Simon Dunstan

The Yom Kippur War 1973 (1) (eBook, ePUB)

The Golan Heights
Illustrator: Gerrard, Howard

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A compact, illustrated account of the first phase of the Yom Kippur, or Ramadan, War.

At 1345hrs on 6 October 1973, Israeli spotters in the observation post atop Mount Hermon saw Syrian gunners below them removing the camouflage nets from their guns. Ten minutes later shells began to rain down on Israeli positions all along the Golan Heights - The Yom Kippur War had begun. The shock Syrian attack caught the Israelis by surprise and by the afternoon of 7 October a Syrian brigade was less than 10km from the Sea of Galilee.

Simon Dunstan describes in detail how amid desperate and bitter fighting the Israeli forces managed to turn the tide on the Golan Heights.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472802101
• Artikelnr.: 40469240

Autorenporträt

Simon Dunstan is a well-established author, film-maker and photographer in the field of military history, and has published several titles with Osprey. He specialises in armoured warfare, and has written on this subject for two decades. His books have covered topics such as helicopter and armoured warfare in Vietnam, the Challenger main battle tank, the British Guards and armoured warfare in Korea. Simon lives and works in London.

Inhaltsangabe

Origins of the Campaign
Chronology
Opposing Commanders
The Syrian Army
The Israeli Army
The Fall of Mount Hermon
Repulse at Amadiye
Breakthrough at Rafid
The Israeli counteroffensive
The recapture of Mount Hermon
Aftermath
Bibliography
The battlefield today
Wargaming the Golan campaign
Index