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Title
Golan Heights: Tel Shaar
Description
After suffering irreplaceable losses in their initial assault on October 13, the Iraqis, along with their Arab allies, assumed a defensive posture. From October 17 through 22, they engaged in a series of holding actions and spoiling attacks. Recognizing their …
Subject
Publisher
Date
1973-10-18
Scenario#
10
Scenario Description
After suffering irreplaceable losses in their initial assault on October 13, the Iraqis, along with their Arab allies, assumed a defensive posture. From October 17 through 22, they engaged in a series of holding actions and spoiling attacks. Recognizing their superiority in night fighting equipment, these attacks were often launched under the cover darkness. The Israelis, also recognizing the night for what it was, normally formed their armored units into defensive laagers; these positions were supported by a perimeter of infantry. This defensive ring had become a necessity since the Arabs had been using their commando formations to infiltrate Israeli positions ever since hostilities commenced. This unenviable task of babysitting the laagers usually fell on the shoulders of the crack parachute units. During the early morning hours of 10/18/73, the Iraqi 8th Mechanized Brigade advanced against Tel Shaar in an attempt to split the Israeli front. The Israeli 19th Armored Brigade*s defensive positions were directly in the path of the advancing Iraqis. Since the 19th was a mixed Centurion and Sherman formation, the Israelis were reluctant to fire blindly, fearing to hit their own Centurions, some Iraqi units still fielded the older 20, pound-armed Centurion Mk.3s. Calls for illumination rung out all along the front. The ensuing action was often fought out at ranges under 100 meters; hand-to-hand combat became an all too frequent occurrence. The Iraqis were able to make some gains, but were ultimately forced to fall back, even though both sides suffered grievous losses.
Location
Tal Shaar, Golan Geights
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War, or October War also known as the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, was fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel. The war took place mostly in Sinai and the Golan, occupied by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War, with some fighting in African Egypt and northern Israel. Egypt's initial war objective was to use its military to seize a foothold on the east bank of the Suez Canal and use this to negotiate the return of the rest of Sinai.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Yom Kipper War
Combatants
Israeli
Iraqi

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