<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Yom Kippur War / October War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Arab -- Israeli conflict and Cold War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Egyptian forces crossing the Suez Canal on October 7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> October 6 -- 25 , 1973 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Both banks of the Suez Canal , Golan Heights and surrounding regions </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Israeli military victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Political gains for Egypt and Israel </Li> <Li> 1978 Camp David Accords </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> The Egyptian army occupied the eastern coast of the Suez Canal with the exception of the Israeli crossing point near Deversoir . </Li> <Li> The Israeli army occupied 1,600 km ( 620 sq mi ) of territory on the southwestern coast of the Suez Canal , within 100 km ( 60 mi ) from Cairo , and encircled an Egyptian enclave in the east bank </Li> <Li> The Israeli army occupied 500 km ( 190 sq mi ) of the Syrian Bashan , on top of the Golan Heights , which brought it within 30 km ( 20 mi ) of Damascus . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Israel </P> <P> Supported by : </P> <Ul> <Li> United States </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Egypt </Li> <Li> Syria </Li> </Ul> <P> Expeditionary forces : </P> <Ul> <Li> Jordan </Li> <Li> Iraq </Li> <Li> Saudi Arabia </Li> <Li> Libya </Li> <Li> Tunisia </Li> <Li> Algeria </Li> <Li> Morocco </Li> <Li> Cuba </Li> </Ul> <P> Supported by : </P> <Ul> <Li> Soviet Union </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Golda Meir </Li> <Li> Moshe Dayan </Li> <Li> David Elazar </Li> <Li> Israel Tal </Li> <Li> Shmuel Gonen </Li> <Li> Yitzhak Hofi </Li> <Li> Binyamin Peled </Li> <Li> Haim Bar - Lev </Li> <Li> Albert Mandler † </Li> <Li> Ariel Sharon </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Anwar Sadat </Li> <Li> Hafez al - Assad </Li> <Li> Ahmad Ismail Ali </Li> <Li> Mustafa Tlass </Li> <Li> Saad El Shazly </Li> <Li> Yusuf Shakkour </Li> <Li> Abdel Ghani el - Gammasy </Li> <Li> Ali Aslan </Li> <Li> Omar Abrash † </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 375,000 -- 415,000 troops </Li> <Li> 1,700 tanks </Li> <Li> 3,000 armored carriers </Li> <Li> 945 artillery units </Li> <Li> 440 combat aircraft </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Egypt : <Ul> <Li> 650,000 -- 800,000 troops ( 200,000 crossed ) </Li> <Li> 1,700 tanks ( 1,020 crossed ) </Li> <Li> 2,400 armored carriers </Li> <Li> 1,120 artillery units </Li> <Li> 400 combat aircraft </Li> <Li> 140 helicopters </Li> <Li> 104 Navy vessels </Li> <Li> 150 surface to air missile batteries ( 62 in the front line ) </Li> </Ul> Syria : <Ul> <Li> 150,000 troops </Li> <Li> 1,200 tanks 800 -- 900 armored carriers </Li> <Li> 600 artillery units </Li> </Ul> Expeditionary Forces * : <Ul> <Li> 100,000 troops </Li> <Li> 500 -- 670 tanks </Li> <Li> 700 armored carriers </Li> </Ul> Cuba : <Ul> <Li> 1,500 -- 4,000 troops </Li> </Ul> Morocco : <Ul> <Li> 5,500 troops </Li> <Li> 30 tanks </Li> <Li> 52 combat aircraft </Li> </Ul> Saudi - Arabia : 3,000 troops Total : <Ul> <Li> 914,000 -- 1,067,500 troops </Li> <Li> 3,430 -- 3,600 tanks </Li> <Li> 3,900 -- 4,000 armored carriers </Li> <Li> 1,720 artillery units </Li> <Li> 452 combat aircraft </Li> <Li> 140 helicopters </Li> <Li> 104 navy vessels </Li> <Li> 150 surface to air missile batteries </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 2,521 -- 2,800 dead </Li> <Li> 7,250 -- 8,800 wounded </Li> <Li> 293 captured </Li> <Li> 1,063 tanks destroyed , damaged or captured </Li> <Li> 407 armored vehicles destroyed or captured </Li> <Li> 102 -- 387 aircraft destroyed </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Egypt : 5,000 -- 15,000 dead <Ul> <Li> 8,372 captured </Li> </Ul> Syria : <Ul> <Li> 3,000 -- 3,500 dead </Li> <Li> 392 captured </Li> </Ul> Iraq : <Ul> <Li> 278 dead </Li> <Li> 898 wounded </Li> <Li> 13 captured </Li> </Ul> Jordan : <Ul> <Li> 23 dead </Li> <Li> 77 wounded </Li> </Ul> Morocco : <Ul> <Li> 6 captured </Li> </Ul> Total casualties : <Ul> <Li> 8,000 -- 18,500 dead </Li> <Li> 18,000 -- 35,000 wounded </Li> <Li> 8,783 captured </Li> <Li> 2,250 -- 2,300 tanks destroyed </Li> <Li> 341 -- 514 aircraft destroyed </Li> <Li> 19 naval vessels sunk </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Yom