Six-Day War
- Period
- June 1967
- Sides
- Israel vs Egypt, Syria & Jordan
- Battles
- 5
The Six-Day War, or the 1967 Arab–Israeli war, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states, primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, in the context of the Arab–Israeli conflict. In the war, Israel captured and occupied the West Bank from Jordan, the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, and the Golan Heights from Syria.
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Battles 5
June 1967
USS Liberty incident
The USS Liberty incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship, USS Liberty, by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft and Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats, on 8 June 1967, during the Six-Day War. The attack killed 34 crew members, wounded 171 crew members, and severely damaged the ship. Both the Israeli and United States governments conducted inquiries and issued reports that concluded the attack was a mistake due to Israeli confusion about the ship's identity.
June 1967
Operation Focus
Operation Focus was the opening airstrike by Israel at the start of the Six-Day War in 1967. It is sometimes referred to as the "Sinai Air Strike". At 07:45 on 5 June 1967, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) under Maj. Gen. Mordechai Hod launched a massive airstrike that destroyed the majority of the Egyptian Air Force on the ground. Following Syrian and Jordanian attacks in retaliation, the Israeli Air Force bombed air bases in those countries. By noon, the Egyptian, Jordanian and Syrian Air Forces, totaling about 450 aircraft, were destroyed. It was also very successful in disabling 18 airfields in Egypt, hindering Egyptian air operations for the duration of the war, and remains one of the most successful air attack campaigns in military history.
June 1967
Battle of Abu-Ageila
The Battle of Abu-Ageila was a military confrontation between the Israel Defense Forces and the Egyptian Army in the Six-Day War of June 1967. The decisive defeat of the Egyptians was critical to the eventual loss of the entire Sinai Peninsula to Israel. Leading Israeli forces was Major General Ariel Sharon, later a prominent politician and prime minister of Israel.
June 1967
Battle of Ammunition Hill
Ammunition Hill was a fortified Jordanian military post in the northern part of Jordanian-ruled East Jerusalem and the western slope of Mount Scopus. It was the site of one of the fiercest battles of the Six-Day War. Ammunition Hill is now a national memorial site.
June 1967
Battle of Tel Faher
Tel Faher or Golani Lookout is a former Syrian military outpost in the Golan Heights that has been occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War in 1967.
Earlier and later events nearby
- 1948Nakba
- 1952Egyptian revolution of 1952
- 1956Suez Crisis
- June 1967Six-Day WarThis page
- 1973Yom Kippur War
- 1982–19851982 Lebanon War
- 20062006 Lebanon War
Who ruled this land
States that held this place in the historical borders data (Cliopatria). Years are approximate, as fine as the data's snapshots (every few years to a century). Tap to open the map for that year.
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- 3000–2600 BCEarly Dynastic Period of Egypt
- 2500–2300 BCOld Kingdom of Egypt
- 2200–2100 BCLower Egypt
- 2000–1900 BCMiddle Kingdom of Egypt
- 1800–1600 BCHyksos
- 1500–1100 BCEgyptian Empire
- 1000–850 BCPhilistia
- 800–750 BCTwenty-third Dynasty of Egypt
- 700 BCNeo-Assyrian Empire
- 650 BCAssyrian Egypt
- 600–550 BCTwenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt
- 500–350 BCAchaemenid Empire
- 300–50 BCPtolemaic Kingdom
- AD 1–375Roman Empire
- AD 400–600Byzantine Empire
- AD 625Sasanian Empire
- AD 650Rashidun Caliphate
- AD 675–750Umayyad Caliphate
- AD 775–850Abbasid Caliphate
- AD 875–900Tulunids
- AD 925–950Abbasid Caliphate
- AD 975–1160Fatimid Caliphate
- 1180–1240Ayyubid dynasty
- 1260–1510Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
- 1520–1810Ottoman Empire
- 1815–1865Muhammad Ali dynasty
- 1870–1880Khedivate of Egypt
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