1At 7: 45 a.m. on June 5, 967, Israel dispatched almost all its air forces and carried out lightning attacks on all airports in Egypt, Syria and Iraq. Half an hour after the air raid, Israeli ground forces also launched an attack, and Arab countries began to struggle to resist. By the end of the war in 10, the Arab countries had failed. This is the third Middle East War, also known as the Sixth Five-Year Plan War.
? First, air sneak attack
1On June 5th, 967, Israel dispatched all its air forces to launch a large-scale surprise attack on Egypt, Syria, Jordan and other Arab countries.
On this day, the Israeli air force almost went into battle in their nests, and even trainer planes attacked 25 air bases in Arab countries. From morning till 6:438+08 pm, the Israeli Air Force carried out four waves of air strikes against Arab countries. The first wave attacked Egypt 10 airport. The second wave mainly used mixed planes to attack Egyptian bomber bases and eight airports. The third wave attacked air bases in Jordan, Syria and Iraq. Finally, after the attack on 25 bases of the Arab Air Force was completed, Cairo International Airport and another air base were also severely damaged from 17 to 15. In this way, 60 hours after the war, Israel destroyed 45 1 aircraft, including 336 in Egypt, 60 in Syria, 29 in Jordan, 25 in Iraq and 1 aircraft in Lebanon. Egyptian combat aircraft lost 95%, the entire Egyptian air force was paralyzed, while Israel lost only 26.
In order to carry out this air raid, Israel has carried out long-term reconnaissance and preparation. Basically, I have found out the situation of the Arab countries' armed forces, especially the air force, such as the location of the air base, the runway situation, radar facilities and so on. Even the activities of Egyptian officers are well known.
What is surprising is the role of military intelligence and sneak attack:
In the past, several successful sneak attacks in the Israeli-Arab war were mostly on weekends or sundays, while Israel broke the routine and chose Monday. The Egyptian army always thought that Israel would attack at dawn. Therefore, since the mobilization of the war, the Egyptian Air Force has sent two planes to patrol at dawn every day. At 5 o'clock every day, there is a 5-minute alarm time. At this time, all radars are turned on, and the alarm is lifted around 7: 30. According to the practice of the Egyptian army, Cairo officially started work at 9: 00, and 8: 45 was the handover time, which was also the time for the patrol aircraft to land. Most police officers are on their way to work, so there is a gap of about 65,438+05 minutes. Judging from the meteorological situation, at 8: 45 Cairo time, the fog in the Nile Delta and Suez Canal dissipated, with good visibility and easy to attack the ground.
Second, the fighting in Sinai Peninsula.
1On June 5th, 967, half an hour after the Israeli air raid, five divisions of its ground forces, led by tanks and armored vehicles, launched a large-scale attack from Gaza, Arichi and Grasse, Abouo. At that time, the Egyptian army had five infantry divisions and two armored divisions in Sinai Peninsula, with a total of about 6.5438+0.2 million respectively, based on various strategic points. After repeated attacks, the Israeli army occupied Gaza and entered Arichi, Abouo and Grasse in Sinai Peninsula. Then, Israeli soldiers invaded the Suez Canal area in three ways: the north road attacked Kantala, the middle road pointed to Ismailia, and the south road pointed to Tawfik Port and Suez City.
In order to save the defeat, the Egyptian army stubbornly resisted and rebelled twice, but eventually failed without air support. On the 7th, North Road was attacked by Israeli troops near Kantala. The Israeli army in the middle passed through Jaffa, Bilgi; On the south road, the Israeli army reached Mount Jidi and mitra Pass, blocking the retreat of the Egyptian army. As a result, the Egyptian army had to block the Suez Canal. By June 8, the Israeli army had wiped out five divisions in Egypt on the Sinai Peninsula and invaded the east bank of the Suez Canal. In just three days, the Sinai Peninsula fell into the hands of the Israeli army.
Third, attack Jordan?
