User:Mikrobølgeovn/List of wars involving Egypt

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
  Iraq
  Transjordan
  Syria
  Lebanon
  Saudi Arabia
  Yemen
  Holy War Army
  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
  Israel Defeat
Shams Badran
10,000-
15,000
Unknown
War of Attrition
(1967–1970)
  Egypt
  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
  Jordan
  Algeria
  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
  FNLC Victory
  • FNCL expelled from Katanga
Mohamed el-Gamasy
None
None
Libyan–Egyptian War
(1977)
  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 Ongoing
  • Ongoing conflict
None
(SCAF)
Mohamed Tantawi
1,030–
2,030+
1,539+
Yemeni Civil War
(2015–)
  Cabinet of Yemen
  Saudi Arabia
  United Arab Emirates
  Bahrain
  Kuwait
  Qatar
  Jordan
  Morocco
  Sudan
  Egypt
  Senegal
  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.