Sinai front
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The Sinai front was the main theater of ground combat between Israel and Egypt in the 1967 Six-Day War, encompassing the battles fought across Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sinai front canonical | 3 |
| Sinai Campaign | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military front
ⓘ
theater of war ⓘ |
| aftermath | eventual disengagement agreements between Israel and Egypt ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
combined arms warfare
ⓘ
rapid Israeli armoured advance ⓘ |
| commandedOnEgyptianSideBy | Abdel Hakim Amer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandedOnIsraeliSideBy | Yeshayahu Gavish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
Egypt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endDate | 1967-06-10 ⓘ |
| geopoliticalSignificance | shifted balance of power in Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ |
| hasBattle |
Battle of Abu-Ageila
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Battle of Bir Lahfan NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of El-Arish (1967) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Jiradi NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Rafah (1967) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Sharm el-Sheikh (1967) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Umm Katef NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCampaign | Israeli offensive in Sinai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainBelligerent |
State of Israel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Arab Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOperation | Operation Focus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Egyptian Armed Forces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Israel Defense Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvesMilitaryBranch |
Egyptian Air Force
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Egyptian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Israeli Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Israeli Armored Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfMostSources |
Arabic
ⓘ
English ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Egypt
ⓘ
Sinai Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableTactic |
deep armoured thrusts
ⓘ
preemptive air strikes ⓘ |
| partOf |
Arab–Israeli conflict
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Six-Day War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Egyptian remilitarization of Sinai (May 1967)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
closure of Straits of Tiran NERFINISHED ⓘ expulsion of UNEF from Sinai ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Golan Heights front
ⓘ
West Bank front (1967) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | decisive Israeli victory ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
Israeli occupation of Sinai Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
destruction of large parts of Egyptian Air Force on ground ⓘ |
| startDate | 1967-06-05 ⓘ |
| strategicObjectiveOfEgypt |
defend Sinai Peninsula
ⓘ
pressure Israel through closure of Straits of Tiran ⓘ |
| strategicObjectiveOfIsrael |
neutralize Egyptian military threat in Sinai
ⓘ
secure access to Straits of Tiran ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1967 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sinai Campaign