The Six Day War: The Conflict that Shaped the Middle East

The Six-Day War, also known as the June War, or Third Arab-Israeli War, took place in 1967 and shaped the Middle East into what it is today.
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[@johnbox271]

I use to wonder how the Arab Armies could collapse so quickly, then roughly 20 years ago I worked with the Egyptian military. I now understand why.

[@apooru241]

Why?

[@stillcantbesilencedevennow]

Training ANYONE who isn't "religiously aligned" is too difficult. We tried. Some even took to it, but far far too few learned how to war. Without assurances of an afterlife and brainwashing, they just wanna live. It's good and bad. It makes them sheep, but at least sheep don't stab you in your sleep. I lament the average middle eastern living peaceful soul. It can't be easy.

[@bhh-lt5bh]

​@@apooru241 my assumption will be Due to the country being a 3rd world dictatorship, military leadership is full of corruption, nepotism and low IQ people.

[@itsjizzle6525]

They suck

[@johnbox271]

@@apooru241 Example, I worked with some officers in the Egyptian Airforce, who were trained to understand and be in charge of AH-64A flight simulators. Most put very little effort in learning the electronics, because it wasn't what was truly important. One major learned enough so that he could fix PCs and some basic electronic equipment. He used that to be the Generals on call guy, to fix stuff for him, including non-military equipment off base. His skills in fixing the actual military equipment he was suppose to work on was very limited, but the base commander loved him. Personal connection, not skill is the most important talent.

[@eadgarswainsbury2738]

One Egyptian general famously said: "Israel won, because Israel prepared for war. While we the Egyptians prepared for parades through the streets of Cairo".

[@thatonecousin]

Yea because of the other wars before this .....always 5 country's against 1 but the Jews always win

[@imCurveee]

Arabs: "The UN is protecting Israel" Israel: "You fools, the UN is protecting you!"

[@ofrikalif4938]

Holy shit that's so accurate😂

[@droidattackonthewookies2277]

Arabs: "we have you surrounded." Israel: "all I am surrounded by is fear. And dead men"

[@FrostedMike]

Still true to this day.

[@patgraeme775]

​@@FrostedMikeeven more so today, isreal is making them shake now

[@buncer]

Palestinians and other Arabs just never learned the phrase “Fuck around and find out.”

[@falconmclenny7284]

"All the Arab forces now surround Israel" Israel: "so"?

[@MoonMage67]

Insert rorschach meme here

[@rachaelsdaddontdrink]

Israel, " Those poor bastards..."

[@deanjo57790]

Israel: "We've got them right where we want them. Hehehe"

[@gabrielandradeferraz386]

I am surrounded only by fear, and dead men

[@advancetotabletop5328]

More like, “I am surrounded by countries who only think they can fight a war.” See also: Russia (and possibly China).

[@b.b.heilbrun846]

As Abba Eban once said..." The arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. "

[@Planet_Xplorer]

1973 😂

[@jabbathetrump187]

@@Planet_Xplorer It's sad how the only war some of them see as a victory is one they lost with at least 4 times the casualties by the lower estimates and gained no ground

[@Planet_Xplorer]

@@jabbathetrump187 You have no clue what you're talking about. First, the Israeli casualties per capita were far higher than the Egyptians. Second, the Egyptians had to destroy Bar Lev line that Israel has been fortifying for years. Compare that with the US casualties in Normandy in WW2. Third, Egypt forced Israel to abandon Sinai and it is now under Egyptian sovereignty forever 🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬.

[@jabbathetrump187]

@@Planet_Xplorer The ignorance in your comment.. Okay, I've actually spoken to Arabs, and I was extremely astonished to hear how much propaganda you guys get brainwashed with. First of all, casualties per capita mean nothing. Egypt had a population 4-5 times that of Israel. The most biased death toll (in favor of Egypt) shows that 2 Egyptian soldiers died for each Israeli one (in the whole war, including the fronts against Syria and Jordan). And about the Sinai? Where the hell were you told Israel was "forced to abandon" it? Israel made a peace agreement, in which it gave back the Sinai for a long-lasting peace with Egypt. I recommend you read some non-Arab sources on the war, since those sources are heavily biased, trying to show that war as an Arab victory despite having many more casualties and failing to achieve any meaningful goal.

[@jabbathetrump187]

@@Planet_Xplorer This comment is laughable at best. 1) You claimed that Israel lost more people per capita, I simply responded to that statement. Regarding the bar lev line - it's ironic that you tell me that my wisdom is from my "KG1 years" when you're trying to compare the Bar Lev line to Normandy. They're incomparable in every way. The Bar Lev crossing wasn't a beach landing. The Egyptian army crossed the canal on bridges in a surprise attack when both countries weren't technically in war. Furthermore, the Bar Lev line was only manned by 450 defenders, rendering it undermanned. To add Insult to injury, the extremely lighty armed strongpoints that made up the Bar Lev line were manned by inexperienced and undertrained immigrants, as the elite troops who usually manned them were fasting. Last but not least, the Bar Lev line was a major departure from the Israeli doctrine of quick, agile and dymanic assaults. Israeli generals had limited experience with utilizing static defenses. These strongpoints weren't even a line, they were poorly armed and unable to defend each other. This is why many in the Israeli high command opposed their creation and utilization in the first place. I think we should stop this conversation here. I won't be able to persuade you since you clearly went through quite a lot of indoctrination regarding this war. On that note, I recommend you watch a documentary or even a short video on this war from a non-Arab source. After that, feel free to reach whatever conclusion you'd like regarding this war. I personally recommend this video:kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmOQnaB9qrmflas

[@scottkrater2131]

Motivation is the key, defeated Arab armies could always withdraw. Israeli troops could not, for them it was truly victory or death.

