1948 - now, Arab-Israeli Wars
There have been seven Arab-Israeli Wars so far, plus innumerable military operations and two Palestinian uprisings:
| 1948-49 | War of Independence / War of Liberation |
| 1956 | Sinai Campaign / Operation Kadesh / 100 hours war |
| 1967 | Six Day War |
| 1968-70 |
War of Attrition / Electronics War Mainly between Israel and Egypt although Syria was also involved. |
| 1973 | Yom Kippur War / October War / War of Atonement / The Great Crossing |
| 1982-84 | War in Lebanon / Operation Peace for Galilee |
| 1948-Now |
Terrorist War Arab Terrorism and Israeli counter-measures has been a key component of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Although I've no specific material on the Palestinian uprisings the tactics of the belligerents is similar so I've fairly arbitrarily included them under this category :
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Four of the Arab-Israeli wars suit my interest in company level infantry actions.
1948-49 War of Independence: because the battles were small unit actions under strong leaders to gain local tactical advantage, plus I get to use a variety of WWII material in a mix-n-match kind of way.
1982-84 War in Lebanon: because after many years of warfare depending almost exclusively on Armour the Israelis and their foes reverted to more infantry focused tactics - partially because the infantry anti-tank weapons had become quite effective and partly because of the nature of the terrain being fought over (urban and mountains).
1948-now Terrorist War and 1968-70 War of Attrition: Both emphasise infiltration and counter-infiltration operations which are intrinsically small scale operations.
What I can offer
- 1948 War of Independence
- Some TO&E.
- Rough thoughts for scenarios.
- 1956 Sinai Campaign
- Some TO&E.
- Rough thoughts for scenarios.
- 1967 Six Day War
- 1968-70 War of Attrition
- I am primarily interested in the two way infiltration operations.
- 1982-84 War in Lebanon. My material also
covers:
- 1975-90 Lebanese Civil War
- 1978 Israeli invasion of Lebanon / Operation Litani
- 1948-now Terrorist War
- I am primarily interested in the two way infiltration operations.
- Soviet organisation and tactics
- Glossary of terms because I needed to get the Hebrew military terms clear in my own mind
- Some sources including web sites and books.
- I also have a wee bit on the Arab Legion in WWII.