by Andrew Marshall

What was the War of Attrition (1967-1970)?

Introduction The War of Attrition (Arabic: حرب الاستنزاف‎ Ḥarb al-Istinzāf, Hebrew: מלחמת ההתשה‎ Milhemet haHatashah) involved fighting between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, PLO and their allies from 01 July 1967 to 07 August 1970. Refer to Arab-Israeli War (Disambiguation). Following the 1967 Six-Day War, no serious diplomatic efforts tried to resolve the issues at the… Read More

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by Andrew Marshall

What was the Suez Crisis (1956)?

Introduction The Suez Crisis, or the Second Arab-Israeli war, also called the Tripartite Aggression (Arabic: العدوان الثلاثي‎, romanised: Al-ʿUdwān aṯ-Ṯulāṯiyy) in the Arab world and the Sinai War in Israel, was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel, followed by the United Kingdom and France. The aims were to regain control of the… Read More