[@seandobson499]

There are many Arab countries but only one Israel, if they lost, Israel ceased to exist, so they had to win for all Jews in any country so that there was a safe country for all Jews where never again would there be any selections and left and right and as, an old British soldier, I fully understand that and with leaders of the calibre of Moshe Dayan and outstanding armed forces, I hope that there never will be, but I also hope that Israel can come to terms with the Palestinians so that both nations can grow and prosper.

[@scottkrater2131]

@@seandobson499 Amen to that, peace is overdue.

[@jonhall2274]

@@seandobson499 🤔. Your perspective is better than mine, as you have military experience, but is pretty much exactly the same that I have!🙂 I am glad that Israel is an absolute beast militarily, and they knew they had to be, considering their location, and considering why Israel was created by a race/religion/ideology whose people were literally running from a genocide, or had family members victims from the genocide. That's not even touching the *thousands of years* of historical genocide, murders, harassments, and exile they faced, ESPECIALLY being put in a hot bed of the location the majority of the history of it happened. I'm also glad even with all of their reasons, you can still see that the Palestinians still should have their lives, and homes. Now how that all will come about, *IF* and that is a *BIG IF* it comes, how will it happen & what the consequences &/or progression it hopefully is brought forth from it. Hope you have a good day/night. 👍🙃

[@sdtamarinera]

I don't know Rick

[@dorandacolbert5973]

The Arabs must come to terms with the state of Israel.

[@jacobstewart3428]

That wasn't a war. The was a one sided ass kicking

[@healingbyqurannow]

Arab leaders were bought in advance, Many of them were Masons and reached the top with the help of Masons in preparation for these kinds of wars, At the start of the war King Hussain of Jordan who is a Mason ordered the Jordanian Army to pull to the east of the Jordan, cut all supplies to the units in the west bank and forbade the population from owning weapons, even a kid can tell he is a traitor, I am an Exorcist I can see by the power of God the other side he is in Hell now let the bribery money benefit him now.

[@SkyeSnake]

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[@R0DBS2]

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[@Bolognabeef]

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[@Truth_is_hard283]

True

[@ColdDrone13]

Perhaps it's because I've never fully understood conflicts with Isreal, but I never understood the international condemnation of Israel for turning a defensive war into an offensive one. When you strip away the complexities of the situation, it essentially boils down to the international community being upset at Israel for being really bad at losing. "We wanted to wipe you off the map completely, but now we are upset at you for taking land from us after initially defending the land we were going to take from you upon completely exterminating you". Generally the way war has worked over human history is if you provoke a war, and then lose, those losses are just something you kind of have to deal with. I do understand that the counter-argument is that Israel was never supposed to be there in the first place. Now that they are though, if you continue to lose to them after provoking a new stage of war with them, you can't really be upset about the land losses you've incurred in a failed war..

[@blackphillip564]

If someone breaks into and occupys my house the only moral outcome is for the intruder to leave immediately and pay for damages, and be prosecuted for criminal trespassing. The home owner is perfectly in their right to resort to all means including lethal force to eject the criminal element. Isreal did to Arab lands what the US did to indigenous American land except Israel did its crime _after_ it became illegal to acquire land through conquest and_after_ Nazis were hanged for instigating wars of aggression and ethnic destruction. No one is made that isreal can use Western weaponry and training good.

[@Evocatorum]

It's not complicated: during WWI, the UK promised that land to the Arab peoples (now referred to as Palestinians) that lived there if they revolted against the Ottoman Empire (which they did). During the same period they turned around and promised the Jewish leadership (at the time stateless) the exact same land (or sections therein) in support of the Balfour Declaration in 1917. It's the equivalent to renting a beach villa for a week and on the third day getting and email that someone else has been rented the villa during the same time. Worse yet, not only will you not be compensated for the loss of the section of the house, but the world is going to sit and watch as the new tenant comes in and claims your razor, your cellphone and all the food in the fridge while property owner stands outside laughing while eating popcorn. Fast forward to today and we now see the Palestinians in their very own "gated community" complete with poor access to basic humanitarian needs... the mental gymnastics required to look at what's going on there right now and be fine with it are simply astounding. The argument that that's their ancestral homeland is, frankly, flimsy at best given that Torah states they conquered the "Jebusites" living there in the 11th Century. By their own words, it wasn't theirs to begin with. Claiming that "God" gave it to them is the equivalent of American Manifest Destiny. Here's the reality of the situation: Mainland Europe (Christianity) has been at war with the Arab nations (Muslims/Moors) for nearly millennium due to both ethnic and religious bigotry so to say that the general European perspective of the middle east has historically been "poor" is putting it mildly. The only group that was as villainized as Muslims were Jews (the Spanish inquisition lasted almost 400 years). The only reason the middle east holds ANY sway or interest today is due to oil, a fact that was recognized even during the Arab uprising/Balfour Declaration period. It's not a coincidence that the year that oil was discovered in now Israel and the year that jewish refugees made it there are the same: 1947. This is all not to say that the Jewish people don't deserve a land of their own. I mean, if anyone does, it's certainly them considering the ethnic bigotry they've endured. I'm simply pointing out that the world powers (US/UK/France) used a marginalized group (Jews) to establish land ties directly in the middle east to further line their pockets *AND* assist with the pushback on communism.

