Chinese Farm

Sharon's Israeli Armored Division attacks the Egyptian 16th Infantry Brigade (16th Infantry Division) and 14th Tank Brigade (215t Armored Division) near Deversoir.

1973-10-16

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Sharon's Israeli Armored Division attacks the Egyptian 16th Infantry Brigade (16th Infantry Division) and 14th Tank Brigade (215t Armored Division) near Deversoir.

Deversoir, Egypt

The Battle of the Chinese Farm took place during October 15 to October 17, 1973 between the Egyptian Army and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), as part of the Yom Kippur War. It was fought in the Sinai Peninsula, north of the Great Bitter Lake and just east of the Suez Canal, near an Egyptian agricultural research station. The area was known to the Israeli military as the Chinese Farm – a misnomer resulting from the research station's use of Japanese-made equipment. (Japanese Kanji characters on machinery at the farm were mistaken by Israeli observers for Chinese Hanzi.) Combat began when the IDF launched operation Operation Abiray-Lev ("Stouthearted Men"): an attempt to establish a corridor to the canal, and allow bridges to be laid for a crossing. Under Abiray-Lev, the Israelis attacked Egyptian forces in and around the Chinese Farm.

Wikipedia: Battle of the Chinese Farm

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