OCTOBER WAR AGAINST
ISRAEL ( CROSSING OF SUEZ
CANAL BY EGYPTIAN FORCES
OCT. 6 1973 )
Egyptian forces crossing the Suez Canal on October 7
Wreckage of an Israeli A-4 Skyhawk on display in Egypt´s war museum.
An Israeli M60 Patton tank destroyed in the Sinai.
Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat
Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat : 25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981 was the third President of Egypt, serving from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 October 1981. In his eleven years as president he changed Egypt´s direction, departing from some of the economic and political principles of Nasserism by re-instituting the multi-party system, and launching the Infitah economic policy.
He was a senior member of the Free Officers group that overthrew the Muhammad Ali Dynasty in the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, and a close confidant of President Gamal Abdel Nasser, whom he succeeded as President in 1970. As president he led Egypt in the October War of 1973 to re-acquire Egyptian territory lost to Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War, making him a hero in Egypt and, for a time, the wider Arab World. Afterwards he engaged in negotiations with Israel, culminating in the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty. This won him the Nobel Peace Prize but also made him unpopular among some Arabs, resulting in a temporary suspension of Egypt´s membership in the Arab League, and eventually his assassination.
President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin acknowledge applause during joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C., during which President Jimmy Carter announced the results of the Camp David Accords, 18 September 1978
President Jimmy Carter shaking hands with Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at the signing of the Egyptian–Israeli Peace Treaty on the grounds of the White House, 1979
Field Marshal Ahmed Ismail Ali
Ahmad Ismail Ali (Arabic: أحمد إسماعيل علي) (14 October 1917 – 26 December 1974) was the Commander-in-Chief of Egypt´s army and minister of war during the October War of 1973, and is best known for his planning of the attack across the Suez Canal, code-named Operation Badr.
Military career
In October 1972, Ali accompanied Prime Minister Aziz Sidqi on a visit to Moscow, and, on his return, stifled a coup attempt against President Sadat. That same month, he replaced the anti-Soviet general Muhammad Sadeq as Minister of Defence, and was promoted to full general. His skill as a strategist, and his success in reviving the morale of the Egyptian army became evident in the October War of 1973. Following the war, he was made a Field Marshal in November 1973.
Death
Ali died in December 1974 from advanced cancer, at the age of 57.
Saad el-Shazly
Saad Mohamed el-Husseiny el-Shazly (Arabic: سعد الدين محمد الحسينى الشاذلى, (1 April 1922 – 10 February 2011) was an Egyptian military personality. He was Egypt´s chief of staff during the October War. Following his public criticism of the Camp David Accords, he was dismissed from his post as Ambassador to Britain and Portugal, then sent into exile in Algeria.
He took part on the Egyptian side of the 1973 October War, also known as the Yom Kippur War, being the mastermind of the successful Egyptian attack on the Israeli Bar-Lev line of defence.
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