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Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Michael B. Oren, 2003-07-03

The Time Of The Burning Sun: Six Days Of War, Twelve Weeks Of Hope by Michael Bernet, 2004-08-03

Six-Day War: Prologue and Aftermath by David Kimche, Dan Bawley, 1971-04

The Six-Day War and World Jewry (Studies and Texts in Jewish History and Culture, 8)

Britain, the Six-Day War and its Aftermath (International Library of Twentieth Centruy History) by Frank Brenchley, 2005-05-20

Israel's Years of Bogus Grandeur: From the Six-Day War to the First Intifada by Nissim Rejwan, 2009-08-01

Foxbats Over Dimona: The Soviets' Nuclear Gamble in the Six-Day War by Isabella Ginor, Gideon Remez, 2008-09-04

The Six-Day War of 1899: Hong Kong in the Age of Imperialism (Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies) by Patrick H. Hase, 2008-08-30

Arab Politics, Palestinian Nationalism and the Six Day War: The Crystallization of Arab Strategy and Nasir's Descent to War, 1957-1967 by Moshe Shemesh, 2008-02

Famous Land Battles, from Agincourt to the Six-Day War by Richard Humble, 1979-10

The Impact of the Six-Day War: A Twenty-Year Assessment

Britain, Nasser and the Balance of Power in the Middle East, 1952-1977: From The Eygptian Revolution to the Six Day War (Cass Series--British Foreign and Colonial Policy) by Robert McNamara, 2003-06-30

Britain and the Conflict in the Middle East, 1964-1967: The Coming of the Six-Day War by Moshe Gat, 2003-02-28

Six Day War (Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century, Campaign book No 27 by A J Barker, 1974-01-01

