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Title
Central Front: French Hill
Description
Considering the quantitative límitations of the Israeli forces, the prospect of war with Jordan was viewed with a high degree of concern. Plans had been laid to deal with Syria, but any protracted engagement with Jordan's seven brigades would place …
Subject
Publisher
Date
1967-06-06
Scenario#
3
Scenario Description
Considering the quantitative límitations of the Israeli forces, the prospect of war with Jordan was viewed with a high degree of concern. Plans had been laid to deal with Syria, but any protracted engagement with Jordan's seven brigades would place an inordinate strain on resources already stretched to the limit. When the first Jordanian artillery shells fell into the streets of new Jerusalem, the Israelis tempered their response in the hope that the Jordanian actions were only just a show of force to satisfy their Egyptian allies, it was not to be. By mid-day on June 5th, Jordanian armored and mechanized units had started forward in Samaria and commenced the encirelement of Jerusalem. With the Israeli coast at Tel Aviv a scant twelve miles from the west bank, the Jordanian advances had to be stopped in their tracks. The Israeli 10th Mechanized Brigade was one of the few units on station when the hostilities erupted, and was immediately sent forward to recapture Jerusalem. It took the northern route, eliminating Jordanian forces along the way. The Jordanian 60th Armored Brigade, rolling down from Jericho in the Jordan Valley, met the Centurions of the 10th Brigade at French Hill, located just to the north of Jerusalem. Many fell on both sides amidst bitter hand-to-hand fighting, but the Israelis battered through to relieve the Jerusalem defenders.
Location
French Hill, Israel
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Six-Day War, also known as the June War, 1967 Arab–Israeli War, or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between 5 and 10 June 1967 between Israel and Jordan, Syria, and Egypt. Relations between Israel and its neighbours were not normalised after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. In 1956 Israel invaded the Sinai peninsula in Egypt, with one of its objectives being the reopening of the Straits of Tiran that Egypt had blocked to Israeli shipping since 1950. Israel was eventually forced to withdraw but was guaranteed that the Straits of Tiran would remain open. A United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) was deployed along the border, but there was no demilitarisation agreement.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Six Day War
Combatants
Israeli
Jordanian

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