Did Isreal really win the six day war?

Question

From what I understand they were really close to getting crushed, my understanding of it is that there was a mis calculation by Eygpt. Please correct me if I'm wrong

If you could also direct me to a website that describes this war.

Answer 1

The Six-Day War (Arabic: حرب الأيام الستة, ħarb al‑ayyam as‑sitta ; Hebrew: מלחמת ששת הימים, Milhemet Sheshet Ha‑Yamim), also known as the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, the Third Arab-Israeli War, Six Days' War, an‑Naksah (The Setback), or the June War, was fought between Israel and Arab neighbors Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. The nations of Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Algeria also contributed troops and arms to the Arab forces.

In May 1967, Egypt expelled the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) from the Sinai Peninsula, which had been stationed there since 1957 (following the 1956 Sinai invasion by Israel), to provide a peace-keeping buffer zone. Egypt amassed 1000 tanks and 100,000 soldiers on the border, blockaded the Straits of Tiran (the entrance to the Gulf of Aquaba, a.k.a. the Gulf of Eilat) to Israeli ships, and called for unified Arab action against Israel. On June 5, 1967, Israel launched a pre-emptive attack against Egypt's airforce fearing an imminent invasion by Egypt. Jordan then attacked western Jerusalem and Netanya. At the war's end, Israel had gained control of eastern Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, the Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights. The results of the war affect the geopolitics of the region to this day.

Answer 2

They did more than just win.The incompetence of the opposing armies and air forces was sad. I watched the classified films from the nose cameras of the French Mirages the Israelis were flying at the time and they literally took Egypt apart in less than 48 hours. Same with the ground forces.Although terribly outnumbered, the Israelis rolled over everyone and inflicted horrendous causalities. Their training, equipment and tactics were far beyond anything the Arabs had in the field. If it would have been an 7 or 8 day war, they'd be speaking Hebrew in Cairo today and probably Damascus too. I'm not a big fan of Israel, but man did they kick butt.

Answer 3

You may have the Six Day War (1967) with the Yom Kippur War (1973). In 1973, Egypt and Syria surprised Israel, with Egyptian forces breaching the defenses across the Suez Canal and Syrian troops nearly sweeping the Israelis off the Golan Heights.

In the end, the Israeli forces triumphed, but it was a close call. Two Israeli Centurion tanks had to hold off an entire Syrian tank brigade to hold the line on the Golan Heights.

Israel had to win those wars with the neighboring Arab nations or there would be no Israel today.

Answer 4

Yes - & it was a brilliant action! Close, and a bitterly waged conflict (kev 1 's abridged account from sources excellent)

However, yet again, as repeatedly shown in the Middle East conflicts, the allies (America & the UK) made their usual misguided inteligence analysis, initially failing to detect and / or prevent the conflict. Support took too long to effectively adminster. Hence the Israli's were forced to act / stand alone and defend their land (attack) as they so did! They had no choice!

Still the Arabs haven't learnt their lesson i.e. never shall they overpower either the lands or peoples of that Nation.

Nor, unfortunately, will they ever realise it.

Answer 5

From a narrowed perspective, you might consider logging on to FlightJournal.com Check out their second most recent issue. had an interesting article about the attack suffered the day after they were granted statehood by the U.N. charter -- having little more to do with the Six Day War other than to say it was a long drawn continuation of that first war.

Answer 6

A tiny nation holding off 7 million people that want them wiped out...seems they do a pretty good job to me. They are fighting for their life and any step forward is a victory.

Yes they won and the war last year would have been totally different had Israel not been holding back because of the PC BS.

Try goggling or yahooing it. There are a lot of sources out there.

Answer 7

Yes Israel*, (you misspelled it, but don't worry about it) dominated the Six Day War. It was never close, Israel suprised the Egyptian air force and destroyed it. Egypt suprised Israel in the Yom Kippur war a few years later, but Israel won that too. Wikipedia probably has a good article on it.

Answer 8

reason the Zionists(aka Traitors) interior the US Gov. have given Israel 3B to 6B+ of the US Taxpayers money each 3 hundred and sixty 5 days by way of fact the late 1940's. without united states of america's money, Israel could be a automobile park.

Answer 9

No body ever wins a war.

I think you are close to the truth.

If Israel did not remove the problem of a suppressed or oppressed people or nation, the Palestinians, who still today are much more than a thorn in the side, and if Israel lived to know the hatred of other Moslem nations, then no, it did not win the war. It only bought some time.

Answer 10

They did win when syria attacked them