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NPR : The Mideast : A Century Of Conflict : Part 4
troops in Jerusalem during the six day war Israeli troops in Jerusalem during thesix day war. Photo courtesy MultiEducatorThe Multimedia history Company View
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NPR : The Mideast : A Century Of Conflict
Traces the history of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. Features maps and chronology. From National Category Society Issues Israel-Palestine Background and history Jewish Agency for Israel; Arthur James Balfour, David BenGurion, six day war andYitzhak Rabin courtesy MultiEducator-The Multimedia history Company; Anwar
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Arab-Israeli Wars: The 1967 War (The Six-Day War)
encyclopediaEncyclopediaArabIsraeli wars The 1967 war (The six-daywar). The war, which ended on June 10, is known as the six-day war.
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Extractions: Encyclopedia Arab-Israeli Wars After a period of relative calm, border incidents between Israel and Syria, Egypt, and Jordan increased during the early 1960s, with Palestinian guerrilla groups actively supported by Syria. In May, 1967, President Nasser, his prestige much eroded through his inaction in the face of Israeli raids, requested the withdrawal of UN forces from Egyptian territory, mobilized units in the Sinai, and closed the Gulf of Aqaba to Israel. Israel (which had no UN forces stationed on its territory) responded by mobilizing. The escalation of threats and provocations continued until June 5, 1967, when Israel launched a massive air assault that crippled Arab air capability. With air superiority protecting its ground forces, Israel controlled the Sinai peninsula within three days and then concentrated on the Jordanian frontier, capturing Jerusalem's Old City (subsequently annexed), and on the Syrian border, gaining the strategic Golan Heights. The war, which ended on June 10, is known as the Six-Day War. The Suez Canal was closed by the war, and Israel declared that it would not give up Jerusalem and that it would hold the other captured territories until significant progress had been made in Arab-Israeli relations. The end of active, conventional fighting was followed by frequent artillery duels along the frontiers and by clashes between Israelis and Palestinian guerrillas.
Eye Witness To The Six Day War
HOME, history, THE 1960S, EYE WITNESS TO 1967. THE sixTIES. Eyewitnessto the sixday war. By Group Captain Kapil Bhargava Indian Air Force (Retd).
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Extractions: Indian Air Force (Retd) The Six-Day War was actually won by Israel in the first four hours of Monday, June 5, 1967. The day is etched in my memory for being under aerial attack for the one and only time in my life The truth was that the Egyptians wanted the loan of a test pilot and other help in developing the E-300 engine. They also hoped that the costs of developing the engine would get partly offset by India using it for the HF-24 Marut aircraft. Sidky Mahmoud was invited to India and visited Hindustan Aircraft Ltd (HAL) in early 1963. He asked for help in flight testing the HA-300. Eventually I found myself in Egypt in June 63. I flew the HA-300 on its maiden flight on March 7, 1964 at Helwan, just south of Cairo. However, that is a separate story. With more confusion in Indian bureaucratic minds, it was assumed that the Egyptians would give us the E-300 engine, being developed for the HA-300, and take our HF-24 aircraft in a joint development project. But, the Egyptians had no interest in the HF-24. Nevertheless, a modified HF-24 (Mk IBX) aircraft was loaned and later gifted to Egypt. This could take either the original Orpheus 703 engines or the E-300 on one side. To maintain the aircraft, a thirty-man HAL team was sent to Egypt. Most of these people stayed in Egypt for predetermined periods and then new personnel replaced them. However there were two long-term deputations. Wing Commander IM Chopra was loaned to Egypt as the test pilot for development flying of the E-300 engine on the HF-24. Group Captain CS Naik was put in charge of the maintenance team. At the start of the war, along with visitors from HAL, we were thirty-five Indians at Helwan.
This Day In History
Within six more weeks, five other Southern states had victorious North, and afterthe war the Republican highest winning percentage in basketball history .719
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Extractions: Idi Amin overthrown On April 11, 1979, Ugandan dictator Idi Amin flees the Ugandan capital of Kampala as Tanzanian troops and forces of the Uganda National Liberation Front close in. Two days later, Kampala fell and a coalition government of former exiles took power. Amin, chief of the Ugandan army and air force from 1966, seized control of the African nation in 1971. A tyrant and extreme nationalist, he launched a genocidal program to purge Uganda of its Lango and Acholi ethnic groups. In 1972, he ordered all Asians who had not taken Ugandan nationality to leave the country, and some 60,000 Indians and Pakistanis fled. These Asians comprised an important portion of the work force, and the Ugandan economy collapsed after their departure. In 1979, his eight years of chaotic rule came to an end when Tanzania and anti-Amin Ugandan forces invaded and toppled his regime. Amin had launched an unsuccessful attack on Tanzania in October 1978 in an effort to divert attention from Uganda's internal problems. He escaped to Libya, eventually settling in Saudi Arabia. The deaths of 300,000 Ugandans are attributed to Idi Amin. Birthday Board: April 11 1893 - Lou Holtz (comedian, actor)
Six Day War
six day war. Introduction. The six day war broke out on June 5, 1967,following three weeks of tension which began on May 15, 1967
