Bar Lev Line
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The Bar Lev Line was a chain of fortifications built by Israel along the eastern bank of the Suez Canal shortly after the 1967 Arab–Israeli War, during which Egypt lost the entire Sinai Peninsula. It
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Haim Bar-Lev, seated center, 17 October 1973
Egyptian forces crossing the Suez Canal
Egyptian vehicles crossing the Suez Canal in the Sinai
Operation Badr (1973)
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Operation Badr, also known as Plan Badr, was an Egyptian military offensive and operation across the Suez Canal that destroyed the Bar-Lev Line, a chain of Israeli fortifications along the frontline o
Bar Lev Line
…Egypt lost the entire Sinai Peninsula. It was considered impenetrable by the Israeli military until it was overrun in less than two hours during Egypt's Operation Badr, which sparked the Yom Kippur War. The Bar Lev Line evolved from a group of rudimentary fortifications placed along the canal line. In response to…
Lt. Gen. Saad El Shazly was responsible for planning a crossing offensive
Egyptian soldiers on the east bank. Notice the carts. Pulled by two men, these transports greatly assisted in the movement of weapons and matériel on the east bank, while no vehicles had yet crossed.
Egyptian engineers employ water cannons to blast an opening in the massive Israeli sand wall.