Inside Israel's Northern Command (eBook)

The Yom Kippur War on the Syrian Border

Dani Asher (Herausgeber)

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2016
704 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
9780813167657 (ISBN)

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On October 6, 1973, Israel's Northern Command was surprised by the thunder of cannon fire and the sight of dense, black smoke. A Syrian force of 1,400 tanks supported by artillery and air power had attacked from the north while the Egyptian military invaded the Sinai Peninsula in the south. Syria sought to avenge its devastating loss of the Golan Heights in the 1967 Six-Day Wara conflict that not only resulted in territorial gain for Israel but also cemented the nation's reputation as the region's preeminent military power. Although Israel ultimately prevailed, the Yom Kippur War (or Ramadan War, as it is known in Arab countries) shattered the illusion of Israel's invincibility.In Syrians at the Border, Israel's foremost scholar of the war, Dani Asher, and an eminent group of experts provide the definitive history of this key conflict. The contributorsMajor General Yitzhak Hofi, the Northern commander in chief; Major General Uri Simchoni, head of Command Operations; Brigadier General Avraham Bar David, head of Artillery; and Colonel Hagai Mann, the command's intelligence officerall held key positions during the fighting. Together, they offer fresh insight into the prewar debate that raged between the Israeli Northern Command and intelligence officers who believed that Syria would not instigate conflict.This seminal study also examines the pivotal battles that changed the course of the war, as well as the disastrous effects of a flawed postwar evaluation that adversely affected the careers of several high-ranking intelligence officials and the course of defense strategic planning thereafter. The contributors' incisive analyses contribute significantly to our understanding of this troubled region.

Autor

Brigadier General Dani Asher, IDF (Ret.) is the author of many books, including The Egyptian Strategy for the Yom Kippur War: An Analysis. He lives in Israel.

Inhalt

Editorial Notes & Acknowledgments
Preface
Foreword
Introduction
Part I: Preparation for War
1. Syria Wants War
2. Kachol Lavan (Blue and White) Alert
3. Operational Planning
4. Preparations: Regular Service Forces-Air Force-Armored Corps
5. The Final Road to War
Part II: From Desperate Holding to An Offensive Towards Damascus
6. Halting the Syrian Attack
7. The Fall of the Hermon Outpost
8. Defensive: The Morning of October 7 to the Morning of October 8
9. The Attempt to Capture the Hermon on October 8
10. The Syrian Army: From Penetration to the Depths of the Golan Heights to the Delay in the Eastern Defensive Alignments
11. The Counterattack, October 8-10
12. The Breakthrough into Syrian Territory October 11-12
13. The Breakthrough, the Threat on Damascus, and the Battles Against the Expeditionary Forces
14. Operation Kinuach (Dessert) Recapturing the Hermon
Part III: Operating the Command Systems at War
15. The General Staff Branch
16. Intelligence
17. Artillery
18. Field Engineering
19. Air Force
20. Logistics
21. Ordnance
22. Medical Corps
23. Military Police
24. Adjutant Branch
25. Signal Control and Communications
Quantitative Summary of the War on the Northern Front
Afterword by Major General (res.) Uri Simchoni
Writers and Their Contributions
Bibliography

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.3.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Foreign Military Studies
• Reihe/Serie: Foreign Military Studies
• Reihe/Serie: Foreign Military Studies
• Zusatzinfo: 10 b&w halftones, 20 maps, 5 figures
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: 1973 Arab Israeli war • Arab World • Cold War in the Middle East • Golan Heights • Golda Meir • Israeli military history • Middle East Conflict • military battles • military leadership • Military tactics • Moshe Dayan • October War • warfare • war strategy
• ISBN-13: 9780813167657 / 9780813167657