[@amorencinteroph3428]

To be fair, every country tries to use the justification of lost land, even from offensive wars, as a justification for further wars. The contested land Germany lost to France from WW1 was a big topic by Hitler for example. For Israel, though, it gets more eyebrow raising when you remember the Gaza Strip and West Bank were occupations from the first war... That Israel was ready to surrender in exchange for a peace deal that the Arab Alliance never signed. To the Israel mindset, those lands were just being illegal occupations since those losses were never acknowledged. Of course, this is only for the case of going with them inheriting the territorial sovereignty of the entire mandate.

[@amorencinteroph3428]

@@Evocatorum I mean, to use your metaphor, two guys got promised the same house, who trying to honor both agreements tries to split it into a duplex for both to have their own homes. One side agreed to the plan, the other said no, so the first decided to say fuck it and started setting up in the house anyway. So the second guy's "friends" gang up together in an attempt to either kill, or at the very least drive the other guy out of the house entirely and back out onto the street. First guy manages to not get the shit kicked out of him completely and manages to stay mostly within the half of the house he was offered by the seller, while the second guy's friends squat in the other half of the house - refusing to work out an agreement to split the house, and not giving the half they took to their 'friend' either. Decades later after living in the house, he notices the gang preparing to make another go at murdering or evicting him from the house entirely, so he strikes first this time, roundly kicks their ass and takes over the entire house and some of their lawn as well. Which leaves the first guy left in a half ruined house with someone else and a lot of bad blood. Certainly Israel isn't faultless in a lot of ways especially as a reaction to what they went through has made them feel justified in abusing back, but I can't really look at the situation and see them as the 'guys in the wrong' here.

[@FloridaHockeyFan]

​@@Evocatorum Look it's even simpler than that. This basic fact goes above and beyond anything you could say. It's only yours till someone else takes it. This basic fact of life is evident in all creatures of this world.

[@potato-ee4qx]

My dad was in the army and stationed in Germany at the time, working in intelligence. He remembers looking at documents stating how the top brass in our military thought for sure Israel was going to be overrun

[@rejvaik00]

Strange how the top brass of the US military repeated that idea during the invasion of Ukraine 🤔

[@eca3101]

Either you dad isn't telling you the truth or German intelligence was completely out of the loop; www.cia.gov/static/7834b09e425d6034ee204969a28785fb/CIA-Analysis-1967-War.pdf

[@zombieat]

did he see israel killing 34 US Navy, Marine, and NSA personnel coming?

[@zombieat]

did he see ysrỉꜣr offfing 34 US Navy, Marine, and NSA personnel coming?

[@zombieat]

coincidentally they did it and just hours before invading syria.

[@ofrikalif4938]

when you think about the fact that jordan and egypt held the gaza strip and the west bank for 19 years but never thought of giving those areas to the palestinians (as they considered for them as part of "palestine"), it shows another angle of this conflict. it makes you wonder if they (and basicly the entire arab world) realy wanted to have a palestinian state or maybe the palestinians were and still are nothing but pawns and tools for them in order to continue their conquest campaign from the seventh century. in my opinion, the arabs wanted the land for themselves, the palestinian cause is just an excuse to take over Israel.

[@leeshackelford7517]

There has been a huge fund, available for use by any of the arab countries could use, for getting the "palestinian" refugees (they are just ARABS, in reality).....into better conditions. ALL the arab countries chose instead to keep them in camps...

[@amorencinteroph3428]

Irrc, it's even worse. After the first war when Israeli managed to halt their advance (losing gaza and the west bank from the original mandate to occupations), they tried to sign peace treaties to fix the borders there, but the Arab states refused to sign any treaty that would acknowledge Israel as a state. A free and Independent Palestine could have been established then and there.

[@leeshackelford7517]

@@amorencinteroph3428 Link to a video...Debunking the Palestine Lie An interesting video kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWilqn2YbLaEb7c

[@SafetySpooon]

@@leeshackelford7517 There was a legal agreement, in either '54 or '58 (I can;t remember the exact year) between Arab countries to NEVER take in ANY of the refugees that THEY helped create!

[@Mr9mann]

That's because they never considered Palestinians were a people.

[@hadarweil7131]

We were learning about this war in school the other day when the janitor walked into the class, he is an old guy and after talking to him for a bit he told us that he actually fought in the six day war and was a part of the 55th parachute brigade, he is a very interesting person and it was fascinating to get the story from one of the soldiers directly!

[@itszilo7436]

What country did he fight for? I'm curious what his brigade did in the war.

[@hadarweil7131]

@@itszilo7436 like I said, he fought for the israeli 55th parachute brigade that took helped in the battle for Jerusalem

[@itszilo7436]

@@hadarweil7131 you didn’t mention if he served with Israel in your previous. That’s all I wanted to know so I don’t research the wrong brigade by accident

[@hadarweil7131]

@@itszilo7436 oh right my bad

[@VeteranAlpha]

I would really like Simon to take a crack at the Sri Lankan Civil War. It's fascinating to me how it was a war that began in the late 80s and it only ended back in 2009. 2000s was a time of great musical hits, video game releases, movies and a boost in technology in the western world all the while Sri Lanka was fighting a bloody civil war that ended only 13 years ago. Just like the Second Congo War. It was a bloody war that wasn't televised, talked about or even mentioned in the Western World.

