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[[File:Fendrich-photo-2-1538756623.jpg|thumb|375px]]The '''Yom Kippur War''', '''Ramadan War''', or '''October War''' (Hebrew: מלחמת יום הכיפורים‎, ''Milẖemet Yom HaKipurim'', or מלחמת יום כיפור, ''Milẖemet Yom Kipur''; Arabic: حرب أكتوبر‎, ''Ḥarb ʾUktōbar'', or حرب تشرين, ''Ḥarb Tišrīn''), also known as the '''1973 Arab–Israeli War''', was a war fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel. The war took place mostly in Sinai and the Golan—occupied by Israel during the 1967 [[Six-Day War]]—with some fighting in African Egypt and northern Israel. Egypt's initial war objective was to use its military to seize a foothold on the east bank of the Suez Canal and use this to negotiate the return of the rest of Sinai.

[[File:Fendrich-photo-2-1538756623.jpg|thumb|375px]]The '''Yom Kippur War''', '''Ramadan War''', or '''October War''' (Hebrew: מלחמת יום הכיפורים‎, ''Milẖemet Yom HaKipurim'', or מלחמת יום כיפור, ''Milẖemet Yom Kipur''; Arabic: حرب أكتوبر‎, ''Ḥarb ʾUktōbar'', or حرب تشرين, ''Ḥarb Tišrīn''), also known as the '''1973 Arab–Israeli War''', was a war fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt (under Anwar Sadat) and Syria (under [[Hafez al-Assad]]) against Israel. The war took place mostly in Sinai and the Golan—occupied by Israel during the 1967 [[Six-Day War]]—with some fighting in African Egypt and northern Israel. Egypt's initial war objective was to use its military to seize a foothold on the east bank of the Suez Canal and use this to negotiate the return of the rest of Sinai. The conflict is considered a proxy conflict of the [[Cold War]].

The war began when the Arab coalition launched a joint surprise attack on Israeli positions, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism, which also occurred that year during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Egyptian and Syrian forces crossed ceasefire lines to enter the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights, respectively. Both the United States and the Soviet Union initiated massive resupply efforts to their respective allies during the war, and this led to a near-confrontation between the two nuclear superpowers.

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	[[File:Fendrich-photo-2-1538756623.jpg\|thumb\|375px]]The '''Yom Kippur War''', '''Ramadan War''', or '''October War''' (Hebrew: מלחמת יום הכיפורים‎, ''Milẖemet Yom HaKipurim'', or מלחמת יום כיפור, ''Milẖemet Yom Kipur''; Arabic: حرب أكتوبر‎, ''Ḥarb ʾUktōbar'', or حرب تشرين, ''Ḥarb Tišrīn''), also known as the '''1973 Arab–Israeli War''', was a war fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel. The war took place mostly in Sinai and the Golan—occupied by Israel during the 1967 [[Six-Day War]]—with some fighting in African Egypt and northern Israel. Egypt's initial war objective was to use its military to seize a foothold on the east bank of the Suez Canal and use this to negotiate the return of the rest of Sinai.		[[File:Fendrich-photo-2-1538756623.jpg\|thumb\|375px]]The '''Yom Kippur War''', '''Ramadan War''', or '''October War''' (Hebrew: מלחמת יום הכיפורים‎, ''Milẖemet Yom HaKipurim'', or מלחמת יום כיפור, ''Milẖemet Yom Kipur''; Arabic: حرب أكتوبر‎, ''Ḥarb ʾUktōbar'', or حرب تشرين, ''Ḥarb Tišrīn''), also known as the '''1973 Arab–Israeli War''', was a war fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt (under Anwar Sadat) and Syria (under [[Hafez al-Assad]]) against Israel. The war took place mostly in Sinai and the Golan—occupied by Israel during the 1967 [[Six-Day War]]—with some fighting in African Egypt and northern Israel. Egypt's initial war objective was to use its military to seize a foothold on the east bank of the Suez Canal and use this to negotiate the return of the rest of Sinai. The conflict is considered a proxy conflict of the [[Cold War]].

	The war began when the Arab coalition launched a joint surprise attack on Israeli positions, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism, which also occurred that year during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Egyptian and Syrian forces crossed ceasefire lines to enter the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights, respectively. Both the United States and the Soviet Union initiated massive resupply efforts to their respective allies during the war, and this led to a near-confrontation between the two nuclear superpowers.		The war began when the Arab coalition launched a joint surprise attack on Israeli positions, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism, which also occurred that year during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Egyptian and Syrian forces crossed ceasefire lines to enter the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights, respectively. Both the United States and the Soviet Union initiated massive resupply efforts to their respective allies during the war, and this led to a near-confrontation between the two nuclear superpowers.