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Extractions: Six Day War Introduction The War in the Air The Six-Day War started with a far-reaching air attack, code named Moked, to shatter the Arab air forces while their aircraft were still on the ground. The attack was planned even before General Mordechai (Moti) Hod, had been appointed Air Force Commander. The main element of the plan was to carry out a massive, simultaneous attack of Israeli first-line aircraft against all Egyptian air force bases - the main Arab air force. This required exact and detailed planning of departure times and approaches of each of the attacking forces, in order to ensure the element of surprise on every target. On the morning of June 5, the aircraft of the IAF took off from their bases and attacked Egyptian air force bases in Sinai and Egypt. During the first wave, eleven fields were hit (among them some that had also been attacked in the first wave). The Egyptian Front The battle on the Egyptian front was conducted by the commander of the Southern Command, General Yishayahu Gavish. Under his command, breakthroughs were achieved along three main axes. The northern axis, and the Rafah-El Arish axis were allocated to General Israel Tal's division. After difficult breakthrough battles in the Khan-Yunis and Rafah areas on the first day of the war, the combat units continued onward past Sheikh-Zuwayd and from there in the direction of El-Arish, although the enemy quickly regrouped in the fortified El- Jiradi positions, the road to El-Arish was only opened up that day after bitter combat. All the Egyptian forces which faced the division were either destroyed, dispersed or taken prisoner.
USS Pampanito - History & Crew
history AND CREW OF USS PAMPANITO (SS383). USS Pampanito was calibrated.A six day practice war patrol was also carried out. Although the
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Extractions: USS Pampanito was built at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, New Hampshire as part of an expanded wartime production effort. She and USS Picuda (SS-382) were the first two of ten subs to be built in Portsmouth's new building basin. Later, to meet the increased demands of the war, submarines were assembled in the dry docks which were normally used to repair vessels. Pampanito 's keel was laid down on March 15, 1943 and she was launched the following July 12 in a double ceremony honoring the first two subs to be floated out of the new construction basin. Following launching, work continued fitting her out and on November 6, 1943 Pampanito was commissioned to officially became part of the U.S. Fleet. After commissioning, Pampanito 's crew spent from November 29, 1943 to January 15, 1944 conducting sea trials and training exercises in the icy waters off Portsmouth and New London, Connecticut. Practice attack approaches were made and exercise torpedoes were fired. All of the deck guns were fired and equipment was calibrated. A six day practice war patrol was also carried out. Although the crew was new to Pampanito , there were many experienced submariners aboard to train and qualify the new hands. Commanding Officer Lt. Commander Charles Jackson, Jr., for example, came from USS
1962 - 1971
The six day war was a milestone in the history of the State of Israel.It was followed by unprecedented development and expansion.
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Extractions: Newsbriefs Syrian attempt to divert headwaters of the Jordan river foiled by Israeli operation to save Israel's vital water source. The National Water Carrier Water shortage is a severe problem in Israel. There is not much water in this area and the existing sources lie partly in Syria and Jordan. The extensive agricultural lands in the south of the country are served by insufficient reservoirs. The main water reserves are in the north, but here the tracts of agricultural land are smaller. The solution to the problem was simple: transfer water from the north to the south. The plan called for conveying water from the north to the springs of the Yarkon River and from there southward to the area around Kibbutz Magen in the northwest Negev. This part of the project is called the Yarkon-Negev line. The National Water Carrier, which crosses Israel from north to south, is the main artery connecting all regional water projects in the State. It thus became possible to completely control all the water in the country, and to convey it efficiently wherever it was most needed. Work on this substantial, large scale project began in 1953 and ended in 1964. The Syrians objected furiously, claiming that Israel had no right to make changes in this region, which was a designated open area not subject to change by either side. The United Nations exerted a great deal of pressure, which left Israel with no choice but to build the National Water Carrier from the northwest section of the Sea of Galilee.
Arab-Israeli Wars: The 1967 War (The Six-Day War)
page was printed from Factmonster.com www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0856668.html.encyclopediaEncyclopediaArabIsraeli wars The 1967 war (The six-day war).
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Extractions: Encyclopedia Arab-Israeli Wars After a period of relative calm, border incidents between Israel and Syria, Egypt, and Jordan increased during the early 1960s, with Palestinian guerrilla groups actively supported by Syria. In May, 1967, President Nasser, his prestige much eroded through his inaction in the face of Israeli raids, requested the withdrawal of UN forces from Egyptian territory, mobilized units in the Sinai, and closed the Gulf of Aqaba to Israel. Israel (which had no UN forces stationed on its territory) responded by mobilizing. The escalation of threats and provocations continued until June 5, 1967, when Israel launched a massive air assault that crippled Arab air capability. With air superiority protecting its ground forces, Israel controlled the Sinai peninsula within three days and then concentrated on the Jordanian frontier, capturing Jerusalem's Old City (subsequently annexed), and on the Syrian border, gaining the strategic Golan Heights. The war, which ended on June 10, is known as the Six-Day War. The Suez Canal was closed by the war, and Israel declared that it would not give up Jerusalem and that it would hold the other captured territories until significant progress had been made in Arab-Israeli relations. The end of active, conventional fighting was followed by frequent artillery duels along the frontiers and by clashes between Israelis and Palestinian guerrillas.
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Between January and July 1919, after the war to end all Paris 1919 six MonthsThat Changed the World by Margaret and how the aftermath is felt to this day.
