But in the first 24 hours of the Yom Kippur War, thinly manned Israeli positions were overwhelmed along the Suez Canal in the southwest and the Golan Heights in the northeast. “Golda” frames ...

History sometimes offers lessons from the past, and the Kursk offensive recalls a similarly daring move by Israel in the Yom ...

In 1973 they launched major offensives against Israel on the Jewish festival of Yom Kippur. The Egyptians drove the Israelis from the Suez Canal. FISK: The '73 war, the crossing of the Suez Canal ...

On August 7, 1970, the War of Attrition ended, and the relief felt by the Israeli side of the Suez Canal was palpable. The war, lasting nearly a thou ...

In the early 1950s, Egypt blocks Israeli ships from passing through the Suez Canal ... The war ends on June 10. On Oct. 6, Egypt and Syria jointly attack Israel on Yom Kippur, the holiest day ...

Egypt was home to one of the world's most important transportation systems: the Suez ... the war inspired Palestinian resistance movements, such as the PLO under Yasser Arafat. The Yom Kippur ...