The Fourth Arab-Israeli War: Israel's Fight For Survival | Greatest Tank Battles | War Stories
Also known as the Yom Kippur War, the Ramadan War or the October War, the Fourth Arab-Israeli War took place in October 1973. Israel found itself outnumbered by their enemies, a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria, setting the stage for a huge tank battle.
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It’s funny what the Egyptians called victory. Clearly Israel had secured her standing as a country to stay. Egypt now understood Israel was a country to seek peace with, not seek to annihilate.
That's because the Muslim Brother Hood party was overthrown by the Egyptian military in 2012. Egypt is ruled by a military backed government now and since then had cut or destroyed any relationship or communication with Hamas.
That’s a good point you have there.
Israel got more powerful and agreessive after this war,
@@hasanmuhammad2527rightfully so
@@rbrookeb I'm respectful to all religion community,I don't want to see any innocent in suffering,
This is…….definitely well timed
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This is decades old click bait
@@Danger-fv2gz you're saying the same thing
I've witnessed all of Israel's wars against hostile neighboring nations and seen them emerge victorious. I am now a firm believer that God has fulfilled his promise to protect Israel.
"The Fourth Arab-Israeli war" Just in time for part 5. Almost like that last season catch up trailer before a new season on Netflix.
Excellent documentary. At first I feared this was a mere repeat of an earlier one, but soon realized new topics were discussed. Very well done.
HE SAYS WHAT HAS BEEN TAKEN BY FORCE MUST BE BACK BY FORCE.
I was only 7 years old when this happened. No wonder ive never heard of such a large tank battle before, Great Vid
This was a GREAT awakening for the Israeli nation. "Never underestimate your enemy" old but very true saying ("They" can learn and improve - don't doubt it - expect it - happened many times in history). Both learnt an expensive lesson from this (true of all wars). Egypt may have recovered enough pride and belief in themselves to find lasting peace with Israel and Israel the reality of ego (so far since then so good - not without effort by both). Peace means life. War means death. The balance between is up to us decided by the sacrifice of the later for the former.
All comments critical of Hamas are being deleted. There's a surprise.
@@X139T presumably then you condone the kidnapping, torture and murder of innocent civilians.
@@ViN-kr3ri you have no idea what you’re talking about bro I suggest you do research before you pick aside
That's a first. It's always the other way around.
@@ViN-kr3riare you talking about Israel doing this to their enemies. If so I agree.
Hamas is a death cult that oppresses women, LGBT, and many others. Its military HQ is under a hospital. Israel is a secular, liberal democracy. It doesn't target civilians unlike Hamas.
God is with Israel
The oval office also 😂😂
@@abdelazimkhandil370and the people they elect the person in the Oval Office
what an evil god that is.
In 1973. i was in the US AIRFORCE when we supplied Israel with massive amounts of ammo for rifles and heavy artillery
Thank you for your service
And it's been put to good use! Thanks for your service.
Of course you did. The US just can't miss a war.
@@audriusbaranauskas6227 FYI Nixon did not want to send any Ammo, The prime minister of Israel told Nixion that Israel would go nuclear on the capital cities of Egypt and other Arab nations if they did not get the Ammo. An SR71 Blackbird was sent over Israel and detected the radiation signature of nuclear weapons, Nixon sent the Ammo. and lots of it .We had extra from Vietnam
@@user-lb9wj6qy2p So basically you let Israel extort you? And isn’t Israel supposed to be the good guys, why are they running around making nuclear threats? The US wanted to take part in that war and you found a reason/an excuse to do so. And boy oh boy let’s not get into Vietnam…
i feel for all those affected by this sudden war
10/10 documentary, worth a watch!
Salute to Israel, their determination, will,,now looks that they wetr really these choose people 🙏🙏🙏
Good documentary and good voice. Of narrator
Full support to Israel in fight against Hamas terrorists and Gaza terrorism sympethisers and supporters.
you opinion is meaningless
High ground key to success
Obi-Wan would be proud 😢
That Arab's spin was so precious lmao. Israel has never lost a war. Nor will she. Israel was generous enough to return the Sinai.
the brainwash is real :D
So, to make sure I'm understanding the premise of this episode correctly, the events described in this episode are happening at the same time as the battle for the Golan Heights shown in Season 1, right?
Yes.
Yes, Israel was attacked on two fronts simultaneously.
