War of Attrition
Involved fighting between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, PLO and their allies from 1967 to 1970.
Involved fighting between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, PLO and their allies from 1967 to 1970.
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- Both military forces found themselves in static defensive positions in trenches running from Switzerland to the English Channel. For years, without any opportunity for maneuvers, the only way the commanders thought they could defeat the enemy was to repeatedly attack head on, to grind the other down
- The bloody War of Attrition lasted roughly three years. Israel lost 15 combat aircraft, most shot down by anti aircraft guns and missiles. The Israeli death toll between June 15, 1967, and August 8, 1970, was 1,424 soldiers and more than 100 civilians. Another 2,000 soldiers and 700 civilians were wounded.
- The bloody War of Attrition lasted roughly three years. Israel lost 15 combat aircraft, most shot down by anti aircraft guns and missiles. The Israeli death toll between June 15, 1967, and August 8, 1970, was 1,424 soldiers and more than 100 civilians. Another 2,000 soldiers and 700 civilians were wounded.
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War