[@sanukaediribandara7364]

SAME

[@threestepssideways1202]

Yes, I'd agree with that, and definitely like to see it given some coverage here. I do remember it being mentioned in the news here in the west (UK), however it was almost as an afterthought, an ''and in other news'' item. I think that's a good call.

[@VeteranAlpha]

@@threestepssideways1202 I grew up in the UK and even though I don't remember if the news ever mentioned the ongoing Sri Lankan Civil War during the 2000's. My guess is that it was just something along the lines of "Civil War in Sri Lanka still ongoing. Next."

[@Bwkjam]

He’s waiting for round two to break out so he can ride the algorithm.

[@timothymartell5112]

Even now more relevant with current events

[@thehaus6998]

all of my grandparents fought in the war, so did my grand grand father, everyone I know who was born between 1940-1949 in my family has fought in that war.

[@Black-Sun_Kaiser]

What was so grand about them?

[@user-wj7bu9zv7i]

one small correction though, for the beginning: when the ottoman empire collaped, Jews were a large minority in the region, with a plurality in some cities and even majority in some towns. while many Arab tribes lived in the region, there was a large immigration to the region of Arabs, as the development brought by the British and Jews created many new jobs. the constant migration is why so many "Palestinian" tribes carry names of places in Egypt, Syria, etc. the mandate was also established for the formation of a Jewish state, however three quarters of it's territory were given to the Arabs to form the kingdom of Jordan.

[@leeshackelford7517]

Wasnt "given"...it was just TAKEN ...

[@SafetySpooon]

@@leeshackelford7517 No, it was *given*. The Turks had lost the territory in WWI, & the British were administering it.

[@Anverse-14]

@@SafetySpooon The British don't have the right to control it even if they won the war. It's the local powers that have the right to administer the land

[@henryward5457]

@@Anverse-14 The British made a mess of things, yes. But that didn't mean the local countries had to scream like petulant children. It was the Arab League who refused to work for peace after the fact.

[@rosslischka9337]

@@Anverse-14you don’t just get to keep land. You need to defend it too. The Arab world can’t take over a tiny country in the literal center of all these arab “powers”. Win the war next time

[@theloverlyladylo9158]

Behold the power of preparation and good planning.

[@MaryamofShomal]

War = Logistics

[@jamesolmsted3471]

Proper prior planning prevents piss-poor performance

[@schrutebuck88]

Yep, and quality over quantity

[@Dwagfork]

And god

[@neoromanempire]

​@@DwagforkYHWH woke up and decided the Torah needed a part 2

[@ramifeldsher2478]

Few inaccuracies: 1. No arab population was displaced from it's lands by Jewish refugees prior the war of 48' 2. Jewish population existed, lived and owned lands in the region, no different then the arab population. 3. Arabs in the region didn't identify them self as "palestinians" and the region was a british mandatory palestina - not an independent suveraighn political entity of any sort. 4. Arab population that lived in the area had no right to all the lands in the region in the borders created by the winning powers of ww1 in san remo conference in 1920. 5. The partition plan was land ownership based with no population or land swaps required.

[@chuckysmaria6466]

In addition And the arabs that chose to stay in israeli zone are now (or their decendants) israeli citizens. The arabs that "lost" their lands LEFT those lands under the promise of getting it back after destroying israel. They lost. And worse, lands meant for paletine was taken by jordan and egypt.

[@RebMordechaiReviews]

2:00 It would have been only fair to mention that the Mandate for Palestine included what is Jordan today. In 1921, Britain decided to split up the Mandate and give 73% of it to the Arabs, leaving the rest as part of the original Mandate to establish a Jewish state. The map you are showing is the UNs attempts to split the the remaining areas up even more. Despite this, it is important to note that the Jewish leadership in Palestine agreed to this, if only to establish a Jewish state no matter how small. The Arabs however rejected it out of hand, demanding 100% of the land.

[@cameronbenson3149]

Yes they rejected it, and rightfully so. The map is from 1947, pre-civil war, when Arabs constituted the majority of people living in Palestine. It was no wonder it was rejected because the map splits up Arab populations and leaves the Israelis with disproportionately more land.

[@1czechit1]

it would be fair to also say the British Mandate (to turn over the land to the Jews) was established in 1920 at the San Remo Conference and became part of the League of Nation and is part of the UN charter. The general asembly vote was an opinion resolution without legal standing. The British were trustees in the Mandate system and they abrogated their legal duty when they closed the gates in 1939 to Jewish immigration.

[@stephenchappell7512]

​@@1czechit1 They didn't want a shit-storm in their rear tying down essential troops with war on the horizon In the meantime Jewish refugees were housed on Cyprus

[@stephenchappell7512]

The Mandate of Palestine's borders were just lines in the sand drawn up by Sykes-Picot and don't relate to the actual historical region of Palestine which is much smaller

[@1czechit1]

@@stephenchappell7512 That's cute... anyway there was a treaty they had to abide by, and the Jews helped the British fight the Arab_Nazi alliance in what is today Iraq, and Syria. The Jewish refugees in Cyprus was after the war. During the War and just before the war the Jews were not allowed to enter what was supposed to be a Jewish State because of British Malfeasance. The shit storm in "their rear" was fought by Jews early in the war and just before the war.