We already in the five Arab-israeli war
And Israel will win this war also. They can't lose to brain dead terrorist.
YOU WILL NEVER, REPEAT NEVER, DEFEAT GOD !
your god was defeated by a human already! what are you talking about?
Thank - you . ( 2023 / Oct / 15 )
Egypt declares a great victory because they almost won before they were stopped, bled white, their army surrounded and the Israelis miles from Cairo and Damascus with only the pressure from the U.S. (under threat of Soviet intervention) to stop Israel from finishing the throttling
nice fairytale. keep fooling yourself please
@@KE-qu3tywell, enlighten me as to what I said that is wrong? The the Israelis had surrounded the Egyptian 3rd army, that there was nothing between the Israeli army and Cairo or that Israel had moved to the ourskirts of Damascus and the Syrian army had been destroyed? Because all are true The “dream” such as it is, is the guys claim that this was an Arab victory and resulted in Egypt taking back the Sinai. The only reason the Israelis returned Sinai (in 1977) was because Egypt agreed to recognize Israel and its right to exist in return at which point there is no reason to keep the Sinai as there is nothing there and it served only as a buffer) It wasn’t an easy victory for Israel, the Egyptians showed great tactical competence and really bloodied the Israeli army and Air Force, but it was a loss nevertheless and the training and leadership of the Israelis won out.
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10/14 I attack a well-positioned tank force head-on, which can fire from a standstill while my tanks have to fire from movement - brilliant idea- Were there already automatic stabilizers for the cannon in 1973?
No, just a side swept drive by down a straight track firing free at an angle they weren't expecting. They don't 'have' to fire from movement 😉 But Why Not?!
Straight route? Who cares, we're in the desert. YES, the sand is not so good for my engine, I use up a lot of fuel and the range goes down. Change course and reduce angle @@Zach-ku6eu
The short answer is no - automatic stabilizers were not quite ready at the time. Nor were digital fire computers. There were hydraulic systems that would help immobilize the gun so you could fire a few moments after halting, You could set the range on a mechanical wheel, and it would angle the sight so you could just aim at the target and not above it to account for ballistic drop. Something like what the M1 Abrahams can do is very much a mid to late 1980s invention. Not helped by the fact that neither side in this conflict had the most up-to-date vehicles, you're still looking at mostly T-55 and M-48s.
@panic_2001 You've never even sat in a tank. I on the other hand am licensed on four of them.
It's been over 30 years now, but I also served :-) @@Zach-ku6eu
كويس أنكم عملتوا حلقة أخيرا عن حرب اكتوبر
Hamas Crimes against Humanity
correction: IDF is.
Great fighter Israel
great war criminal you mean
Y'all don't miss lol
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Repeating twice / overlaps are so annoying. Who made this documentary?!
Greedy people
It was thinkable, but I believe that you are not willing to say what the odds were.
I have a feeling after this war these folks gathered n said never again , n again n gain n again n again etc
October 6th October 7th
Meaning?
Warum wird die Infanterie beim dem Video nicht visualisiert? Kommt seltsam
Look up battle 360's episode on this conflict, you'll love the animation battlefield 👌
After 2011 revolution in Egypt isreal prime minister tlak many times about peace treaty with Egypt and any body must keep it safe .why he is so afraid from Egypt why America eager to keep Egypt under control Why they are so terrifying from egypt
Fastest war that ever happened 6 day war
Denmark was conquered by Whermacht in 6 hours.
Yeah u think
This is the first I’m hearing of the bridgehead being attacked? Unless there were multiple bridgeheads? The video I’m seen of the crossing showing no stress of being attacked. And that the Egyptians were unaware of the crossing for over a day. The tanks west of the Suez killed the SAMs, which brought air superiority back to the Israelis.
Egypt should teach Iran a thing or two about challenging the Jews
Iran already learned from Germany
Happy October 😂🎉🎉🎉
So in the end all those men died for nothing, ridiculous 😡
Amazing that the Israel Tank Commander made it out alive. I know that there is alot of emotion but it's so sad watching him smile while talking about killing Ejyptians.
The Egyptians invaded starting this war and the Israel was only defending themselves. So why feel sorry for the Egyptians when they started it.
@@trexxg1436 I know you are right, and those soldiers did sign up to kill him. Maybe he was smiling because he is proud he made it out alive. I would not be able to understand the circumstances because i have never experienced war.
