... Suez Canal bridgehead infantry Artillery Road Akavish Road October 8 There is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom. (Eccles. 9:10) At noon on October 7, the General Staff and the commanding general of the Southern Command, General Gonen, already knew that the 162nd Tank Division...

...By midday on October 17, the Egyptian army realized the extent of the presence of the IDF and began assembling armor and infantry on the western bank in an attempt to contain the bridgehead. By the original plan, the 421st Brigade was to seize the western bridgehead on Havit Road; however, due...