October 15–17, 1973 · Sinai Theater
October 15–17, 1973
The battle for the Chinese Farm — an abandoned Japanese agricultural project whose irrigation signs were misread as Chinese — was the key to Israel's counteroffensive. Sharon's division needed control of the road to reach the Great Bitter Lake and cross to the west bank of the canal, encircling the Egyptian Third Army. Three days of some of the most savage close-quarters fighting of the war finally cleared the area and allowed Israeli paratroopers to cross the canal.
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