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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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