1952
Invasion of Sinai
Israel invades Sinai
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Sinai in Israel. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Israel invades Sinai
Sharon leads the 202nd Paratroop Brigade overland toward the isolated battalion near Mitla Pass.
Dayan uses the Mitla airborne landing to create an Israeli threat toward the Suez Canal under the Kadesh plan.
Tolkowsky directs air operations that attack Egyptian communications facilities as Operation Kadesh opens.
Sharon leads the ground element of the 202nd Paratroop Brigade toward the isolated force near Mitla Pass.
Israel invades the Gaza Strip & the Sinai Peninsula & make rapid progress towards the Suez Canal Zone
Israel launches Operation Kadesh, invading the Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula and advancing toward the Suez Canal Zone.
Eitan leads the paratroop battalion dropped near the eastern approaches to Mitla Pass.
Tolkowsky's air force carries the 890th Battalion to the Mitla area for the opening airborne assault.
Simhoni coordinates Southern Command formations as Israeli ground forces enter Sinai on several axes.
Simhoni directs Israeli Southern Command during the opening of Operation Kadesh.
Wallach directs the 38th Division's infantry and armoured formations on the central Sinai axis.
Dayan directs forces toward the key Abu Ageila road junction and defensive complex.
Dayan's original timetable is overtaken when the 7th Armoured Brigade enters combat a day earlier than planned.
Ben-Ari leads the 7th Armoured Brigade into Sinai to reinforce the main Israeli advance.
Ben-Ari brings the 7th Armoured Brigade into the battle earlier than the original General Staff timetable.
Coordinates Israeli armour and paratroop columns as they advance across Sinai.
Laskov's 77th Division begins its offensive on the northern Sinai axis during the night.
Israeli aircraft under Tolkowsky perform liaison missions between widely separated forces during Operation Kadesh.
Tolkowsky's air force evacuates casualties from forward areas while the ground campaign continues.
Yoffe leads the 9th Brigade on a rapid southward advance through difficult Sinai terrain.
Tolkowsky's air force conducts reconnaissance missions supporting Israeli commanders during the rapid Sinai advance.
Dayan presses Israeli columns westward as Egyptian resistance weakens in several sectors.
Tolkowsky's air force expands close support for Israeli ground formations advancing across Sinai.
Tolkowsky's air force attacks Egyptian forces while supporting the continuing Israeli advance across Sinai.
Israeli aircraft under Tolkowsky carry out rescue missions during Operation Kadesh.
Simhoni coordinates operations across both the Gaza and central Sinai fronts.
Yoffe's brigade continues the southern advance toward Sharm el-Sheikh and the Straits of Tiran.
Dayan orders Israeli formations to exploit the general Egyptian withdrawal from Sinai.
Yoffe secures the southern route leading toward Sharm el-Sheikh.
Simhoni completes command of the rapid Sinai campaign after Israeli forces reach their principal objectives.
Dayan reports that principal military objectives in Sinai have been reached.
Israel captures Sinai during the Six Day War
Israeli fighter planes shoot down a Libyan Airlines jet over the Sinai Desert, killing 108 people
Israeli fighter planes shoot down a Libyan Airlines jet over the Sinai Desert, killing 108 people
Commands the Israeli Southern Command as Egyptian forces cross the Suez Canal.
Directs air operations against Egyptian air defenses during the first days of the war.
Leads a counterattack on the Sinai front that is initially repulsed with heavy losses.
Leads a counterattack against Egyptian forces on the Sinai front.
Directs Israeli counterattacks in Sinai that suffer heavy losses against Egyptian anti-tank defenses.
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.
Kissinger, Rabin & Peres agree the withdrawal of Israel from Sinai
Kissinger, Rabin & Peres agree the withdrawal of Israel from Sinai
Agrres to withdraw from Sinai under the Camp David agreement
Israel promises to withdraw gradually from Sinai and to establish some form of autonomous Palestinian territory on the West Bank
Israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt
Israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt
Ariel Sharon, as defense minister, directs the dismantling of Israeli settlements in the Sinai Peninsula
In accordance with Camp David agreements, Israel completes the Sinai withdrawal
Ariel Sharon, as defense minister, directs the dismantling of Israeli settlements in the Sinai Peninsula
In accordance with Camp David agreements, Israel completes the Sinai withdrawal
Provenance
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