Saturday, July 5, 2008

The Yom Kippur War

The year is 1973. Yom Kippur, it is the holiest day for the Jewish state. Many of Israel's soldiers were home when its army, understrength and unprepared, were engaged in a surprise attack by a combined might of the Arab armies. This time the Israelis learn to respect the fighting tenacity of their adversary, especially the Egyptians who managed to make a crossing across the Suez Canal. This war would even boil into the bloodiest tank battle since World War 2. The enemies facing Israel this time bore no resemblance to those fought during the Six Day War. This is a story of Israel's fight against determined and ruthless foes in one of the bloodiest wars of the Middle East....


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