The Yom Kippur War, likewise referred to as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab-- Israeli War or the Fourth Arab-- Israeli War, was an armed dispute combated from 6 to 25 October 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt as well as Syria. The majority of combat between both sides happened in the Sinai Peninsula as well as the Golan Heights-- both of which were inhabited by Israel in 1967-- with some fighting in African Egypt and north Israel. Egypt s initial goal in the war was to confiscate a grip on the eastern financial institution of the Suez Canal and ultimately take advantage of these gains to discuss the return of the remainder of the Israeli-occupied Sinai Peninsula.The war began on 6 October 1973, when the Arab coalition collectively introduced a shock attack against Israel on the Jewish divine day of Yom Kippur, which had happened at the same time with the Islamic holy month of Ramadan because year. Egyptian and also Syrian forces crossed the...