Israeli Fortificati
General:
Name: Israeli Fortificati
Format: epub
Size: 27.91 MB
Book:
Title: Israeli Fortifications of the October War 1973
Author: Simon Dunstan
Language: English
Year: 2008
Subjects: Israeli Fortifications: Of the October War 1973
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
ISBN: 9781846033612
Total pages: 64 str.
Description:
The Bar Lev Line along the Suez Canal was born out of the overwhelming victory of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the Six Day War of 1967. Devastated by their defeat, the Egyptian army began a prolonged campaign of artillery bombardments of Israeli positions causing many casualties. Accordingly, the IDF Chief of Staff, General Haim Bar-Lev, ordered the construction of a series of fortified positions and observation posts that were named the Bar Lev Line by the Israeli press, thanks to its inevitable association with the heavily fortified Maginot Line.
This book examines the original 23 positions of the Bar Lev Line, known as Moazims (Moaz is ‘castle keep’ in Hebrew), each of which were between five and 15 kilometers apart and surrounded by barbed wire and minefields. With rare photographs and cutaway artwork, the design of these positions is described. Finally, the author analyzes the effectiveness of these positions when the Egyptians launched an offensive on Yom…
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