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Counterattack

Israel · Warfare / Yom Kippur War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1973Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1973

Abraham Adan8 October 1973

Sinai · Warfare / Yom Kippur War

Leads a counterattack on the Sinai front that is initially repulsed with heavy losses.

Shmuel Gonen8 October 1973

Sinai · Warfare / Yom Kippur War

Directs Israeli counterattacks in Sinai that suffer heavy losses against Egyptian anti-tank defenses.

Ariel Sharon8 October 1973

Sinai · Warfare / Yom Kippur War

Leads a counterattack against Egyptian forces on the Sinai front.

Names involved

Abraham AdanAriel SharonShmuel Gonen

Provenance

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