The Yom Kippur War

The extraordinary and definitive story of Israel’s desperate battle for survival in a lightning war that began on October 6, 1973—Yom Kippur, The holiest day in the Jewish calendar

This is the dramatic, fully-researched and definitive account of the war that almost destroyed Israel: the Yom Kippur War. Launched by Egypt's President Anwar Sadat and his primary ally, Syria's President Hafiz al-Asad, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, the sudden attack took the Israeli Defense Force totally by surprise. Here you will discover how such a colossal intelligence blunder—one that almost caused the destruction of Israel—happened. It is a story of incredible courage and bravery of the soldiers on both sides, of the high-stakes diplomatic battles waged by the UN, the United States, and the Soviet Union, even as troops and pilots from Israel and the nine Arab states attacking it shed their blood on the desert sands.

“Egyptian infantry is all around us. Send reinforce,emts...”—Israeli tank commander stationed near the Suez Canal

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