<P> The Yom Kippur War , Ramadan War , or October War ( Hebrew : מלחמת יום הכיפורים ‎ , Milẖemet Yom HaKipurim , or מלחמת יום כיפור , Milẖemet Yom Kipur ; Arabic : حرب أكتوبر ‎ , Ḥarb ʾUktōbar , or حرب تشرين , Ḥarb Tišrīn ) , also known as the 1973 Arab -- Israeli War , was a war fought from October 6 to 25 , 1973 , by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel . The war mostly took place in Sinai and the Golan -- territories that had been occupied by Israel since the end of the 1967 Six - Day War -- with some fighting in African Egypt and northern Israel . Egyptian President Anwar Sadat 's objectives were `` to recover all Arab territory occupied by Israel following the 1967 war and to achieve a just , peaceful solution to the Arab - Israeli conflict . '' </P>
<P> The Yom Kippur War , Ramadan War , or October War ( Hebrew : מלחמת יום הכיפורים ‎ , Milẖemet Yom HaKipurim , or מלחמת יום כיפור , Milẖemet Yom Kipur ; Arabic : حرب أكتوبر ‎ , Ḥarb ʾUktōbar , or حرب تشرين , Ḥarb Tišrīn ) , also known as the 1973 Arab -- Israeli War , was a war fought from October 6 to 25 , 1973 , by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel . The war mostly took place in Sinai and the Golan -- territories that had been occupied by Israel since the end of the 1967 Six - Day War -- with some fighting in African Egypt and northern Israel . Egyptian President Anwar Sadat 's objectives were `` to recover all Arab territory occupied by Israel following the 1967 war and to achieve a just , peaceful solution to the Arab - Israeli conflict . '' </P>
what was the main purpose of the yom kippur war
what was the main purpose of the yom kippur war
to recover all Arab territory occupied by Israel following the 1967 war and to achieve a just , peaceful solution to the Arab - Israeli conflict
to recover all Arab territory occupied by Israel following the 1967 war and to achieve a just , peaceful solution to the Arab - Israeli conflict