Sharon crosses the Canal
1973 · Event
Finding the seam between Egypt's two armies, Ariel Sharon's division fights across the Suez Canal at Deversoir and turns the war inside out: Israeli tanks fan out on the African bank, destroy the missile batteries, and encircle the entire Egyptian Third Army. When the ceasefire comes, Israeli forces stand 101 kilometres from Cairo.
On these timelines: The Yom Kippur War, The Levant, North Africa, Master
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