@@trexxg1436isreal took our land isreal attack egypt first
@@ahmadfathy7994shut your trap Ahmad you are losers
@batangquiapo45 lmao israel failed to cut supplies for the egyptian third army and was fearing that more arab states would join especially Jordan,the most experienced Arab army which israel feared the most and lost the battles of port said,ismaila,suez and port fuad 😂
You can also call this war Islam vs Israel.
You could also call this war the last proxi war between the United States and the Soviet Union.
It's called war games
They were surviving peacefully before Israel.
My anti Hamas comments are getting deleted huh? Yet i see anti semitic posts everywhere. My comment wasnt even bad. Just saying Hamas is just like a conventional army, not an innocent humanitarian group. Which is a fact.
They don't even use conventional tech
Too many lefty anti west terrorist sympathisers
I'm not going to taking sides both sides are Egypt and Israel are fighting far square of both sides I'm glad to learn later on the Egyptian and Israelis becomes a Friendly neighborhood Countries and I hope well stay this way for ever of both countries.
the governments maybe, but Egyptian people would never
Israel is badass
more like war criminal
Anyone who tries to understand the conflict between Jew and Arab apart from the Bible will come short. Fundamentally, they cannot coexist in peace, for both lay claim to the promise of Abraham. The Jew of Isaac, the Arab of Ishmael. In Genesis, God rejected Ishmael, and blessed Isaac. The Muslim tradition refuses to acknowledge this. Thus, they cannot have peace whilst both claim the blessings of Abraham as their own.
And proof that their god is false one
@@thehatedone317 how so??
another copy paste video from the greatest tank battles series. 'War stories' can't seem to stop posting these copy paste videos
The smile on his face is disturbing…
Fifty years later, maybe get them politics done, now ok ne side a crime the other a war, that math is simply not justifiable, people being equal n all, this is insane how it's cheerleaders line up on one side n perspective, the flight from the reality of the context is sickening how pervasive n internalized it is, n then media wonders why they're told there showing fiction,
The war that Israel deafeted lucky Us send supplies...
😂 according to this video Israel defeated Egypt militarily and negotiations happened.
@@nwankwosampson-xk3jc yeah only after Allies send more tanks and light armour... at 2nd phase of war
Israel was on the verge of invading Egypt when Egypt ask for ceasefire. Luckily Egypt had grown reason now they are friends with their mortal enemy.
I don't understand how Egypt Syria and Jordan was not able to pin Israel Into a corner.
Because they are evil 😈
Tactics Vs. Aloha Snackbar Tactics always win
War is always tragic but this is especially tragic on so many levels. First, the futility of it all seems to be overlooked by just about everyone. Israel won't ever allow themselves to be destroyed and since they do have nukes, they will surely use them as a last resort. So, in that sense, it's a pointless battle because neither side can really ever win. The Arabs will never accept anything less than the destruction of Israel and Israel won't ever permit the Arabs to destroy them. The other reason this is so sad and pointless is that anti Semitism rears it's ugly head at times like this as people support the terrorists as a pathetic way of masking their own bigotry.
