Six Day War Flashcards

389547848	Duration of Six Day War	June 5-10, 1967	0
389547849	Reason for War	Israelis saw an impending attack by Arab nations that surrounded Israel.	1
389547850	Israel's Defense Minister	General Moshe Dayan	2
389547851	Opposing Forces	Syria, Jordan, and Egypt	3
389547852	1956	Suez Crisis	4
389547853	United Nations had presence in Middle East	May, 1967, Egypt ordered concentration of Egyptian military forces in Suez region, and naval blockade which closed off the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping	5
389547854	Destruction of War	captured Sinai (Egypt), the Golan Heights (Syria), and the West Bank of the Jordan River	6
389547855	Considered Leader of Arab Nations	Gamal Abdul Nasser of Egypt	7
389547856	Formation of Palestinian Liberation Organization	Israel gained the West Bank containing 600,000 Arabs, forming a group of terrorists	8
389547857	Suez Canal	represents the only direct route from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean	9
389547858	United States and Britain	promised aid to Egypt to construct the Aswan High Dam.	10
389547859	Gamel Abdel Nasser	makes the canal Egyptian territory.	11
389547860	Britain, France, and Israel	October 29, 1956 Israeli army attacks and is victorious, w/ help from England and France	12
389547861	Egypt's Response	sinking 40 ships in canal preventing passage	13
389547862	UN	makes European nations back down and they clear canal. control of canal given to egypt in march 1957, w/ free passage	14
389547863	colonialism	decreases after crisis	15
389547864	Yom Kippur War	began in 1973, first war that oil played a major part in outcome	16
389547865	UN peace treaty	1979, between Israel and Egypt	17
389547866	US Pres	Jimmy Carter	18
389547867	Egypt Pres	Anwar Sadat	19
389547868	Israel	Prime Minister Menachem Begin	20
389547869	Camp David Accords	Sept. 17, 1978, agreements between Egypt and Israel	21