DMPQ- Assess the reasons why the Six-Day War of 1967 was followed by the Yom Kippur War only three years later.
Israel’s stunning victory in the Six-Day War of 1967 left the Jewish nation in control of territory four times its previous size. Egypt lost the 23,500-square-mile Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip, Jordan lost the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and Syria lost the strategic Golan Heights. When Anwar el-Sadat (1918-81) became president of Egypt … Read more DMPQ- Assess the reasons why the Six-Day War of 1967 was followed by the Yom Kippur War only three years later.