Yom Kippur War

october 6 1973 Egypt and syria launch a suprise attack agaisnt israel on yom kippur

• In the golan heights, israel had 180 tanks going against syrias 1400
• On the suez, 500 israeli soldieres were up against 100,000 egyptian soldiers

Initially thrown on the defense israel organizes a coutner attack

• The us backed israel and supplied them with emergency military supplies and weapons
• The soviets threatened to intervene and support syria & Egypt

U.N resolution 338 calls for immediate ceasefire and leads to the end of the war Although the army was successfulll on the battlefield the yom kippur war was considered an intelligence failure Prime minister golda meir takes responsibility and resigns (c7accd4e-d555-494d-8489-eb3d4e7542d6)