Prime Minister, the Egyptians have crossed the Suez and breached our defenses. Their crossing operation was well planned and executed. It was as complex as D-Day and the Egyptians pulled it off.
Since establishing itself on the east bank yesterday the Egyptian Army has ferried tens of thousands of troops across. Intelligence believes upwards of three reinforced infantry divisions are now ensconced on the east bank of the canal.
In the north three IDF brigades are fighting for their lives against a dozen Syrian brigades. We don't believe we can reinforce the Golan in time to prevent Syrian forces from entering the Galilee.
At this point the Egyptian army is fully mobilized while we are scrambling to bring our divisions up to full strength.
In the meantime we shall strike the Egyptian position on the east bank and wipe it out before the Egyptians can reinforce it further.
Our armored forces on the Sinai are moving into position now...
William Stroock (as in Stroock's Books)
Showing posts with label Suez Canal. Show all posts
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Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Monday, November 27, 2017
Suez-1973
Of all the Arab-Israeli Wars the 1973 Campaign is the most interesting.
That year the Egyptians caught the Israelis off guard, crossed the Suez and overran the worst idea any Israeli general has ever had: the Bar-Lev line. This was a series of bunkers along the east bank of the canal, Maginot style. The Egyptians spent 18 months planning their secret mobilization and rehearsing the crossing the crossing. The Egyptian Army executed the crossing almost perfectly. Within 24 hours they were on the east bank en mass.
The Israelis counterattacked of course, but the Egyptians were waiting for them with anti-tank guns and new wire guided missiles to which the Israelis had no answer. Egyptians also had new SA-2 missiles, which Israeli radars could not detect. They lost dozens of aircraft the first few days.The Egyptians shattered three Israeli brigades the first day and a general counterattack by three Israeli divisions the next. The
This was Egypt's greatest victory since Megiddo in 1457 BC.
General Said al Shazli chronicles the mobilization planning, which is quite interesting in itself, the operation and everything that went wrong afterwords in his excellent work, Crossing the Suez.
After the Egyptians crossed the Suez nothing happened. Sadat and the Egyptian general staff hoped Israel would sue for peace, or peace would be imposed by the great powers. In essence the Egyptians did not know what to do. As Syria foundered in the north the Egyptians renewed their attack, outside the range of their SA-2s and were decimated by the Israelis, who crossed the Suez and won a victory even more spectacular than 1967.
That year the Egyptians caught the Israelis off guard, crossed the Suez and overran the worst idea any Israeli general has ever had: the Bar-Lev line. This was a series of bunkers along the east bank of the canal, Maginot style. The Egyptians spent 18 months planning their secret mobilization and rehearsing the crossing the crossing. The Egyptian Army executed the crossing almost perfectly. Within 24 hours they were on the east bank en mass.
The Israelis counterattacked of course, but the Egyptians were waiting for them with anti-tank guns and new wire guided missiles to which the Israelis had no answer. Egyptians also had new SA-2 missiles, which Israeli radars could not detect. They lost dozens of aircraft the first few days.The Egyptians shattered three Israeli brigades the first day and a general counterattack by three Israeli divisions the next. The
This was Egypt's greatest victory since Megiddo in 1457 BC.
General Said al Shazli chronicles the mobilization planning, which is quite interesting in itself, the operation and everything that went wrong afterwords in his excellent work, Crossing the Suez.
After the Egyptians crossed the Suez nothing happened. Sadat and the Egyptian general staff hoped Israel would sue for peace, or peace would be imposed by the great powers. In essence the Egyptians did not know what to do. As Syria foundered in the north the Egyptians renewed their attack, outside the range of their SA-2s and were decimated by the Israelis, who crossed the Suez and won a victory even more spectacular than 1967.
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