[@_CR_]

Incredible how brain power, diligence and resilience can overcome overwhelming but barbaric power

[@mohaimenshawkat3463]

Islamophobia is at its peak, we will buy of Israel soon xx

[@monkmoto1887]

Power is useless if not wielded properly. You can give my beagle a deagle but I doubt she can fire it… at least I hope not.. hold on I’m going to go check on my dog (and Gunz?)

[@obiwankenobi3574]

@@monkmoto1887 bro it’s been 3 months, what the hell happened?

[@mr.afrikaans1747]

The sheer ignorance of Nasser when he said “our holy land”. Without Judaism there’d be no Christianity, no Islam.

[@R0DBS2]

It's the root of the main religions

[@bluesrock88]

The root of all evils: abrahamic religions.

[@youknowwho9247]

​@@R0DBS2Yeah, let's just ignore Buddhism and Hinduism because they are far away...

[@roghider319]

​@@youknowwho9247he didn't say ALL religions

​@@youknowwho9247 Are you stupid? Hinduism and Buddhism is polytheism. Judaism is monotheism. Christianity is monotheism. Islam is monotheism.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:00 - Chapter 1 - Build up 7:50 - Chapter 2 - Operation focus 8:50 - Chapter 3 - Egyptian front 12:10 - Chapter 4 - Jordanian front 15:55 - Chapter 5 - Syrian front 18:55 - Chapter 6 - Israeli success

[@paduk]

The real one

[@yeetskeet7234]

So start at the 1 minute mark??

[@donniebeltran007]

The real MVP

[@davidburke8682]

Wheres the chapter about the jewish settlers committing genocide sponsored by the British military on Palestinian men women and children

[@davidburke8682]

@piebit so what the population has been growing? The jewish population has been growing since 45 and they had genocide committed against them, Palestinian identity has existed for centuries saying it didnt is literally part of the act of genocide they tried to make factual, their justification was that the culture they we’re destroying didnt exist it’s literally what russia is trying to claim with ukraine.

[@michaelsinger4638]

Quite an impressive and overwhelming victory for the Israeli’s. Moshe Dayan was such a boss.

[@seandobson499]

He was a real soldiers soldier and an outstanding commander and tactician.

[@eca3101]

It wasn't exactly a surprise - the CIA under LBJ predicted pretty much this exact outcome (Israeli victory). None of the Arab states ever seriously posed a threat to Israel in 1967, but Israel called their bluff anyways

[@michaelsinger4638]

The Yom Kippur War however, would be a much tougher fight.

[@eranhaim9913]

@@eca3101 true, but what about the Egyptian blockage of the red sea straights for ships to Israel?

[@eca3101]

@@eranhaim9913 that’s why I said “Israel called their bluff anyways”

[@leemcclelland2618]

Me too. I was 19, and we'll remember Dayan and his eye patch and engaging demeanor.

[@gordonspicer]

when all the world thought Israel was domed Dyan appeared calmy at a press conference. When asked by BBC if Israel can defend itself he replied matter of factly "we don't need your boys - we can look after ourselves". And so it came to pass. Israel has never needed or wanted foreign soldiers to help them

[@AaronLitz]

You've certainly been expanding your number of channels and subjects, Simon, and all of them seem good. I think this one and Decoding the Unknown are my favorites of your newer channels. I've been watching for several years, and recently got my brother hooked on your shows, as well.

[@sandybarnes887]

Yup. Up to 14 now, including the one he launched a few days ago

[@warographics643]

Thank you :)

[@AaronLitz]

@@sandybarnes887 Jeez, a new one? I missed that, have to find it.

[@sandybarnes887]

@@AaronLitz Science of Science Fiction

[@kre4ture218]

@@warographics643 I always have this image in my head of a spider with Simons head and beard chilling in the middle of a giant net catching all the different viewers with all those channels

[@dangreene3895]

I was in the 7th grade when this war happened I knew nothing of reasons for the war . When i looked at the map and saw the size of Israel and their army , and looked at the size of the forces allied against them, I didn't think Israel had a chance . Boy was I surprised

[@theawesomeman9821]

Sure was a miracle

[@andersjjensen]

@@theawesomeman9821 It was prep, prep, prep, prep against "Duh! We gon roll ovar dem like nutting!"-attitude. It's a case study in every military academy, and it drove the focus on intelligence gathering and training even higher.

[@theawesomeman9821]

@@andersjjensen even with all the training, it was miraculous, they beat the same Arab armies that leveled cities in Europe during WWII.

[@gedeon2696]

In 1948 Bernard Montgomery also claimed Israel would NOT last more than 3 weeks!

[@EyesonEnforcement911]

Nobody can fk with Israel, whether you like them or not.

