Yom Kippur War / October War Part of the Arab -- Israeli conflict and Cold War Egyptian forces crossing the Suez Canal on October 7 Date October 6 -- 25, 1973 Location Both banks of the Suez Canal, Golan Heights and surrounding regions Result Israeli military victory Political gains for Egypt and Israel 1978 Camp David Accords Territorial changes The Egyptian army occupied the eastern coast of the Suez Canal with the exception of the Israeli crossing point near Deversoir. The Israeli army occupied sixteen hundred square kilometers of territory on the southwestern coast of the Suez Canal, within 100 km from Cairo, and encircled an Egyptian enclave in the east bank The Israeli army occupied five hundred square kilometers of the Syrian Bashan, on top of the Golan Heights, which brought it within 20 miles of Damascus. Belligerents Israel Supported by: United States Egypt Syria Expeditionary forces: Jordan Iraq Saudi Arabia Libya Algeria Morocco Cuba Supported by: Soviet Union Commanders and leaders Golda Meir Moshe Dayan David Elazar Israel Tal Shmuel Gonen Yitzhak Hofi Binyamin Peled Haim Bar - Lev Albert Mandler † Ariel Sharon Anwar Sadat Hafez al - Assad Ahmad Ismail Ali Mustafa Tlass Saad El Shazly Yusuf Shakkour Abdel Ghani el - Gammasy Ali Aslan Omar Abrash † Strength 375,000 -- 415,000 troops 1,700 tanks 3,000 armored carriers 945 artillery units 440 combat aircraft Egypt: 650,000 -- 800,000 troops (200,000 crossed) 1,700 tanks (1,020 crossed) 2,400 armored carriers 1,120 artillery units 400 combat aircraft 140 helicopters 104 Navy vessels 150 surface to air missile batteries (62 in the front line) Syria: 150,000 troops 1,200 tanks 800 -- 900 armored carriers 600 artillery units Expeditionary Forces *: 100,000 troops 500 -- 670 tanks 700 armored carriers Cuba: 1,500 -- 4,000 troops Morocco: 5,500 troops 30 tanks 52 combat aircraft Saudi - Arabia: 3,000 troops Total: 914,000 -- 1,067,500 troops 3,430 -- 3,600 tanks 3,900 -- 4,000 armored carriers 1,720 artillery units 452 combat aircraft 140 helicopters 104 navy vessels 150 surface to air missile batteries Casualties and losses 2,521 -- 2,800 dead 7,250 -- 8,800 wounded 293 captured 1,063 tanks destroyed, damaged or captured 407 armored vehicles destroyed or captured 102 -- 387 aircraft destroyed Egypt: 5,000 -- 15,000 dead 8,372 captured Syria: 3,000 -- 3,500 dead 392 captured Iraq: 278 dead 898 wounded 13 captured Jordan: 23 dead 77 wounded Morocco: 6 captured Total casualties: 8,000 -- 18,500 dead 18,000 -- 35,000 wounded 8,783 captured 2,250 -- 2,300 tanks destroyed 341 -- 514 aircraft destroyed 19 naval vessels sunk
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