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Beschreibung

A compact, illustrated account of the first phase of the Yom Kippur, or Ramadan, War.

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.

A compact, illustrated account of the first phase of the Yom Kippur, or Ramadan, War.

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.

Über den Autor
Simon Dunstan is a military history author, film maker and photographer. He specialises on the subject of armoured warfare, a field on which he has been writing for over two decades. His books have covered topics such as helicopter and armoured warfare in Vietnam, the Challenger main battle tank, The British Guards and armoured warfare in Korea. Simon lives and works in London.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Origins of the Campaign
Chronology
Opposing Commanders
The Syrian Army
The Israeli Army
The Fall of Mount Hermon
Repulse at Amadiye
Breakthrough at Rafid
The Israeli counteroffensive
The recapture of Mount Hermon
Aftermath

Bibliography
The battlefield today
Wargaming the Golan campaign
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781841762203
ISBN-10: 1841762202
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Dunstan, Simon
Illustrator: Gerrard, Howard
Hersteller: Bloomsbury USA
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 250 x 184 x 8 mm
Von/Mit: Simon Dunstan
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.08.2003
Gewicht: 0,313 kg
Artikel-ID: 134082522