...Even and Maoz divide the Southern Command’s six-day defensive period into three sections. October 9 was a pseudodefensive during which the 143rd Division saw great violence. October 10–13 was a time of restive dormancy, and October 14 brought a role change and a reversal of fortune to the IDF...

... of a corps of armored divisions was unimaginable. 143rd Division Egyptian army Gonen Shmuel commander of Southern Command October 7 Sharon Ariel “Arik” 143rd Division commander Elazar David CoGS Adan Avraham “Bren” 162nd Division commander Force Tiger Magen Kalman 252nd Division commander Mandler...

... on the eastern bank of the canal, the General Staff and Southern Command created a reserve force of around 750 tanks, deployed on the line from north to south. The ultimate goals of the Egyptian army’s offensive were lost to history when Egyptian president Anwar Sadat died, but Even and Maoz do their best...

... Division's regulars. Did it mean two brigades on the canal or one? This chapter details the disastrous results of Gonen's refusal to deploy the division according to Dovecote; the shoddy staff work in GHQ and Southern Command; the failure to evacuate the strongholds and the losses incurred trying...

... Meir Golda prime minister Six Day War 1967 Yom Kippur Day of Atonement Even Jacob “Jacky” 143rd Division deputy commander Gonen Shmuel commander of Southern Command Sharon Ariel “Arik” 143rd Division commander Southern Command Egyptian army IDF Israel defense forces October 6 Egypt Egyptian...

... to the increased presence of Egyptian forces, the 421st Brigade withdrew slightly to regroup. On the morning of October 18, the 162nd Division planned to be at the bridgehead west of the canal, and then to break through to the west and southwest—a highly unrealistic goal, given the Southern Command’s progress...