Golan Heights: Tel Maschara

The Jordanians were late to enter the war, not making their initial appearance until October 13, when they committed their crack 40th Armored Brigade, By October 16, the Jordanian 40th Armored Brigade was protecting the flank of the Syrian 5th …

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The Jordanians were late to enter the war, not making their initial appearance until October 13, when they committed their crack 40th Armored Brigade, By October 16, the Jordanian 40th Armored Brigade was protecting the flank of the Syrian 5th Infantry Division as these forces advanced on Tel Maschara. War is often made up of a series of curious events and strange happenstances. The Jordanian 40th Armored Brigade had decimated this same 5th Infantry Division during Syria's invasion of Jordan during “Black September” of 1970. Such are the ironies of war. The Jordanians surged forward with all the panache of the Arab Legion, the Centurion commanders, garbed in their red and white checkered keffiyehs, standing tall in the their turrets. Whatever impact this made on the Israelis, the Jordanians pushed through the first defense line and captured a number of territorial objectives. This success was to be short lived, as Israeli reinforcements were streaming forward. This, combined with a total lack of coordination between the joint Arab forces, spelled eventual defeat. The Israelis were able to reestablish their lines, and actually bring Damascus into artillery range.

Tel Maschara, Golan Heights

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.

Wikipedia: Yom Kipper War

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