Day of Aronement

摘要

War on two fronts against a sizeable military force, on the holiest day of the year for the Jewish people - this was the prospect facing Israel on October 6, 1973. Led by Egypt and Syria, a coalition of Arab states staged a well co-ordinated attack involving air and ground assets in a pre-emptive strike as a result of the failure to resolve territorial disputes arising from the Arab-Israeli War of June 1967.