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CNN.com In-Depth Specials - Mideast: Land Of Conflict
sixday war. As Egypt, Syria and Jordan mobilized their forces in spring 1967for an evident impending attack, Israel launched a preemptive strike.
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Extractions: Six-Day War As Egypt, Syria and Jordan mobilized their forces in spring 1967 for an evident impending attack, Israel launched a preemptive strike. Starting on June 5, the Israeli air force destroyed Egypt's planes on the ground; then Israeli tank columns and infantry overran the Golan Heights, the West Bank of the Jordan River, including the Old City of Jerusalem, Gaza and the Sinai Peninsula. The war was over by June 10, ended by a U.N.-arranged cease-fire. Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (during Yom Kippur, the Jewish holy day). Israel suffered heavy casualties but managed to repulse the attacks. It even pushed Egyptian forces back across the Suez Canal and occupied its west bank before the belligerents agreed to another cease-fire arranged by the United Nations. In a series of 1974 agreements Israel withdrew its forces back across the canal into Sinai and came to cease-fire terms with Syria. In the Camp David Accords of March 1979, Egypt and Israel finally ended the war between them. Israel returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt, and Egypt recognized Israel's right to exist.
A Biblical Interpretation Of World History, Chapter 13, Part H
The six day war. Syria caved in to calls for peace and the six day warwas over, with time remaining for Israel to enjoy the Sabbath.
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Extractions: One reason why Israel survived in 1948 was because there were 758,700 Jews in the land at the time of independence, giving them a slight majority at last. Since aliya continued at a high rate during the next few years (for reasons given in the previous section), the Jewish population grew to 2,299,000 by 1965. This would be sufficient for the next step in Israel's restorationthe taking and holding of East Jerusalem. Tensions between Israel and the Arab states rose again in 1966-67. This time Syria was responsible; it deliberately provoked incidents with Israel, presumably to direct Syrian attention away from domestic issues. Arms were given to Palestinian guerrillas, who now had bases in Syria for their activities. Syrians on the Golan Heights took pot shots at Israeli farms in the upper Jordan valley. Israel retaliated with first counter-shelling, then airstrikes against Syrian positions; Jerusalem warned of more severe action if the guerrilla raids continued. What happened next was like trying to put out a fire by pouring gasoline on it. The Arabs put aside their squabbles to deal with the enemy they all hated: Israel.
Middle East: Arab-Israeli Conflict
after three days, Egypt after four and Syria after six. In 1973, onYom Kippur, theholiest day of the For many Israelis the 1973 war reinforced the strategic
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Extractions: Since the 1948 War of Independence, Israel has had to fight four wars with its Arab neighbors. The Arab nations have repeatedly expressed their objective of destroying Israel. Israel believes that its very survival is dependent on its ability to defend itself. In 1956 Israel, France and Britain went to war against Egypt. Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal and closed it to Israeli and Western European trade. The Israelis were also concerned about Egypt's growing military purchases from the Russians and about raids on Israel by Egyptian units. During the war, Israel captured the Sinai desert, but eventually withdrew in response to U.S. pressure and returned the territory it had gained to Egypt. The borders remained quiet for a number of years and then in 1967 the Middle East changed once again. In June 1967, after Egypt blockaded Israeli shipping lanes in the Red Sea, expelled UN peacekeeping troops from the border of the Sinai and built up its own troops in the area, and after Syria massed large numbers of troops on the Golan Heights, Israel launched preemptive strikes against Egypt. Syria and Jordan joined Egypt in the fight. The war lasted only six days. Jordan dropped out after three days, Egypt after four and Syria after six. Israel captured territories which had served as staging areas for rocket or terrorist attacks on Israeli civilian populations: the Sinai and the Gaza Strip from Egypt, the Golan Heights from Syria and the West Bank from Jordan including East Jerusalem.
Lonely Planet World Guide | Destination Jordan | History
history. The six day war of 1967 put paid to Jordan's burgeoning tourist industrywhen Israel retook the West Bank and half of that huge drawcard, Jerusalem.
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Extractions: Jordan In 331 AD Emperor Constantine became a Christian and gave his official stamp of approval to the previously illegal religion. Suddenly everyone wanted to know about the Holy Land, and a rash of buildings, including the churches of the Holy Sepulchre and the Nativity, sprang up all over Palestine to mark sites of religious importance. But Christianity's hold over the country was not to last long - in 638 AD Jerusalem fell to Caliph Omar and was declared a Holy City of Islam, on the grounds that the Prophet Mohammed had ascended to heaven from atop the Temple Mount. Christians around the world raised their hackles at this desecration, and by 1099 they'd scrounged a crusading army together and occupied Jerusalem, murdering everyone they could get their hands on and beginning nearly 100 years of Christian rule. But by 1187 the Muslims again had the upper hand - after decades of Christian/Muslim scuffling, the Islamic Mamluks knocked over the last Crusader stronghold in 1291. The next 500 years were some of the quietest Palestine has seen. Empires rose and fell, and control of the country changed hands with monotonous regularity, eventually coming to rest in the hands of the Ottoman Empire. Much of desert Jordan sidestepped all this change and remained a Bedouin stronghold. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed after WWI, Britain took control of Palestine and created the state of Transjordan, under the rule of King Abdullah.