An odd assessment of the situation. Which Arabs will never accept anything less than the total destruction of Israel? The most important Arab country is Egypt, and they've been at peace with Israel for decades. Sadat launched the war in 73 not because he had any thoughts of destroying Israel, but to get back the Egyptian lands Israel had occupied since 67. The PA in the Occupied West Bank cooperate only too well with Israel. The only faction deeply hostile to Israel in Lebanon is Hezbollah, and they sprang into being as a response to Israel's brutal and unprovoked invasion of Lebanon in 1982. Syria is a shambles, and if it has an interest in Israel, it's only in getting back the Golan Heights. And then there's Hamas, with their famous charter, demonized in much of the press as bloodthirsty savages A more nuanced perspective was offered by Henry Siegman in an article titled "Israel's Lies," which demonstrates that Israel engineered a pretext to launch the bloody 2009 invasion of Gaza despite Hamas' steadfast efforts to maintain the ceasefire which preceded it, and despite indications that Hamas was moving towards accepting UN Resolution 242 as a way to resolve the conflict. Siegman was executive director of the American Jewish Congress from 1978-1994. Also worthy of note but often overlooked is the fact that Israel played an active part in promoting Hamas as a useful counterweight to Arafat's secular PLO. There's certainly plenty of antisemitism in the world, just as there are many other forms of prejudice swirling about. But the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict has not principally been fueled by antisemitism. As for the recent Hamas attack, I have no problem condemning it as an atrocity. But an effort must be made to uphold basic standards of evenhandedness. Thus, to cite a single example which can stand for a voluminous record of similar actions, one finds, on the first page of the Amnesty International report on the 2008/09 Israeli invasion of Gaza, that: Much of the destruction was wanton and resulted from direct attacks on civilian objects as well as indiscriminate attacks that failed to distinguish between legitimate military targets and civilian objects. Such attacks violated fundamental provisions of international humanitarian law, notably the prohibition on direct attacks on civilians and civilian objects (the principle of distinction), the prohibition on indiscriminate or disproportionate attacks, and the prohibition on collective punishment. Faced with this information, what does evenhandedness require? Clearly, that Israel's atrocities be condemned just as forcefully as those committed by any Palestinian group. Unless, of course, we change the definition of antisemitism to include anyone who denounces Israel's frequently barbaric conduct. We can then hysterically claim that AI, one of the world's leading human rights organizations, and one whose findings on Israel tend to parallel those of other, equally esteemed organizations, including Human Rights Watch and the Israeli group B'tselem, must be controlled by deranged antisemites. At that point, reasonable discussion ends, and partisan delusion takes over.
Very well said, I would like to add , so-called "Terrorists " I find to be what point of view you have and Governments tend to spring from. Take the IRA they are running Ireland now, FARC is becoming part of the new Government, the list go's on. These were all Terrorist organizations, And you have to admit the first PM of Israel blew up the King David Hotel to terrorize the British out of Palestine, so these 2 groups are all Terrorists. Hamas and the Israelis, One just has a lot better weapons then the other. peace to all,@@ceterumcenseo12
No. We just can understand what would drive people to become " terrorists"....
@@ceterumcenseo12 Yeah well that can be said about all kinds of countries down through history, the Romans, the Soviet Union, the British, and even the Americans. So your long, long, long writing was a waste of your time because there is no point to your argument in an historical sense.
so you occupy other people land and ethnically cleanse them then play victim card? nice
Its like the 1000th battle. Its the same thing with back in the day. The Hebrews / Jews fighting the Philisteens ( same people that live in Palistine ) same thing from the Bible. Jews land for sure.
*Palestinians lol
@@derrickj45the pastinian of today are Arabs those of back then we're Greeks
Proud to be Egyptian 😂❤
nothing to be proud of, your country was conquered by Islam long ago.
Hy, grandpa idf I think those day's of war tank t also reign zager as each are deceitfull forgery way of war dynasty sino han 😡
so he is a war criminal, cool
Arabs...
Happy Oct From the Syrians eygptians and now the Palestinians
How's it panning out for you now.......
@@rden66 it takes time to undermine your apartheid state out of existence. so far, Palestinians are learning and evolving, you are too blind to see it which is good.
I think 🤔 it's the third time I saw the same documentary... a documentary focused on military standards and prospectives ... neglected political backgrounds ( secret negotiations amongst ( Egypt, the US, and Israel) far from the eyes and ears of Israel, Egyptian populations. ...however the documentary, it's a great threat militarily prospective.
When will these Arabs learn 😅. You guys can't and will never win against Israel 😅
Egyptian aren't arab and we won in sina and back our land
@@ahmadfathy7994that's not from war, egypt signed a oeace treaty with israel in 1979, i doubt you're even from Egypt
thebrainwash is real. You cannot even take the captives back vs a 30k Hamas FFS . who are you fooling? yourself?
Just because they are speaking English doesnt mean they are the good guys
there weren't isreal weren't Jewish just USA Britain transfered Jewish people to growed in Palestinian land support to support for creating area day of day untitled occupied majority Palestinians territory so that why majority countries the side of Palestinians right the several western countries Jewish occupiers must go back western countries because they are not original residential of Palestinians territory however wrongism violence against humanity against Palestinians in Palestine
Ok boomer
Go back to sleep. You’re having a wet dream. 😴
Israel: Arabs dont know how to fight wars Ukraine: Russia doesnt know how to fight wars Russia and arabs *Hold my vodka and arak*
free palestine.
