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The Six Day War (The June War)

The Six Day War (The June War). //îlk¡ñs //h¡tê Mîlés Gördòñ Jöhñ Ñîmañ Mà†† Hwêé Jaké ßisc¤tt¡ Mà†† €làrk Rä¢hàél Gêrñhärt. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/future-for-lebanon/lebanons-divisive-sectarian-past/civil-war/2388/. Timeline. Day One: June 5, 1967

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The Six Day War (The June War)

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  1. The Six Day War (The June War) \/\/îlk¡ñs \/\/h¡tê Mîlés Gördòñ Jöhñ Ñîmañ Mà†† Hwêé Jaké ßisc¤tt¡ Mà†† €làrk Rä¢hàél Gêrñhärt • http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/future-for-lebanon/lebanons-divisive-sectarian-past/civil-war/2388/

  2. Timeline Day One: June 5, 1967 First day of fighting. Israel destroys most of the Egyptian air force. Jordan, Syria and Iraq attackIsrael. Day Two: June 6, 1967 Second day of fighting. Fighting continues onallfronts.

  3. Timeline Day Three: June 7, 1967 Jerusalem taken. Blockade of Straits of Tiran broken. Day Four: June 8, 1967 Israel consolidates hold on West Bank.

  4. Timeline Day Five: June 9, 1967 Israel and Syria in heavy fighting on the Golan. Day Six: June 10, 1967 Israel gains control of the Golan Heights

  5. Causes: Arab • Nasser wished to flex his muscles in foreign policy. • Syria, Israel were in conflict • Israel continually escalated against its Arab neighbors in late 1966 and early 1967 (13 November raid on West Bank villages) • False Soviet intelligence

  6. Causes: Israel • Nasser closed the Straits of Tiran • Felt threatened by the PLO • Felt threatened by Syria-Egypt alliance • Egyptian mobilization in the Sinai • Failed negotiations to reopen the Straits

  7. Key Players • Egypt: General Nasser, formed military alliances with Syria and Jordan • Israel: Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, and Chief of Staff Yitzhak Rabin • Syria: Ba'thi leadership • Soviet Union: President Nikolai Podgorny • UN: Secretary General U Thant

  8. Key Battles • Initial Air Strike: 7:45 AM • Israeli Airforce flew over the Mediterranean below radar • In less than 3 hours the entire Egyptian bomber force + 135 fighters were destroyed • 22 Jordanian + 55 Syrian planes destroyed

  9. Outcome http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/v3_israel_palestinians/maps/html/six_day_war.stm

  10. Credits • http://www.sixdaywar.org/timeline.asp • The Arab-Israeli Conflict packet, Kirsten Schulze • The Arab-Israeli Conflict book, T. G. Fraser

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