Lonely Planet World Guide | Destination Egypt | History
history. Egyptian history is inextricably tied to the Nile tension between Egypt andIsrael, the Jewish state attacked on 5 June 1967, starting the six day war.
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Extractions: Egypt Egyptian history is inextricably tied to the Nile. The river's fertile banks gave birth to the world's first nation state and a powerful civilisation that invented writing and erected the first stone monuments. The river has been the source of economic, social, political and religious life since the area was first settled. Around 5000 years ago the independent riverfront states were unified under the rule of Menes, giving rise to the first dynasty of pharaohs. The pharaohs were considered divine and they ruled over a highly stratified society. The first pyramid was built in the 27th century BC; over the next 500 years the monuments grew increasingly grander. Monarchical power was at its greatest during the 4th dynasty when Khufu, Khafre and Mycerinus built the Great Pyramids of Giza. Through the 6th and 7th dynasties power was diffused and small principalities began to appear. A second capital at Heracleopolis (near present-day Beni Suef) was established and Egypt plunged into civil war. An independent kingdom was established at Thebes (present-day Luxor) and, under Montuhotep II, Egypt again came under control of a single pharaoh. From 1550 to 1069 BC, the New Kingdom bloomed under rulers such as Tuthmosis I, the first pharaoh to be entombed in the Valley of the Kings; his daughter Hatshepsut, one of Egypt's few female pharaohs; and Tuthmosis III, Egypt's greatest conqueror, who expanded the empire into western Asia.
NU HIST 2805: From The Six-Day War To The Egyptian-Israeli Peace
Nipissing University. history 2805 history of Islamic Civilization.From the sixday war to the Egyptian-Israeli Peace. Steve Muhlberger
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Extractions: Steve Muhlberger It took the Arab world a long time to recover from the Six-Day War of 1967. The Israeli victory encouraged loose talk about Israel as a superpower, and a noticeable pro-Israeli slant in the West. There were two other effects within the Arab countries. Nasir was forced to become more accomodating with more conservative regimes he had scorned in the past. The PLO become a high profile force. The Palestinians had once again lost big in the Six Day War, and they were angry. The colossal defeat of the governments that supposedly had been looking out for their interests gained them more independence, and some sympathetic support (funding, arms) from Arab governments. This is the period when "Palestinian = terrorist" became a popular equation in Western consciousness. Airline hijacking and such tactics as the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics of 1972 were really the only tactics they could use to insist on their continued existence as a wronged people. Israel was nevertheless able to resist any settlement with the Arabs. The famous UN Security Council Resolution 242 (Nov. 1967) outlined a strategy of "land for peace;" Israeli withdrawal to the cease-fire lines of 1949-67 in exchange for all countries recognizing Israel's right to exist. This was unacceptable to both Israel and many Arabs with interest in Palestine. Israel, having staved off annihilation, was unwilling to give up the strategic advantage just won. Settlements were introduced into the new territories.
Via Dolorosa - HISTORY
historical background. Though an independent state of Israel was establishedin 1948, the nation's history goes back much further. sixday war.
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Extractions: Though an independent state of Israel was established in 1948, the nation's history goes back much further. Israelis trace the settling of the land to the 13th and 12th centuries BC. Israelites established a kingdom under Saul. The second king, David, made Jerusalem the capital circa 1000 BC. Palestinians trace their roots in the region back 2000 years further, considering themselves descendants of the original Canaanites. Subsequent centuries saw the area conquered by Alexander the Great and later governed under Roman, Byzantine, and Arab rule until the European Crusaders arrived in 1099 AD. In the 16th century the Ottoman Turks embarked on a 400-year reign, building Jerusalem's Old City walls which still enclose the city's major Christian, Jewish, and Muslim sites. At the end of World War I the Ottoman Empire dissolved, giving way to Great Britain's Mandate for Palestine. Israel gained its independence when the Mandate came to an end in May of 1948 with a United Nations-led partitioning plan for the region.
Six Day War
six day war. Israel 1947, Israel 1948, Israel 1967. Maps Mideast and bg fromCIA World Factbook 2001 revised 4/1/02 by Schoenherr Cold war Policies.
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wars tells the history of the ArabIsraeli conflict from 1947 to the present day.It covers all the key conflicts including the six-day war, Yom Kippur war and
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Extractions: Drawing on considerable experience as a historian, journalist and soldier, Ahron Bregman offers the most comprehensive and accessible account of Israel's wars with the Palestinians and the Arabs. Israel makes news headlines every single day - it is at the centre of yet another cataclysmic event as this book goes to press. During the past 100 years this tiny nation has achieved international notoriety, witnessing in its short history almost constant conflict and violence. Israel's Wars is a masterly account of Israel's wars with the Palestinians and the Arabs. From the 1947-8 Jewish-Palestinian struggle for the possession and mastery of the land of Palestine, through Israel's wars with its Arab neighbours, to the Al-Aqsa Intifada, this book unearths new insights and exposes unknown facts for the first time including an extraordinary story about the most important spy Israel ever had in the Arab world. Other new items embrace: the Soviets' involvement in inciting the June 1967 Six Day War the Israeli bombing of the American USS Liberty President Sadat's right-hand man, who was a

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