What the records say
- When
- 6 Oct 1973 – 8 Oct 1973
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 29.50° N, 34.00° E
- Description
- Arab military operation against Israel in 1973
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Operation Badr (1973)
Egyptian military operation against Israel
Operation Badr, also known as Plan Badr, was an Egyptian military offensive and operation across the Suez Canal that destroyed the Bar-Lev Line, a chain of Israeli fortifications along the frontline of the Israeli-occupied Sinai Peninsula, on 6 October 1973. It was launched in conjunction with a Syrian military offensive against the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, triggering the Yom Kippur War.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article
3 sources record it
- Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “opération Badr”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “نشوب حرب أكتوبر بهجوم مفاجئ من قبل مصر وسوريا على إسرائيل”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
Nearby in time and place
- Egyptian Commando attack at Sinai6 Oct 1973 · Military operation
- Battle of Wadi Mabouk14 Oct 1973 · Battle
- Battle of the Sinai14 Oct 1973 · Battle
- Yom Kippur War6 Oct 1973 · Interstate war · Deaths 16,000
- Battle of Marsa Talamat7 Oct 1973 · Battle
- Battle of Suez24 Oct 1973 · Battle
- Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 11421 Feb 1973 · Air disaster
- מבצע פונטיאק11 Oct 1973 · Military operation