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  partof the Arab-Israeli Conflict
  caption ''"Israeli Paratrooper s breaking through an Egyptian commando ambush on a sandspit leading to Fort Budapest on the Sinai front"'' (Rabinovich, 278)
  date October 6 &ndash October 26 1973
  place Sinai , Golan Heights , and surrounding regions of the Middle East
  combatant1 Israel
  combatant2 Egypt ,<br/> Syria ,<br/> ( Jordan , Iraq )
  commander1 Moshe Dayan ,<br/> David Elazar ,<br/> Ariel Sharon ,<br/> Shmuel Gonen ,<br/> Benjamin Peled
  commander2 Saad El Shazly ,<br/> Ahmad Ismail Ali , <br/> Hosni Mubarak , <br/> Mohammed Aly Fahmy , <br/> Anwar Sadat , <br/> Abdel Ghani El-Gammasy , <br/> Abdul Munim Wassel , <br/> Abd-Al-Minaam Khaleel , <br/> Abu Zikry <br/> Mustafa Tlas [http://wwwneal-usorg/who's_whohtm
  strength1 415,000 troops 1,500 tanks, 3,000 armored carriers 945 artillery units 100 mm and up 561 airplanes, 84 helicopters 38 warships Yom Kippur War at sem40ru
  strength2 '''Egypt''': 800,000 troops (300,000 deployed) 2,400 tanks, 2,400 armored carriers 1,120 artillery units 100 mm and up 690 airplanes, 161 helicopters 104 warships <br>'''Syria''': 150,000 troops (60,000 deployed) 1,400 tanks, 800-900 armored carriers 600 artillery units 100 mm and up 350 airplanes, 36 helicopters 21 warships <br>'''Iraq''': 60,000 troops, 700 tanks, 500 armored carriers, 200 artillery units, 73 airplanes) <br>'''''see also Other Participants '''''
  casualties1 2,656 killed<br>7,250 wounded<br>400 tanks destroyed<br>600 damaged/returned to service<br>102 planes shot down <br>(Rabinovich, 496&ndash497)
  casualties2 8,528 killed<br>19,540 wounded<br>(Western analysis)<br>15,000 dead<br>35,000 wounded<br>(Israeli analysis)<br>2,250 tanks destroyed or captured<br>432 planes destroyed <br>(Rabinovich, 496&ndash497)


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