[@stevenalper3890]

1:32 I know it was a politically sensitive area but, shamefully, the British only allowed a maximum of 5,000 Jewish refugees per year leading up to the beginning of WW2. After WW2 around 12, 000 Jewish refugees per year moved to Israel leading up to 1948. The existing Jewish population in the Palestine mandate in 1939 was 450, 000 (roughly a 1/3rd of the entire population). These people had been emigrating to Israel in fits and starts since the latter part of the 19th century. So it's a myth that it was Jewish refugees of the Holocaust who created the State of Israel. The main contribution the Holocaust played in the establishment of Israel was to influence the UN to endorse the partition plan. (I applaud you for tackling this war as any topic related to Israel generally attracts a plethora of vitriol)

[@vulpes7079]

He also forgets, like the Israeli bourgeoisie would love to forget, the plight of Mizrahi and Sephardic Jews

[@stevenalper3890]

@@vulpes7079 True, but it's impossible that a 20 minute video would be able to encompass all the complexities. For example, the problematic attitude the original ruling class had in Israel toward the Holocaust refugees. Israelis wanted to define themselves as strong and proactive and these refugees didn't fit into that narrative. Another interesting aspect of Israeli society are the ultra orthodox jews, many of whom, don't recognize Israel as a s State. For them, Israel will only exist when the Messiah comes.

[@vulpes7079]

@@stevenalper3890 well, these are surely important factors, but they aren't vital to the story. Meanwhile, the expulsion of Mizrahi Jews from every single Arab country of the time gave Israel a massive boost in population and all the problems that accompany it. Simon just mentioned how Arabs in the area of the Mandate had been "displaced"

[@stevenalper3890]

@@vulpes7079 True, but those expulsions happened in the 1950s so weren't a factor in the establishment of the State. The ruling class in Israel are Ashkenazi because they got there first. Fun fact: Israel is covered in pine trees because the early emigrants wanted to be reminded of home (Poland). Needless to say pine trees are a poor choice in a hot country.

[@amorencinteroph3428]

Irrc, the Ottomans had been allowing Jews to return to the levant for 100+ years before their collapse. Jews expelled from Europe by the likes of Spain fled there.

[@joshb4898]

This video is longer than the actual war

[@damnfk063]

The Six-Day War is the definition of I'm not locked in here with you you're locked in here with me

[@RebMordechaiReviews]

1:35 CORRECTION. The British DID NOT OPEN UP IMMIGRATION to Jews. The gates of Palestine remained closed for the duration of the war, stranding hundreds of thousands of Jews in Europe, many of whom became victims of Hitler’s “Final Solution.” After the war, the British refused to allow the survivors of the Nazi nightmare to find sanctuary in Palestine. On June 6, 1946, President Truman urged the British government to relieve the suffering of the Jews confined to displaced persons camps in Europe by immediately accepting 100,000 Jewish immigrants. Britain’s foreign minister Ernest Bevin replied sarcastically that the United States wanted displaced Jews to immigrate to Palestine “because they did not want too many of them in New York.” "American Presidents and the Middle Eas"t, (NC: Duke University Press, 1990), p. 23.

[@dmdrosselmeyer]

There's a book about this war that is really good. It's quite detailed but so well written that you're hanging on the edge of your seat, even through the political scenes; "Six Days of War" is the title. I can't remember the author, but I'm sure it can't be too difficult to track down on the interweb

[@LordGrantius]

Michael Oren is the author; I own the book, I would recommend it as well

[@dmdrosselmeyer]

@@LordGrantius yes, thank you! I put my copy in one of the Little Free Library cabinets that are dotted around the city I live in a while back to share the love lol

[@BA-gn3qb]

Me: Sounds like a good read. Wonder how it ends.😳 Smartass: The Butler did it.🤗

[@joelellis7035]

@@BA-gn3qb I'll wait for the movie.

[@theemirofjaffa2266]

@@joelellis7035 wait for the movie? Get off your lazy backside and go read the book, will ya? 😅

[@arielnaveh6020]

a point on the 1956 conflict - Israel had to contend with constant state-backed terrorism coming from Egypt and Jordan + the Tiran straights were closed for Israeli shipping before that conflict as well (actually, Egypt restricted Israeli shipping through the straights for years before, but a complete shutdown took place a bit before October 1956)

[@babiryeethel8582]

Now you can do a program on the next war of that area, the '73 campaign....great tank battles. Then do the '76 Entebbe raid.

[@DHults1110]

I’d love to see a video about the Tajikistan Civil War. Those post-Soviet conflicts are always interesting.

[@bryankollmorgen2696]

There is an old joke about this. Why was it called the Six Day War? Because the Arabs couldn’t run away any faster.

[@williamstocker584]

😂😂

[@andyyang3029]

Nice video, saw this requested in the comments a while back, glad to see that Simon and team take suggestions from their audience 🙏🙏🙏

[@tomvandijk9706]

Most of the videos that Simon makes along all of his channels come from audience suggestions

[@warographics643]

Yep. I pretty much always look at the top comments from videos for ideas.

[@warographics643]

@@tomvandijk9706 It's probably more like 20-30% (actively) but I'm sure if you looked through all the comments you'd find the video being suggested somewhere :)

[@getsmart3701]

If I was an Isreali...I would be proud of my country's performance in this war. Huge respect to the most effective trained soldiers on Earth.

[@thehaus6998]

Everyone in Israel is proud TBH, heck I due to my health can voulanteer and I won't need to serve if I want, but in Israel it has become a national duty somewhat to serve, it doesn't look like a scary trap that you will die in, it's always looked on as a heritage and national inheritence.

