12 September 1973War PlanningAhmed Ismail Ali
Meets President Hafez al-Assad in Cairo to secretly discuss the joint Egyptian-Syrian war plan.
Historical records for Egypt in 1973, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Meets President Hafez al-Assad in Cairo to secretly discuss the joint Egyptian-Syrian war plan.
Egypt and Syria publicly describe troop concentrations as routine maneuvers while preparing for war.
Soviet advisers and dependants begin leaving Egypt, a move later read by foreign observers as a warning sign.
Commands Egyptian air defenses that protect the canal crossing from Israeli air attack.
Commands the Egyptian Air Force during the opening strikes of the war.
Egyptian forces begin the canal crossing during Operation Badr at the opening of the war.
Begins the October war, 6-24 October
Coordinates with Syrian President Hafez al-Assad for a joint attack to recover occupied territory.
Launches coordinated Egyptian and Syrian military operations against Israeli forces.
Orders Egyptian forces to cross the Suez Canal and attack Israeli positions in Sinai.
Helps plan and direct the Egyptian canal crossing under the protection of missile defenses.
Authorizes the attack across the Suez Canal that opens the war.
Serves in the Egyptian operations command during the opening of Operation Badr.
Commands the Egyptian Second Army during the crossing of the northern Suez Canal sector.
Egyptian commandos and assault troops cross the Suez Canal as the Egyptian offensive begins.
Commands the Egyptian Third Army during the southern Suez Canal crossing.
Orders preparation for an eastward Sinai offensive intended to relieve pressure on Syria and draw Israeli air power.
Commands Egyptian armored forces during the failed eastward offensive in Sinai.
Opposes the eastward armored offensive that moves beyond Egyptian missile cover.
The Egyptian eastward offensive in Sinai is repulsed with heavy tank losses.
Receives Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin during ceasefire diplomacy.
Takes command responsibilities on the Second Army front during the Israeli crossing crisis.
Disagrees with Sadat and Ismail Ali over the response to the Israeli crossing west of the canal.
Considers the US-Soviet ceasefire proposal later embodied in Resolution 338.
Accepts the United Nations ceasefire resolution after the Israeli canal crossing changes the battlefield.
Accepts a renewed ceasefire as fighting continues around the Egyptian Third Army.
Attempts to manage the crisis created by the Israeli encirclement of Third Army.
Faces crisis as the Egyptian Third Army becomes surrounded east of Suez.
Commands Third Army forces during the Israeli encirclement near Suez.
Meets Israeli officers at Kilometre 101 to discuss implementation of the ceasefire.
Authorizes Egyptian participation in the Geneva peace conference after the war.
Sadat's administration uses regulated releases to support irrigation and navigation.
Directs Egypt's armed forces as supreme commander during preparations for war.
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