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Yom Kippur War

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Yom Kippur War/October War
Part of the Arab-Israeli conflict
Date October 6 – October 26, 1973
Location Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights, and surrounding regions of the Middle East
Result UNSCR 338: cease-fire leading to Geneva Conference.

Belligerents
Israel   Egypt
Syria
Iraq

Commanders
Moshe Dayan
David Elazar
Ariel Sharon
Shmuel Gonen
Benjamin Peled
Israel Tal
Rehavam Zeevi
Aharon Yariv
Yitzhak Hofi
Rafael Eitan
Abraham Adan
Yanush Ben Gal Saad El Shazly
Mustafa Tlass[1]
General Shakkour [1]
Naji Jamil [1]

Hafez al-Assad
Ahmad Ismail Ali
Hosni Mubarak
Mohammed Aly Fahmy
Anwar Sadat
Abdel Ghani el-Gammasy
Abdul Munim Wassel
Abd-Al-Minaam Khaleel
Abu Zikry


Strength
415,000 troops,
1,500 tanks,
3,000 armored carriers,
945 artillery units,[2]
561 airplanes,
84 helicopters,
38 Navy vessels[3] Egypt: 800,000 troops (300,000 deployed, 80,000 crossed), 2,400 tanks (800 crossed), 2,400 armored carriers, 1,120 artillery units,[2] 690 airplanes (220 crossed, about 60 participated in the Mansourah battle), 161 helicopters, 104 Navy vessels,
Syria: 150,000 troops (60,000 deployed), 1,400 tanks, 800–900 armored carriers, 600 artillery units,[2] 350 airplanes, 36 helicopters, 21 Navy vessels,
Iraq: 60,000 troops, 700 tanks, 500 armored carriers, 200 artillery units,[2] 73 airplanes,[3]

Casualties and losses
2,656 killed
7,250 wounded
More than 340 captured
400 tanks destroyed
600 tanks damaged/returned to service
unknown number of tanks captured
102 planes destroyed[4] 8,528* – 15,000** dead
19,540* – 35,000** wounded
2,250 tanks destroyed or captured
432 planes destroyed[4]
* Western analysis
** Israeli analysis
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