Yom+Kippur+War

=Yom Kippur War=

**Overview**
The Yom Kippur war was fought from Oct. 6th to Oct. 26th in 1973. It is know by other names including the Ramadan War and the October War. It was fought between Israel and Arab nations. Egypt and Syria( the Arab nations) launched a secret surprise attack on Israel. The strike took play on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the most holy in the Jewish religion, giving the war its name. The attack was launched to recapture land that was lost to Egypt and Syria in a previous war against Israel. This has been at the heart of almost every conflict in the Middle East today.

==**Main Point**== Two years prior to the war Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, asked Israel to return the lands they had occupied after the previous war between the two, The Six Days War. Sadat even urged the U.S. to put pressure on Israel to give back the lands that belonged to Egypt. If Israel would not return the lands, Sadat threatened that there would be no other option besides war. Since Sadat had been threatening war for the past three years and had done nothing the threat was taken lightly by Israel. They were very wrong. IN secret Sadat raised a large force along with its ally Syria, that would launch a surprise attack on Egypt's old lands. The date chosen for this attack was Oct 6th, or Yom Kippur to Israel and its most sacred day. The numbers amassed against the Israelis were astonishing. The Syrians gathered 1,400 tanks to fight against only 180 tanks from Israel. Egypt's ground force was numbered over 80,000 troops to fight a force of less than 800. Along with these two nations, smaller forces from nine other Arab countries were also fighting the Israelis. The Middle-East was in complete chaos. While the Israelis were being pushed back into there own country after the first two days of fighting, they managed to form a solid line a repel the invaders. Once Israel formed a line, they were re-enforced and drove the Arab armies deep into Egypt. When the Israeli army had the huge Egyptian army fleeing and corned the war came to an end on Oct. 26th.

**Conclusion/ Historical Significance**
The war ended in a peculiar way. When the Arabs looked as if the were going to win the Soviet Union and the UN did not move to end the war. Only when the Arabs were repelled and on the brink of being completely destroyed was the end of the fighting desired. This proved that not only the Arabs were against Israel but a lot of countries around the world. The fighting stopped with the enforcing of Resolution 338 by the Security Council. The resolution stated that all nations must withdraw from all opposing countries and stop fighting immediately. If this resolution had not been passed the Middle-East could have looked very different, with Israel being the superpower in those lands and controlling huge amounts of land.