Modern Era · Middle East · War

1967

Six-Day War

June 5, 1967

In a preemptive strike, Israeli jets destroyed the Egyptian air force on the ground. Within six days Israel had taken the Sinai, the Golan Heights, the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem, tripling its territory. Arab armies fled or died in the sand. The geography of the modern Middle East was set, and the occupation began.

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Before and after in Middle East

Before: July 14, 1958: Iraqi revolution
After: September 1970: Black September expels the PLO from Jordan

Before and after in War

Before: April 28, 1965: US invades Dominican Republic
After: January 30, 1968: Tet Offensive stuns America

Era

Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Six-Day War