The Six Day War(The June War)

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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/future-for-lebanon/lebanons-divisive-sectarian-past/civil-war/2388/

Timeline

Day One: June 5, 1967

First day of fighting. Israel destroys most of the Egyptian air force. Jordan, Syria and Iraq attack Israel.

Day Two: June 6, 1967

Second day of fighting. Fighting continues on all fronts.

Timeline

Day Three: June 7, 1967

Jerusalem taken. Blockade of Straits of Tiran broken.

Day Four: June 8, 1967

Israel consolidates hold on West Bank.

Timeline

Day Five: June 9, 1967

Israel and Syria in heavy fighting on the Golan.

Day Six: June 10, 1967

Israel gains control of the Golan Heights

Causes: Arab

• Nasser wished to flex his muscles in foreign policy.

• Syria, Israel were in conflict

• Israel continually escalated against its Arab neighbors in late 1966 and early 1967 (13 November raid on West Bank villages)

• False Soviet intelligence

Causes: Israel

• Nasser closed the Straits of Tiran

• Felt threatened by the PLO

• Felt threatened by Syria-Egypt alliance

• Egyptian mobilization in the Sinai

• Failed negotiations to reopen the Straits

Key Players

• Egypt: General Nasser, formed military alliances with Syria and Jordan

• Israel: Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, and Chief of Staff Yitzhak Rabin

• Syria: Ba'thi leadership

• Soviet Union: President Nikolai Podgorny

• UN: Secretary General U Thant

Key Battles

• Initial Air Strike: 7:45 AM

• Israeli Airforce flew over the Mediterranean below radar

• In less than 3 hours the entire Egyptian bomber force + 135 fighters were destroyed

• 22 Jordanian + 55 Syrian planes destroyed

Outcome

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/v3_israel_palestinians/maps/html/six_day_war.stm

Credits

• http://www.sixdaywar.org/timeline.asp

• The Arab-Israeli Conflict packet, Kirsten Schulze

• The Arab-Israeli Conflict book, T. G. Fraser