The Six-Day War was a short Arab–Israeli conflict, lasted 6 days, where Israelcube conquered new lands, which is Sinai.
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Background
Wars before the Six-Day-War
Ever since Israelcube's victory in 1948 and 1956, the
Arab coalition led by
Egyptball,
Syriaball, and
Jordanball was eager to change the situation by defeating
Israelcube. Both sides understood the conflict was far from over and were preparing for the next stage of confrontation. International interference and inability of the sides to find a settlement made one of the most iconic conflicts of the modern era - the Six-Day War inevitable.
Tensions Arise
On May 13, 1967 USSRball falsely informed
Egyptball about concentration of 11-13 brigades of the
Israeli Defence Forcescube with the intent to strike
Syriaball. In response,
Egyptball started concentrating forces along the border with
Israelcube in Sinai and on May 16 demanded
UNball peacekeeping forces to leave the peninsula. At the same time,
Israelcube refused the request of
UNball on deployment of the UNEF on their side of the border either.
Preparation for War
In the next few days Egyptball,
Syriaball,
Jordanball, and
Sudanball started mobilization of their forces,
Iraqi Republicball (1958–68) sent expeditionary forces to
, and
expressed its willingness to participate in military actions. But the turning point, which made the full scale confrontation inevitable was the decision of
Egyptball to block
Israelcube's ships from entering the Straits of Tiran from May 22-23 as it did before the Suez Crisis. On June 1,
Israelcube established a "National Unity Government", which on June 4 decided to go to war.
War & Fronts
Advantages of the Arabs
The Arab Coalition of
Egyptball,
Syriaball, and
Jordanball had an advantage over
Israelcube in deployed troops with 240 thousand against 100 thousand, in tanks with 2,504 against 800, and with aircrafts with 957 against 300.
Operation Focus & Air War
Israelcube planned to strike on June 5 with the Operation Focus, which aimed to destroy
Egyptball's air force.
Israelcube's media published false reports claiming
Israelcube's soldiers are on vacation, while their pilots were carrying out training sorties as usual. Their intelligence helped make these trainings as realistic as possible. They also damaged the tracking antenna of
USAball's embassy to prevent
USAball finding out about the operation before the strike took place.
Israelcube's pilots were informed about the start of the operation only 5 hours in. At the same time,
Egyptball's air defence was effectively off on June 5. Nearly 200
Israelcube's aircrafts attacked 14
Egyptball's airfields and caught them absolutely off guard. 338
Egyptball's aircrafts were destroyed. 100 pilots were killed within 3 hours. The
Jordanball's and
Syriaball's airforce attacked
Israelcube in retaliation at 11 AM on June 5th. The response of
Israelcube's airforce was to attack their airfields which led to the destruction of all 28
Jordanball's and 53
Syriaball's and 10
Iraqi Republicball (1958–68)'s planes. Operation Focus was a decisive success:
Israelcube lost only 19 planes in this Operation and guaranteed its total air dominance for the rest of the war. Meanwhile in
Lebanonball, the country was minorly attacked, leaving 1 plane gone, although it didn't join the war, there was still some minor involvement.
Ground War
The ground war was taking place at three fronts: the Sinai front, the Jordanian front, and the Syrian front.
Sinai Front
Numbers, Gaza Attack, & Arish Advance
On the Sinai front, Egyptball's forces consisted of seven divisions: four armored, two infantry, and one mechanized infantry.
Egyptball had 100,000 troops and 900-950 tanks in the Sinai, so
Israelcube concentrated three divisions consisting of six armored, one infantry, and one mechanized infantry and three paratrooper brigades for a total of 70,000 men and 700 tanks along this front.
Israelcube's plan was to catch
Egyptball off-guard by attacking simultaneously with air strikes, and attacking through the Northern and Central routes in the Sinai Peninsula instead of the Central and Southern Routes used during the Sinai War. On the 5th of June, at 7:50 a.m., the northernmost
Israelcube's division, consisting of three brigades and commanded by
Major General Israel Tai started its advance towards
Arishball through
Gazaball with an aim to encircle
Khan Yunisball, while the paratroopers were ordered to take
Rafahball. Initally,
Egyptball offered little resistance, since their intelligence concluded that, this was a diversion rather than a main attack. However, soon resistance against the
60th armoured brigade ramped up. This did not stop the
Israeli forces from reaching
Khan Yunisball Railway Junction in 4 Hours. Afterwards the
IDF advanced on
Sheikh Zuweidball and defeated fierce
Egyptball resistance thanks to air domination. The road on
Arishball was open and by 8 AM on the 6th of July, elements of the
79th Armored Battalion and the
7th Brigade entered the "suspiciously quiet city" aka the outskirts of
Arishball. Suddenly
Egyptballs started firing from the balconies, windows and there was a heavy battle going on for control of the city and the
IDF was only able to take full control of the city after reinforcements were sent. The northernmost division then spilt into two parts. One of them continued the advance on the Suez Canal, while the second group turned south and captured
Bir Lahfanball and
Jabal Libniball.
Continued Sinai Attack; Battle of Abu-Agelia and Egyptian Retreat
Further south on the 6th of June, the 14 thousand men 150 tank strong Israeli 38th Armored Division under
Major-General Ariel Sharon was confronted by the
Egyptian 2nd Infantry Division under
Major-General Sa'adi Nagib, consisting of 16,000 troops and 90 tanks.
Israelcube successfully advanced towards
Abu Ageilaball. The
paratroopers landed behind
Egyptball's positions and sew enough confusion to weaken the artillery of
Egyptball's defence, which opened the way of the
IDF to capture
Um Katefball. It was followed by a fierce close tank battle, which ended up in
Israelcube's victory and the capture of
Abu Ageilaball with 40 of
Egyptball's and 19 of
Israelcube's tanks destroyed.
Egyptball's forces in Sinai were still largely intact, but the field marshal
Abdel Hakim Amer panicked and ordered retreat of all units from Sinai after hearing the fall of
Abu Ageilaball.
This order did not elaborate on the sequence and manner of the retreat, which only decreased the defensive capabilities of
Egyptball's troops. During the following days the
IDF continued its advance westward and inflicted heavy losses on
Egyptball. Despite episodic heavy resistance by
Egyptball as in Bin Gafgafaball, the napalm bombing by the
Israelcube's aviation and uncontrolled retreat weakened the morale of
Egyptball's troops. Instead of catching and retreating
Egyptball, the
IDF decided to capture 3 passes from Sinai to
Egyptball's mainland and face
Egyptball's troops there. Although
IDF was not able to stop all
Egyptball's troops from crossing, these passes became a killing ground for
Egyptball's troops with 10,000 being killed in one day alone. The capture of Sinai was completed by the fall of
Sharm El-Sheikball
on June 7th and
Ras Sudarball on June 8th. On June 9th,
UNball's security council achieved armistice between sides. As such, the war was a decisive victory for Israelcube, they achieved total air domination and also caught Egyptball by surprise.
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