The Battle Of Ismailia

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The Battle of Ismailia took place during the later stages of the Yom Kippur War on October 18 thru the 22 of 1973. The battle was fought between the Egyptian Army and the Israeli Defense. The purpose of the battle was to get the city of Ismailia by the means of stopping the supply lines of Egypt’s Second Field Army throughout the Suez Canal.
The event that led to the beginning of Yom Kippur War was when Egypt launched Operation Badr. From there it came to a halt but when President Anwar Sadat launched an attack through the Sinai Mountain passes, it totaled in Egyptian loss without achieving a purpose. From this failed mission, it made the Israelis think that they had a chance of beating the Egyptians so they launched Operation Abiray-Lev, which was Israelis trying to cross the Suez Canal so that they could close in the Egyptians forces towards the east side to stop there supply line. Soon after, the Israelis had some problems of trying to establish a corridor to the canal because they undermined the strength of the Egyptian forces. By October 18 there were three Israeli armored divisions across the canal, one of the divisions moved forward toward the north to invade Ismailia, while the other two went towards the Suez City.
First Day of Battle
On October 18, the Israeli paratroopers started their journey northward towards the city of Ismailia. Ariel Sharon, commander of the 143rd Armored division decided to order an attack towards the north even though he did not have permission to do so. As the Israelis approach the city of Ismailia, they soon started receiving fire and thereafter had to retrieve because the Egyptian defense seemed a little too strong for them. The Egyptians were ordered to retreat but couldn’t because they we...

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...at had command post to attack. The next morning of the 22nd the Israelis aircraft tried to attack near the algalaa’ base and were able to destroy the Abu Gamoos Bridge in Ismailia. Although the Israelis did attack many places the Egyptians still had an advantage of position, which helped them repel attacks. By nightfall, the United Nations Security Council Resolution imposed a truce on October 22,1973 that would have to be in effect in less than 24 hours. Both sides had men wounded in the battle, even if they were really close to each other both sides still had to abide by the ceasefire.
The Egyptians were able to have tactical and strategic plans that led them to their victory. Ariel Sharon believed he could have gotten Ismailia but was stop short. Overall, the Egyptians thought that the reason they won was because they had great resistance against the Israelis.

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