User:Mikrobølgeovn/List of wars involving Egypt

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Post-independence[edit]

Conflict Egypt
and allies
Opponents Results Head of State Minister of
Defense
Egyptian
losses
Military Civilians
First Arab-Israeli War
(1948–1949)
Egypt Egypt
 Iraq
Jordan Transjordan
Syria Syria
 Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
 Yemen
Holy War Army
Arab League ALA
 Israel Defeat
Farouk of Egypt
Ismail Chirine
1,200-
2,000
Unknown
Suez Crisis
(1956)
Egypt  Israel
 United Kingdom
 France
Defeat[1] (but political victory)[2]
  • UNEF demilitarized zone established
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Abdel Hakim Amer
1,650–
3,000
~1,000
North Yemen Civil War
(1962–1967)
 Yemen Arab Republic
 Egypt
 Kingdom of Yemen
 Saudi Arabia
Stalemate
  • Egyptian withdrawal from Yemen
Abdel Wahab el-Beshry
~26,000
None
Sand War
(1963)
 Algeria
 Egypt
 Morocco Stalemate
  • Closing of Algerian-Moroccan border
Unknown
None
Six-Day War
(1967)
 Egypt
 Syria
 Jordan
Iraq Iraq
 Israel Defeat
Shams Badran
10,000-
15,000
Unknown
War of Attrition
(1967–1970)
 Egypt
Soviet Union Soviet Union
PLO
 Jordan
 Israel Stalemate
Mohamed Fawzi
2,882-
10,000
Nigerian Civil War
(1967–1970)
 Nigeria
 Egypt
 Biafra Victory
  • Reincorporation of Biafra into Nigeria
Unknown
None
October War
(1973)
 Egypt
 Syria
Iraq Iraq
 Jordan
 Algeria
Morocco Morocco
 Saudi Arabia
 Cuba
 North Korea
 Israel Defeat[3] (but political gains)[4]
Anwar Sadat
Ahmad Ismail Ali
5,000-
15,000
Unknown
Shaba I
(1977)
 Zaire
 Morocco
 Egypt
State of Katanga FNLC Victory
  • FNCL expelled from Katanga
Mohamed el-Gamasy
None
None
Libyan–Egyptian War
(1977)
Egypt Egypt Libya Victory
  • Libyan invasion of Egypt repelled[6]
~100
Unknown
Gulf War
(1990–1991)
 Kuwait
United States
 United Kingdom
 Saudi Arabia
 France
 Canada
 Egypt
 Syria
 Morocco
 Oman
 Qatar
 Australia
Iraq Victory
Hosni Mubarak
Youssef Sabri Abu Taleb
11
None
Sinai Insurgency
(2011–)
 Egypt
 Israel
Islamic State Islamic State Ongoing
  • Ongoing conflict
None
(SCAF)
Mohamed Tantawi
1,030–
2,030+
1,539+
Yemeni Civil War
(2015–)
Yemen Cabinet of Yemen
 Saudi Arabia
 United Arab Emirates
 Bahrain
 Kuwait
 Qatar
 Jordan
 Morocco
 Sudan
 Egypt
 Senegal
Yemen Revolutionary Council Ongoing
  • Houthis dissolve Yemeni government
  • Houthis take control of northern Yemen
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Sedki Sobhi
None
None

References[edit]

List
    1. ^ Mart, Michelle. Eye on Israel: How America Came to View the Jewish State as an Ally. p. 159. ISBN 0791466876.
    2. ^ Tal (2001) p 203
    3. ^ References:
      • Herzog, The War of Atonement, Little, Brown and Company, 1975. Forward
      • Insight Team of the London Sunday Times, Yom Kippur War, Doubleday and Company, Inc, 1974, page 450
      • Luttwak and Horowitz, The Israeli Army. Cambridge, MA, Abt Books, 1983
      • Rabinovich, The Yom Kippur War, Schocken Books, 2004. Page 498
      • Revisiting The Yom Kippur War, P.R. Kumaraswamy, pages 1–2 ISBN 0-313-31302-4
      • Johnson and Tierney, Failing To Win, Perception of Victory and Defeat in International Politics. Page 177
      • Charles Liebman, The Myth of Defeat: The Memory of the Yom Kippur war in Israeli Society[permanent dead link] Middle Eastern Studies, Vol 29, No. 3, July 1993. Published by Frank Cass, London. Page 411.
    4. ^ Loyola, Mario (7 October 2013). "How We Used to Do It - American diplomacy in the". National Review. p. 1. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
    5. ^ Loyola, Mario (7 October 2013). "How We Used to Do It - American diplomacy in the". National Review. p. 1. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
    6. ^ Cooper, Tom (13 November 2003). "Libyan Mirage-Order". Western & Northern Africa Database. Air Combat Information Group. Retrieved 2 March 2013.