Ramadan War

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The Ramadan War, more widely known as the Yom Kippur War, was the 1973 conflict in which Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel during a major religious holiday, leading to a pivotal Arab-Israeli war.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arab–Israeli war ⓘ
Yom Kippur War ⓘ
war ⓘ
belligerent Egypt ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
cause Arab attempt to regain territories lost in the Six-Day War ⓘ
commander Anwar Sadat ⓘ
David Elazar ⓘ
Golda Meir ⓘ
Hafez al-Assad ⓘ
Moshe Dayan ⓘ
endDate 1973-10-25 ⓘ
followedBy Camp David Accords ⓘ
Egypt–Israel peace process ⓘ
hasAlias 1973 Arab–Israeli War ⓘ
linked to: Yom Kippur War

October War ⓘ
linked to: Yom Kippur War

Yom Kippur War ⓘ
involvedOrganization United Nations Security Council ⓘ
involvedResolution UN Security Council Resolution 338 ⓘ
UN Security Council Resolution 339 ⓘ
location Egypt ⓘ
Golan Heights ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Sinai Peninsula ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
militaryTheater Golan front ⓘ
linked to: Golan Heights

Sinai front ⓘ
notableEvent Egyptian crossing of the Suez Canal ⓘ
Israeli counteroffensive across the Suez Canal ⓘ
Syrian offensive on the Golan Heights ⓘ
partOf Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ
precededBy Six-Day War ⓘ
religiousContext Ramadan ⓘ
Yom Kippur ⓘ
result ceasefire brokered by the United Nations ⓘ
military stalemate ⓘ
strengthening of U.S. role in Middle East diplomacy ⓘ
significance catalyst for subsequent Arab–Israeli peace negotiations ⓘ
led to major changes in Israeli security doctrine ⓘ
startDate 1973-10-06 ⓘ
supportedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
United States ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ
typeOfConflict conventional war ⓘ

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Yom Kippur War → alsoKnownAs → Ramadan War ⓘ
10th of Ramadan City → namedAfter → 10th of Ramadan (6 October War date in Hijri calendar) ⓘ
linked to: Ramadan War