they were not able to employ their sure-fire "first strike" method of warfare. Because of this, they had to call on the United States to send aid to defend.
- The conclusion of the combat of the war is relatively inconsequential: The borders remained unchanged.
- The major outcome of the war was the formation of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), which led to the famous oil embargo of the 1970s.
Yom Kippur War
"40 years have passed. Most of Israel's citizens did not personally experience the shock of the fearful siren, wailing up and down, that at 2 PM ripped through the silence of the holiness of Yom Kippur. The nation was wrapped then in its fast, gathered in the synagogues, or in the privacy of their homes. The gates of heaven were not open that day, the prayers were not answered, the war broke out. The fire was on two fronts, the north and the south, by the time the siren sounded, the first soldiers had already fallen. Israel had made a mistake and was surprised, and her children gave their lives with amazing heroism and saved it from the valley of tears."
-- President Shimon Peres, at memorial ceremony on Har Hartzl for the fallen soldiers of the Yom Kippur War |
Subjunctive Question: What if the United States hadn't supplied Israel with aid for the war? Could they have managed without it? What would have a defeat have amounted to for Israel? For the Arab Nations as a whole?
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