Kippur War / October War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Arab -- Israeli conflict and Cold War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Egyptian forces crossing the Suez Canal on October 7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> October 6 -- 25 , 1973 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Both banks of the Suez Canal , Golan Heights and surrounding regions </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Israeli military victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Political gains for Egypt and Israel </Li> <Li> 1978 Camp David Accords </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> The Egyptian army occupied the eastern coast of the Suez Canal with the exception of the Israeli crossing point near Deversoir . </Li> <Li> The Israeli army occupied 1,600 km ( 620 sq mi ) of territory on the southwestern coast of the Suez Canal , within 100 km ( 60 mi ) from Cairo , and encircled an Egyptian enclave in the east bank </Li> <Li> The Israeli army occupied 500 km ( 190 sq mi ) of the Syrian Bashan , on top of the Golan Heights , which brought it within 30 km ( 20 mi ) of Damascus . </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Israel </P> <P> Supported by : </P> <Ul> <Li> United States </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Egypt </Li> <Li> Syria </Li> </Ul> <P> Expeditionary forces : </P> <Ul> <Li> Jordan </Li> <Li> Iraq </Li> <Li> Saudi Arabia </Li> <Li> Libya </Li> <Li> Tunisia </Li> <Li> Algeria </Li> <Li> Morocco </Li> <Li> Cuba </Li> </Ul> <P> Supported by : </P> <Ul> <Li> Soviet Union </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Golda Meir </Li> <Li> Moshe Dayan </Li> <Li> David Elazar </Li> <Li> Israel Tal </Li> <Li> Shmuel Gonen </Li> <Li> Yitzhak Hofi </Li> <Li> Binyamin Peled </Li> <Li> Haim Bar - Lev </Li> <Li> Albert Mandler † </Li> <Li> Ariel Sharon </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Anwar Sadat </Li> <Li> Hafez al - Assad </Li> <Li> Ahmad Ismail Ali </Li> <Li> Mustafa Tlass </Li> <Li> Saad El Shazly </Li> <Li> Yusuf Shakkour </Li> <Li> Abdel Ghani el - Gammasy </Li> <Li> Ali Aslan </Li> <Li> Omar Abrash † </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 375,000 -- 415,000 troops </Li> <Li> 1,700 tanks </Li> <Li> 3,000 armored carriers </Li> <Li> 945 artillery units </Li> <Li> 440 combat aircraft </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Egypt : <Ul> <Li> 650,000 -- 800,000 troops ( 200,000 crossed ) </Li> <Li> 1,700 tanks ( 1,020 crossed ) </Li> <Li> 2,400 armored carriers </Li> <Li> 1,120 artillery units </Li> <Li> 400 combat aircraft </Li> <Li> 140 helicopters </Li> <Li> 104 Navy vessels </Li> <Li> 150 surface to air missile batteries ( 62 in the front line ) </Li> </Ul> Syria : <Ul> <Li> 150,000 troops </Li> <Li> 1,200 tanks 800 -- 900 armored carriers </Li> <Li> 600 artillery units </Li> </Ul> Expeditionary Forces * : <Ul> <Li> 100,000 troops </Li> <Li> 500 -- 670 tanks </Li> <Li> 700 armored carriers </Li> </Ul> Cuba : <Ul> <Li> 1,500 -- 4,000 troops </Li> </Ul> Morocco : <Ul> <Li> 5,500 troops </Li> <Li> 30 tanks </Li> <Li> 52 combat aircraft </Li> </Ul> Saudi - Arabia : 3,000 troops Total : <Ul> <Li> 914,000 -- 1,067,500 troops </Li> <Li> 3,430 -- 3,600 tanks </Li> <Li> 3,900 -- 4,000 armored carriers </Li> <Li> 1,720 artillery units </Li> <Li> 452 combat aircraft </Li> <Li> 140 helicopters </Li> <Li> 104 navy vessels </Li> <Li> 150 surface to air missile batteries </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 2,521 -- 2,800 dead </Li> <Li> 7,250 -- 8,800 wounded </Li> <Li> 293 captured </Li> <Li> 1,063 tanks destroyed , damaged or captured </Li> <Li> 407 armored vehicles destroyed or captured </Li> <Li> 102 -- 387 aircraft destroyed </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Egypt : 5,000 -- 15,000 dead <Ul> <Li> 8,372 captured </Li> </Ul> Syria : <Ul> <Li> 3,000 -- 3,500 dead </Li> <Li> 392 captured </Li> </Ul> Iraq : <Ul> <Li> 278 dead </Li> <Li> 898 wounded </Li> <Li> 13 captured </Li> </Ul> Jordan : <Ul> <Li> 23 dead </Li> <Li> 77 wounded </Li> </Ul> Morocco : <Ul> <Li> 6 captured </Li> </Ul> Total casualties : <Ul> <Li> 8,000 -- 18,500 dead </Li> <Li> 18,000 -- 35,000 wounded </Li> <Li> 8,783 captured </Li> <Li> 2,250 -- 2,300 tanks destroyed </Li> <Li> 341 -- 514 aircraft destroyed </Li> <Li> 19 naval vessels sunk </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table>
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