Stop killing innocent people then
Dude... nvm 😂😂😂
They are free. Free to leave Gaza
@@paulwheeler567 all of Palestine from the Zio-Nazis
israel's fight for survival?!?! palestine's fight for survival!!
This is a completely funny documentary, if Israel win the war , why they left Sinai? Israel completely defeated in this war, and even after they pass to the other side of the canal they could not occupied any city and stayed surrounded by Egyptian army and going to surrender, so immediately they requested from USA to enforce cies fire at the security council. And U.S.A. did that because they knew Israel cannot continue in the war and going to loose , Israel pass the canal and stayed 10 days trying to reach any city but they stoped by the Egyptians although Egypt return back all the cities on the eastern side of the canal, and this will going prove that USA weapons used by Israel cannot defeat the Soviet one. So immediately enforced cies fire. What a documentary wants to false the history !!!!,
They left years later after a peace deal with Egypt
@@rden66 after war immediately they withdraw from 15 Km from Sinai and enter a peace agreement to withdraw from all Sinai , for your info before 6 October war Sadat offer peace agreement against Israel return back Sinai but Israel refused completely, but after Israel tasted the hill in the war they agreed to return Sinai immediately just to sign peace agreement and Sadat accepted
Free palestine ✊🏽
How can your free something that never existed? There never was a country called Palestine.
@@scottkrater2131 Before 1948 there was. Maybe read a book you clown.
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@@scottkrater2131 keep it that way, Your brainwash is very helpful. Good signs really
Well Done Egypt, Israel are always occupying territory that does NOT belong to them. Not recognised by international law.
And the Arabs have tried to commit genocide in the land legally mandated as Israel by the UN since its foundation.
Pagan fake god allan can't depeat the true God the Father in heaven.
@@thehatedone317 is that what happened in WWII?? Jews won because of your evil god?
Wow, biased title. wont be watching..
Yup, whitewash. They want us to back Ukraine and ignore Palestine. Not happening.
Why, it doesn't support your blatant Jew hate?
@@kylemccormack1785 Because there are 22 Arab countries... All of them enemies of Israel?
Free Palestine
Free the innocent civilians kidnapped by Hamas. Those that haven't been murdered yet anyway.
Free Israel
Palestinw can free itself by turning hamas militants in
damn you got everything wrong
I stand with Palestine. May God free Palestine from the clutches of the zionists.
I stand with the only democracy, and only civilised country, in the Middle East.
And when you meet your maker, you’ll be the one confused and horrified and what a worthless life you’ve led.
No such country as “Palestine.”
You stand with a gang that just raped multiple young girls before cutting their throats and dumping their bodies in the streets. Congratulations on no longer being human.
@@ViN-kr3ri Oh dear another American who has never left his bubble.
I stand with Israel, my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is Jewish. The Ending Times is very real and very here.
We are in this together. And when the Lord separates the goats from the sheep as indicated in Matthew 24-25. Those who supported Israel will be redeemed.
Is not jewish
@@paulwheeler567 Jesus wasn't Jewish..? Please elaborate it 🤣
Most of Israeli people dont believe nor accept Christ the Son of the living God.
@@thehatedone317 I know that, but Jesus was Jewish.
Yup it's 1937 all over again my WW2 family member says all the ingredients are there again unfortunately tensions are high everywhere Another Israel War in October 2023 just like the war im in Europe now going on for a year and a half now add Israel declaration of war this weekend it's true what they say history continues to repeat itself only different scenarios this time and different players but the outcome always the same War is inevitable still in this day in
Israel it's not fighting for survival
Gaza is
Gaza which they did what they did to those people in Israel now they're paying for it look at there city and Israel is not done yet how do they cut off children's heads this is pathetic now they're going to pay I feel bad for the innocent people in Gaza
Free Palestine
Free yourself
@@profitmind Decolonize yourself
@@zombiekilldemon Isreal isn't holding anyone , it is simply defending her right to exist... If isreal didn't develop the iron dome , will this nonsense you senseless people keeps saying continue... Isreal hasn't even fired anywhere close to the amount of rockets Palestinian Hamas has fired to Isreal. All you pro Palestine think , Palestinian innocent life is worth more than Isreali innocent lifes... SHAME!!!
@@zombiekilldemon Good idea! Jews were there first and have long suffered under Muslim colonizers!
@@mydoofy did not happen, Jews lived peacefully in middle east, they suffered in Europe