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…reak, I radioed Yitzhik to suggest he fire off a flare, but he thought that would put them at even greater mercy of the Egyptians. Instead, he tossed out a smoke grenade. We spotted it, more than a half-a-mile away, slightly below us and to our right. I ordered us forward, leavin...

…tian army who, he implied, had leaked critical information. The “spy” was the series of intercepts we’d attached to the Egyptians’ main military communications network in the Sinai, and to the telephone poles on the Golan Heights. On a deeply personal level, too, the war left it...

the Egyptians had created an effective no-fly zone a dozen miles into

and Port Said. The events reflect the disillusionment of Egyptians

the Egyptians would discover what we had

which would surely raise the suspicions of the Egyptians.

the Egyptians won. Under the terms of the truce

giving the Egyptians control of 20 miles or more of the airspace on our

Israeli forces finally drove most of the Egyptians out. What

…side of the pass. A small group from the reconnaissance force managed to get a foothold on the western side. Almost 250 Egyptians were killed. But 38 Israeli paratroopers also died, the largest single toll in any battle since 1948. Battered and bitter, the surviving men from the...

…nutes had passed since it began. Two SU-100s were now spewing smoke and out of action. The third had withdrawn. But the Egyptians were still firing. Five of our tanks had been hit. Two were on fire. One APC was smoldering, its commander severely wounded. I knew that if we stayed...

…es Leadership Blog / Alan Kay 113 new, scientific view of history in the 18 th Century, once observed approvingly, “The Egyptians reduced all preceding world time to three ages, namely, the age of the gods, the age of the heroes and the age of men,” he wrote. “During these three...

…s important to add one consideration to our discussion of buffers, which is diplomacy. The main neighbors of Israel are Egyptians, Syrians and those who live on the east bank of Jordan. This last group is a negligible force demographically, and the interests of the Syrians and Eg...

…ptian brigade could pass through. Very few in the kirya, however, seemed ready to recalibrate our strategy against the Egyptians. Only later, when the damage had already been done, would it become clear that the navy was alone in acting on lessons learned from the fighting since...

…tian army who, he implied, had leaked critical information. The “spy” was the series of intercepts we’d attached to the Egyptians’ main military communications network in the Sinai, and to the telephone poles on the Golan Heights. On a deeply personal level, too, the war left it...