وبعد أن انقشع الغبار واتضح أن الحرب الإسرائيلية غيرت خريطة الصراع في الشرق الأوسط، شُغلت بريطانيا بمستقبل مصالحها الاقتصادية في المنطقة.
ولخصت المذكرة النهج المقترح قائلة إن "العامل الحاسم في تحديد مستقبل مصالحنا الاقتصادية لا يتعلق بقدر كبير بما إذا كانت مشكلة العرب وإسرائيل سوف تواصل إثارة الاضطراب في المنطقة، بل بالدور الذي سوف تواصل بريطانيا أداءه.
ما هي حرب اكتوبر 2023 سبل تحقيق هذا الهدف بعد ما حدث؟. قال الوزير: "بالنسبة للمستقبل القريب جدا، سيتم خدمة هذه المصلحة عن طريق قول القليل بقدر الإمكان في العلن بشأن الموقف في الشرق الأوسط.
The Syrians commenced their attack at 14:00 by having an airstrike by about 100 aircraft and also a fifty-moment artillery barrage. The 2 forward infantry brigades, having an organic and natural tank battalion, of each of your a few infantry divisions then crossed the cease-fire traces, bypassing United Nations observer posts.
Wrecks of Israeli and Egyptian armour stand directly opposed one another within a testomony for the ferocity with the overcome near the Suez Canal. On eight Oct, soon after Elazar had remaining, Gonen adjusted the options on The idea of unduly optimistic field reports. Adan's division was composed of three brigades totaling 183 tanks. one of several brigades was still en path to the world, and would be involved in the attack by midday, in addition to a supporting mechanized infantry brigade with an extra forty four tanks.
A submit-war survey identified that in the total war interval, Israel endured no oil shortages, and in some cases marketed oil to 3rd functions afflicted via the Arab oil embargo.[251] This assert was disputed by Edgar O'Ballance, who claimed that no oil went to Israel during the blockade, and also the Eilat-Ashdod pipeline was vacant by the top on the war.[374]
Anecdotal proof indicates that Kissinger told Sadat that The explanation for that U.S. airlift was the Israelis were near to "heading nuclear".[387] on the other hand, subsequent interviews with Kissinger, Schlesinger, and William Quandt prompt the nuclear element wasn't A serious factor in the decision to re-supply. These officers cited the continuing Soviet re-offer effort and Sadat's early rejection of a ceasefire as the main motivators.[390] European international locations refused to permit U.S. airplanes carrying supplies for Israel to refuel at their bases, fearing an Arab oil embargo, except Portugal and the Netherlands.
Northern Command was in the whole process of shifting their headquarters to Safed in Galilee and the senior staff officers were being absent at this second, obtaining envisioned the Syrian assault to get started on at eighteen:00. Operations officer Lieutenant-Colonel Uri Simhoni for that reason improvised an allocation of your tactical reserves, therefore mainly selecting the class with the struggle.[279]
For the next a number of days, the IAF performed a minimal function inside the fighting, mostly mainly because it was essential to manage the simultaneous, and in the long run extra threatening, Syrian assault from the Golan Heights.[163]
Avi Yaffe, a radioman serving over the Bar-Lev Line, reported hearing phone calls from other troopers the Egyptians had been killing anyone who tried to surrender, and in addition received recordings of soldiers who have been saved from Egyptian firing squads.[507]
وخلصت لجنة الاستخبارات المشتركة إلى أن حالة التأهب لم تكن ضرورية من الناحية العسكرية: "نميل إلى رؤية أن رد الولايات المتحدة أعلى من اللازم لتحقيق التأثير المطلوب"، على حد قولها.
deserted Syrian T-62 tanks over the Golan Heights Israeli command was initially sluggish to realise that a breakthrough had taken put. Their primary concern was the Syrians would occupy some ahead bunker complicated or settlement.[299] The point that the defending tank platoons were being still intact was viewed as proof that the line had not been damaged. Ben-Shoham close to eighteen:thirty moved his headquarters into the south.
ولفتت لجنة الاستخبارات المشتركة إلى أنه "من الصعب التوفيق بين هذا البيان وفرض مرحلة التأهب الثالثة التي شاركت فيها القوات الأمريكية، بما في ذلك قواتها الاستراتيجية، في جميع أنحاء العالم".
The Procedure disrupted the stream of weapons and troops to Syria. in the course of the Procedure, the paratroopers wrecked several tank transports and killed several Syrian soldiers. there have been no Israeli casualties.[347]