6 Day War Flashcards
Sadat comes to power
15 Oct 1970
Arab League Summit
1964
Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)
28 May 1964
Syrian coup
1966
New Syrian Leader
Salah Jadid
Mutual defence agreement between Syria & Egypt
1966
PLO guerilla attack and exploded mine on Israeli-Jordanian border
3 Israeli soldiers killed
IDF attacks Samu village in Jordan
15 solders + 3 civilians killed, 100 houses destroyed
Syrian attack on Israeli tractors in DMZ from Golan Heights
April 1967
Air battle casualties
6 Syrian planes shot down
Israeli general threatens occupation of Damascus
12 May 1967
USSR informs Egyptians of Israel amassing troops on Syrian border
13 May 1967
Nasser sends troops into Sinai peninsula
100,000
15 May 1967
Straits of Tiran & Port Eilat closed to Israel
22 May 1967
Mutual Defence Treaty between Egypt and Jordan
30 May 1967
Israel visits Washington for support
31 May 1967
Moshe Dayan appointed
5 Jun 1967
Operation Focus
5 Jun 1967
Planes bombed by Israel
452
North Yemen Civil War
1962
Israel’s French Planes
Mirages and Mysteres
Israel territory expansion
3x
East Jerusalem + West Bank
Gaza + Sinai
Golan Heights
Straits of Tiran
Palestinian refugees
300,000
Jordan’s population: 1 million (50%) Palestinians
Khartoum Resolution
1967
UN Resolution 242
Land for Peace
Suez Canal Closed
1967-75
Soviet aid to Egypt post-war
20,000 air & naval personnel
