Shmuel Gonen6 October 1973
Commands the Israeli Southern Command as Egyptian forces cross the Suez Canal.
Israel · Warfare / Yom Kippur War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Commands the Israeli Southern Command as Egyptian forces cross the Suez Canal.
Is recalled to assist on the southern front after the crisis in Sinai deepens.
Egyptian armored forces move eastward in Sinai before being repulsed by Israeli defenses.
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