(Added on 13-10-2007)

From the conclusion of the 1970 Suez Canal War up until the 1973 Yom Kippur War, there were numerous false alarms by the Egyptian PM Anwar Sadat by staging a few large scale military exercises, only to drawl back the army when the Israeli IDF was in heightened battle alert which was designed to shake the morals and to cover the fighting preparedness of the Israelite with deceit of complacencies so as to enable arab countries to launch a surprise attack.

Picture below all rights reserved by Encyclopaedeia of the Orient

With the Egyptian forces was Syria and nine other countries supporting the war. Prior to the war a few months before it, Iraqi became the chief supplier of military arms to Egyptian forces with a squadron of Hunter jet fighters. Nearing the onset of war, Iraqi committed 18,000 ground troops and several hundred tanks with an addition of MIGs to be stationed at Golan Heights. Apart from being the financial underwriters of the war by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, they supplied approximately another 3,000 troops with Libya's support of Mirage fighter jets violating the arms transfer ban by Paris.

Right Map Copyright from the military archives of Israel

-

Where else some north African nations follow suit with Algeria supplying 3 squadrons of fighters and bombers, an armored brigade and 150 tanks and 1,000 to 2,000 Tunisian soldiers was mobilised to the Nile Delta with another 3,500 Sudanese troops located at Southern Egypt. Last but not least, Lebanese radar units were allowed to be used by Syrian air forces to monitor air control with repeated usage of Lebanon territory by Palestinians to shell Israeli civilian settlements. Included with the majority of forces was the added support by an additional 100 Jordanian tanks and 3 artillery batteries.

With the amassed Arab and north African armies, the Egyptian forces invaded Israel trampling the Golan Heights and beyond in the first few days triumphantly only to be met by stiff counter attacks by the Israelite army though smaller in numbers yet due to the ferocious fighting instincts was able to put up strong resistance and even pressed ahead.

Picture of General Ariel Sharon with a head bandage and Defense Minister Moshe Dayan with the infamous eye patch with a military career respected for their brave and sometimes reckless suggestions that most of the times would cause the enemies to rattle with fear.

- -

(Added on 14-10-2007)

Some of his famous quotes can be found in http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/moshe_dayan.html

A tribute to Moshe Dayan one of the most dangerous Defense Minister Israel ever had with the quote 'Nothing excites me more than war' during his mid years as Defense Minister. Being made and molded to be a man of war and one of the master tacticians together with General Ariel Sharon making a formidable wall that warring nations will not be able to break through.

Right picture: Moshe Dayan in the centre walking along streets in Jerusalem that was secured by Israeli Forces during the 1973 War. Walking on his left with the helmet is General Levi. The one walking on his right is the navigator and trusted military jeep driver.

Todays (14-10-2007) addition will be Moshe Dayan's picture and quotes website above...........

15th was rest day and fact finding of the historical facts that is constantly mired and disfigured with grandfather stories leading to no where.

-

As an observation to ensure that historical facts are not left out, an addition of the 1956 Suez War in inserted in http://alwaysatwar2archives.blogspot.com/ . Please refer to this blogpage for 16-10-2007 update. Thank you.

-

The war history of A Nation Against All Odds will be continued in http://alwaysatwar4archives.blogspot.com/ for the inspired by real events of 1973 Yom Kippur War

Copyright reserved by Zazzrix Zebriel 2007

-

Will continue tomorrow as some archives contains some grandfather stories about previous wars and a mixture of this and that tale, as it would take time to unravel the stories so as to give an accurate account of what actually transpired........

-

Copyright reserved by Zazzrix Zebriel 2007

Why I left Home 1st-5th November 2007 - Author

Links to webpage by Author : A Nation always at War I
................................ A Nation Against the Odds II
................................ A Nation Against the Odds III
................................A Natiion Against All Odds III(i)

................................A Nation Against All Odds (IV)

Other links by the Author : Last Minute Divorce or Separation
................................A Dog's Life
................................Mixed Breed Dogs Diary
................................ShaggyDoggyTime