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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......
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