The+6-Day+War

=__**The Six-Day War**__=


 * Overview **

The Six-Day war, also known as the 3rd Arab Israeli War, was fought on June 5th to June 10th. The has its roots in the previous wars between Israel and her Arab neighbours. Syria, Egypt and Jordan all wanted Israel to be destroyed and to return the land to the Palestinians. The war ended in a swift Israeli victory with Israel capturing the Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza Strip, the Golan Heights and the West Bank.

__Strategy__

The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) was outnumbered by its Arab neighbours. It knew that the element of suprise would be needed to win a war against all of their enemies. The IDF also realized that air superiority was the key to victory. In order to gain air superiority, the Israeli air force had to eliminate each countries ariforce, one at a time. With the air superiority, the British built Israeli tanks had no problem destroying the older World War 2 era arab tanks.

__Background__

The leader of Egypt, Nasser, ordered the withdrawl of the United Nations Emergency Force and closed the strais of Tiran to Israeli shipping. This was automatically classified as a Casus Belli (reason for war) by the Israelis.

__Start of Hostilities__

On June 5th, the Israeli airforce launched a suprise attack on Egypt, destroying much of