Shortly after the attack on Egypt, Israel launched an attack on the West Bank. The Jordanian army has established defensive positions in two major areas in the north and south of the West Bank. The northern defensive zone is mainly based in Nablus, Tum Calm and Jenin, and the southern defensive zone is arranged along the ridge from Ramallah to Jerusalem and Hebron. The Jordanian army deployed eight infantry brigades and two armored brigades in the above positions. The Israeli army attacked the West Bank with nine brigades, including three armored brigades. The attack was carried out in two stages. The first stage aims to occupy the Jenin area, eliminate the threat of Jordanian artillery fire to Israel's Matt David residential area and air base, and seize the road from Latron to Ramallah. The second stage aims to occupy the whole West Bank, including the old city of Jerusalem.
Major General Jian Zihao Narski, commander of the Israeli Central Military Region, was in charge of the attack on Jerusalem and its surrounding areas. He sent Miali's 10 mechanized brigade to control the Jerusalem corridor and cut off the road between the city and Ramallah. The paratroopers brigade commanded by Colonel Gul is responsible for occupying the old city. On the evening of the 5th, the Israeli army began to storm Jerusalem. On the morning of 6th, Gul Paratrooper Brigade crossed the area between Mandelbaum Gate and Police College. On the morning of the 6th, the Israeli army seized the area between the Old City of Jerusalem and the Skopos Mountain occupied by Israel, and the Gul Paratrooper Brigade occupied the position below the mountain and got in touch with the mountain. On the 7th, Gul Paratrooper Brigade began to attack Jerusalem and quickly occupied the city.
Four. Israeli occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights
The Security Council adopted resolutions of "immediate ceasefire" and "time-limited ceasefire", and Israel agreed to "ceasefire" on the 8th. On the 9th, a large-scale attack on Syria began, and the attack direction pointed to the Golan Heights.
Golan Heights is a long and narrow mountain on the southwest border of Syria, with an altitude of 600- 1000 meters. It starts from Xiekeshan in the north and ends at Yamuke River in the south, with a total length of 60 kilometers and a width of about 20 kilometers in the middle, covering an area of 1. 1.5 million square kilometers. There is an expressway to Damascus. The Golan Heights is bordered by Israel and condescending, posing a great threat to Israel. Syria initially stationed three infantry brigades in the Golan Heights. Before the war broke out, Syria sent four additional brigades to defend against Israeli attacks, including two infantry brigades,/kloc-0 armored brigade and/kloc-0 artillery brigade.
The Israeli army attacked the Golan Heights with six brigades, three of which attacked from the north and two from the south. 1 brigade, 9th 1 1: 30, Israeli troops attacked the Golan Heights from the north and south. The North Road consists of the armored brigade of Albert Mantuole in the Northern Military Region, the infantry brigade of Gorani under the command of Jonah Evras and the armored brigade of Barr Kochwa.
On the 9th, the Mentor Brigade captured Kara, while the Gorani Brigade split into two groups, one attacking Bahners and the other pointing to Zazie Highland in Teller, and occupied the highland that night. Then the Gorani Brigade advanced to the mountain here and occupied the Syrian position on the mountain at midnight.
On 5 June, at 438+00 hours, the Kochwa brigade of the Israeli army attacked Bahners together with the Gorani brigade and advanced towards Einfeld and von Mada. At this time, the Mentor Brigade attacked Quneitra from the east of Calad and occupied Quneitra without fighting.
The Israeli army attacking the Golan Heights from the south consists of Gul Paratrooper Brigade and Avnon Infantry Brigade. They first attacked Tawafik and Yamuk Valley. After taking Tawafik, they conquered Fick and Ellar and marched along the east bank of Lake Tibala. By the evening of June 10, the Israeli army had occupied most of the Golan Heights and several main roads leading to Damascus, and seized the oil pipeline leading to Lebanon through the Arab region. Action warfare.
? On June 1 1, Syria and Israel signed a ceasefire agreement. At this point, the sixth five-year war came to an end.
During the Seven-Day War, Egypt, Jordan and Syria suffered heavy losses, with more than 60,000 casualties and prisoners, while Israel only killed 983 people. Through this war, Israel occupied 65,000 square kilometers of land in Gaza, Sinai Peninsula, West Bank, Old Jerusalem and Syrian Golan Heights. During the war, ten thousand Arabs and Palestinians fled their homes and became refugees.