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1973 battle of the Yom Kippur War
For the Turkish offensive during the First World war, see Raid on the Suez Canal.
Battle of Suez
Part of the Yom Kippur War
Map of the Sinai campaign.
Date
October 24–25, 1973
Location
Suez, Egypt
Result
Egyptian victory[1][2][3]
Belligerents
Egypt
Israel
Commanders and leaders
Youssef Afifi Adel Islam (garrison commandant)
Avraham Adan Yossi Yoffe Nahum Zaken
Strength
Anti-tank teams Numerous army units with light weapons Local police forces and militia
1 armored brigade 1 infantry battalion
Casualties and losses
Minimal[4]
At least 80 killed and 120 wounded 40 tanks destroyed[5]
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Yom Kippur War
Syrian front
1st Hermon
Valley of Tears
Model 5
Latakia
2nd Hermon
2nd Latakia
Syrian GHQ Raid
Gown
al-Mazzah Airport Raid
3rd Hermon
Egyptian front
Badr
Fort Budapest
Lahtzanit
Ofira
Romani
Marsa Talamat
Tagar
Baltim
Sinai
Mansoura
Chinese Farm
Abirey-Halev
Egyptian Missile Bases Raid
25th Brigade ambush
Ismailia
Scud missile attack
Suez
International front
Nickel Grass
The Battle of Suez was fought on October 24–25, 1973 between the Israel Defense Forces and the Egyptian Army in the Egyptian town of Suez. It was the last major battle of the Yom Kippur War, before a ceasefire took effect.
On October 23, with the imminent arrival of UN observers to the front, Israel decided to capture Suez, assuming it would be poorly defended. An armored brigade and an infantry battalion from the Paratroopers Brigade were committed to the task, and entered the city without a battle plan.
The armored column was ambushed and severely hit, while the paratroopers came under heavy fire and many of them became trapped inside a local building. The armored column and part of the infantry force were evacuated during the day, while the main contingent of the paratrooper force eventually managed to dash out of the city and make their way back to Israeli lines.
^[1] Archived 2020-01-26 at the Wayback Machine "The experience represents one of the most humiliating failures in israeli modern history .. Analysis reveals there were three main factors that led to this stunning defeat."
^[2] Archived 2020-01-10 at the Wayback Machine "Israeli losses included from eighty to one hundred and twenty-five men and twenty-eight armored vehicles. Egyptian losses were minimal. The fight for Suez City finally terminated on 28 October with the town still firmly under Egyptian control. Israeli
intelligence proved poor. The anticipated armored
assault on weak forces became a hasty attack against
alert defenders in well prepared defensive positions. Combined with the lack of accurate
intelligence, the ineffective use of Israeli infantry
caused the assault to fail."
^[3] Archived 2020-02-07 at the Wayback Machine "Both countries generally perceive of the Suez City battle as having
been an Egyptian victory and an Israeli defeat in spite of the IDF encirclement of the Egyptian Army, completed after the ceasefire was to have
taken effect."
^[4] Archived 2020-01-10 at the Wayback Machine"Israeli losses included from eighty to one hundred and twenty-five men and twenty-eight armored vehicles. Egyptian losses were minimal. The fight for Suez City finally terminated on 28 October with the town still firmly under Egyptian control."
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