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

In terms of quality I would say, Israel, the UK and France are the best trained.

[@thehaus6998]

@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- no ? what ?

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

@@thehaus6998 Huh?

[@malahammer]

@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- the same British and French that were humiliated in the Suez Crisis and have been a shadow of themselves ever since?

[@mayfieldca]

What you might have pointed out is that the UN proposed both a Jewish and Arab homeland. The Jews accepted the proposal and the Arabs refused instead embarking on an attempt to destroy all the Jews in the former mandate. Most of the so-called displaced Palestinians were settled within Israel until Arafat ordered them to leave whence they went on a grand tour of the Middle East and North Africa causing trouble everywhere and being told to leave even by their most loyal supporters including Jordan, Egypt an Libya. Now, with increasing peace treaties between Israel and actual Arab nations rather than invented ones, I wonder how many wish they had ignored Arafat, stayed, and enjoyed the rights and opportunities they could have had within Israel

[@palecrayon]

Lets divide up America into two countries and see how that goes, one can be for americans and one can be for the millions displaced by americas imperialism. Would you support your country being stolen?

[@lukeclarke267]

Yup, would you prefer to be a refugee in destroyed/poor lands or live in a prosperous country of a different religion? Bad choice, but how blinded people can get it, when they are told to hate another people group. Also blame the Allies of WW1 and WW2 for a lot of the upheaval and political minefields we have today. Those "decisions" still haunt us to this day.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Yep. That doesn't get talked about.

[@zombieat]

@@lukeclarke267 you're ignoring the 10 massacres israel and the hagenah committed against palestinians in 1948 forcing 700,000 or 85% of the total population of the territory israel captured to flee or they were expelled from their homes by israeli forces.

[@zombieat]

@@lukeclarke267 you're ignoring the 10 massacres israel and the hagenah committed aganst palesinians in 1948 forcing 700,000 or 85% of the total population of the territory israel captured to flee or they were expelled from their homes by israeli forces.

[@m.c.martin]

It basically went like this: Arab Nations: “We outnumber you 4 to 1!” Israel: “I like those odds”

[@AtheistNationalist]

6 to 1*

[@multiyapples]

Rest In Peace to those that passed away.

[@hipfirehippie3474]

I'm at 1:17, and there's an inaccuracy. "displaced many arab populations living there at the time": That is incorrect. The lands on which Jewish settlements, cities, and villages were established (until 1948) were not occupied but were paid for in full. They were purchased by Jews from Effendis and Arab landowners. It’s worth noting that the latter often took advantage of the refugees' predicament and demanded sums higher than market prices. No arab land was encouched on until the arab attempted to annihilate the Jews in 1948. 2:21: "The establishments of israel drove away large populations of arab-palestinians." Once again, there's no mention of the true reason for this, being the the 8(!) Arab armies trying to annihilate the Jewish settlement.

[@brandonkovnat2259]

As was often the case, the land owner was not the occupant. It'd easier to blame the buyer than the rich landlords especially when these families are still connected or related to other Arab nation's ruling families.

[@shayababy]

An important point he completely (intentionally?) glossed over. Arab tenant farmers lived on Ottoman-owned land, sometimes for generations. Jews would purchase the land from the Ottoman owners and when they moved to settle that land, the Arabs were understandably displaced. Having to vacate a rental because the new owners are converting the two-family house you were living in, into a high-rise condo doesn't mean "your land was stolen."

[@itszilo7436]

Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq: We have you outnumbered 4 to 1 Israel: I like those odds

[@tacotown4598]

15 to 1 k/d ratio. Outnumbered 4 to 1.

[@dennislosee]

How such a small country smacked several other countries like they were a child throwing a temper tantrum is awesome! Conquest is a humanity, to the victor goes the spoils, they have no argument because they did the same thing 100’s of years before.

[@AfricanCryptoWarlord]

Thank you WaroGraphics Team. I appreciate the effort!

[@Svensk7119]

Israeli military embodies the sentiment, "Never again." The Six Day Way embodies that embodiment.

[@Svensk7119]

This war was the prototype for the First Gulf War. And The Yom Kippur War showed the grit of the IDF, despite the Syrians and Egyptians learning nany lessons from the Six Day War.

[@samiam2088]

I would recommend following up with the 1973 Yom Kippur War, when we were invaded on the most solemn Jewish holiday and which the country was not at all prepared for. Israel just barely survived and it leaves a profound mark on Israelis of my parents generation to this day. I’m sandwiched between those traumatized from the 2006 Invasion of Lebanon and those just younger than me who served in Su Kaitan (2014).

[@eranhaim9913]

Wait where are you from?

[@carminegalante4925]

@@eranhaim9913 from what i can surmise, Israel.

[@maksimatic]

Your missile defense system the “Iron Dome” is incredible🙌🏽 Have always admired Israel’s state-of-the art military tech👌🏽😉

[@TheKeithvidz]

you kept land not belonging to you.

[@samiam2088]

@@TheKeithvidz Correct.

[@neoamaru]

Can't wait to watch your take on the Lebanese Civil war; definitely sure this will be a feature one day.

[@bruno17289]

The UN Security Forces: "You fools, I was holding them back"

[@socrates_the_great6209]

This video needs some more visuals showing the positions and the changing battlemap.

