The Yom Kippur War 1973 (1): The Golan Heights

by Simon Dunstan, Howard Gerrard (Illustrator)

Overview

Osprey's first title in the study of the Yom Kippur War (1973). At 1345hrs on 6 October 1973, Israeli spotters in the observation post atop Mount Hermon saw Syrian gunners below them removing the camouflage nets from their guns. Ten minutes later shells began to rain down on Israeli positions all along the Golan Heights – The Yom Kippur War had begun. The shock Syrian attack caught the Israelis by surprise and by the afternoon of 7 October a Syrian brigade was less than 10km from the Sea of Galilee. Simon Dunstan describes in detail how amid desperate and bitter fighting the Israeli forces managed to turn the tide on the Golan Heights.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781841762203
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	08/20/2003
Series:	Campaign , #118
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	7.25(w) x 9.75(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Simon Dunstan is a well-established author, film-maker and photographer in the field of military history, and has published several titles with Osprey. He specialises in armoured warfare, and has written on this subject for two decades. His books have covered topics such as helicopter and armoured warfare in Vietnam, the Challenger main battle tank, the British Guards and armoured warfare in Korea. Simon lives and works in London.

Howard Gerrard studied at the Wallasey School of Art and has been a freelance designer and illustrator for over 20 years. He has won both the Society of British Aerospace Companies Award and the Wilkinson Sword Trophy and has illustrated a number of books for Osprey including Campaign 69: Nagashino 1575 and Campaign 72: Jutland 1916. Howard lives and works in Kent.

Table of Contents

Origins of the Campaign

Chronology

Opposing Commanders

The Syrian Army

The Israeli Army

The Fall of Mount Hermon

Repulse at Amadiye

Breakthrough at Rafid

The Israeli counteroffensive

The recapture of Mount Hermon

Aftermath

Bibliography

The battlefield today

Wargaming the Golan campaign

Index