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Yom Kippur War, The - 1973 (1) - The Golan Heights

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - Post World War II


Product Info

Title
Yom Kippur War, The - 1973 (1) - The Golan Heights
Publisher
Category
Author
Simon Dunstan
Publish Year
2003
Pages
96
Dimensions
7x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147371845
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM118
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM118

Description

At 1345 hrs 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.