June 5–8, 1967 · Sinai Peninsula Theater
June 5–8, 1967
Three Israeli armored divisions — Tal, Sharon, and Yoffe — crash into Egyptian defenses simultaneously along different axes. Sharon's division fights the battle of Abu-Ageila in a brilliant coordinated night attack. Without air cover, Egyptian armor is devastated. Amer panics and orders a general retreat that turns into a rout — soldiers abandon vehicles and flee on foot across the desert. The entire Sinai falls in four days.
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