Wednesday, October 24, 2007
This Day in the History of Early Ceasefires
After 19 days of battle, in 1973, the Yom Kippur War ended with Israeli Defense Forces only 65 miles from Cairo and 26 from Damascus. Imagine the differences in World history had they kept going, at least to Damascus.
Above is a column of Israeli tanks on the road to Damascus north and west of the Golan.
Labels: Yom Kippur War
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 7:18 AM 