[@chrislloyd261]

Well spoken articulate detailed and straight to the point thank you

[@tomhenry897]

And crying to this day How they got spanked

[@ZweiKyozumi]

Mining Arab salt since 1948 and going strong😂

[@joenraleigh266]

Just imagine, How a tiny nation was able to defeat those giants. Today I believe Israel is much well equipped. You will be playing with fire. Long live Israel.

[@frankieseward8667]

This war is the definition of SSS tier strategy. It's why Israel is so respected. If every country trained like this, there be no war.

[@g4m3r222]

This is a real special operation for only 6 days. Professionally done. Russia should learn what a special operation is from this.

[@douglassauvageau7262]

Arabs are punks, Ukrainians ain't kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnKYiqCLhM-seac

[@stillcantbesilencedevennow]

"we didn't want kiev anyway!" *Raspberries*

[@yehor_ivanov]

I'd rather they don't, lol ..from Ukraine )

[@R0DBS2]

The size of these lands are very different! Israel is tiny compared to Ukraine

[@robertmandain5791]

Israeli people either support Russia against the disgustinng ottoman regime, or are neutral. So the fact that putin didn't recruited them in mass, despite the military ranking of Israel, is a priori that putin is a complete moron who wasted ressources, men and money on an critical military campagn.

[@ezzhesham2255]

I really appreciate the honesty and the neutrality in this video but would love to see the continuation of the story with the 1973 Kippur war.

[@mirbear72]

It was pretty biased.

[@oyeahjustcomenting]

@@mirbear72 like…

[@arielnaveh6020]

@@mirbear72 especially the build-up (on which I explained in detail above but apparently was deleted by someone who doesn't like the truth

[@dire_5]

@@mirbear72 Agreed. There's a lot of subtle bias here (i.e. Israel left Gaza over 17 years before this video was made) that clearly show the writer's desire to influence the narrative. Historiography is important, and this lacks it.

[@TommygunNG]

"Counterstrike! Counterstrike!" Oh, sorry. Thought I was clicking on a Sabaton concert.

[@ryandonovan5205]

Nassar had threatened Israel with war and on June 5th the Israelis accepted the challenge

[@TheEvilCommenter]

Good video 👍

[@lipingrahman6648]

If you could do a video on the Bangladesh liberation war, Simon, it would be much appreciated.

[@caelum2185]

Ya, 93,000 surrendered (Pakistan Army ) to the Indian Army 😂

[@thorpeaaron1110]

You guys should do one on the Battle of Saipan .

[@bradbrandon2506]

That was the definition of badass and conviction right there.

[@vitorpereira9515]

I salute and admire the martial discipline of the Israelis, that the Ukrainians take Israel as an example because it is thanks to the Spartan discipline of the Israelis that they were able to defeat armies larger than theirs.

[@ronmaximilian6953]

Israel has taken in over 30,000 Ukrainian refugees. Hundreds of Israelis have volunteered to fight in Ukraine.

[@vitorpereira9515]

@@ronmaximilian6953 God bless the people of Israel!

[@ShadyAli17]

Israel is middleeastern Russia and Russia is the eastern european Israel

[@WaddedBliss]

@@ShadyAli17 You've got it exactly the wrong way round. Well done!

[@ShadyAli17]

@@WaddedBliss no i haven't

[@ericgagnon1492]

Thanks!

[@yupity]

you forgot important fact, Jews were kicked from arabs states also around 1950's, around 600k-800k arab-jews, the deportation was not 1-sided!

[@LordDad]

How about a couple of videos on Grant’s campaigns in the west, Vicksburg and Chattanooga

[@emilioalvarez2940]

Israel was outnumbered and still whooped arab ass. Lol no wonder the palestinians are so angry all the time

[@kazekamiha]

Egypt, Jordan & Syria: It's three on one, we can take him! Israel: Oh hey, a unfair fight... Oh well, not my fault they didn't bring enough dudes.

[@harunkuf7055]

It's nice to learn that Arabs had their fair share of contribution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The media in my country usually does not talk about that.

[@youknowwho9247]

The Arabs started the conflict. Go further back in history. The Ottoman empire, who owned the region at the time, was allied with Germany, lost the war and the land to the British. The Brits, in accordance with a UN wide agreed upon plan, gave most of it to the entity that's Jordan today and planned to split the rest into peaceful neighbouring countries for the Jews and Palestinians. The Jews were happy to have their own stretch of land, no matter how small, to take in victims from the Holocaust and worldwide antisemitism. The Arabs refused to accept even the smallest version of Israel and decided it needed to be annihilated. It's that hatred which turned into violence that caused the conflict we see today.

[@davidbenner2289]

Good overview.

[@eugeneblackman3576]

Very good 👍, the military channel has a 1 hour show on this conflict. Bullet points. Go's into detail on this topic. You covered it all in so little time is impressive 😊

[@HailAzathoth]

This is why I laugh my ass off whenever smoothbrains say shit like "frEe pAleStiNe!"

[@cuckholdsimulator1176]

Nah but fr them npc's are hilarious

[@deltazeroks]

we say Free Palestine because israel is an apartheid state and the occupying power over the gaza strip, therfore responisble for its population. bombing the population u are responsible for is just outrageous.

[@AlchemistOfNirnroot]

@@deltazeroks They are only responsible for Israel. Israelis are Israel's primary concern above anything else. Any attempts to disrupt their campaign to destroy Hamas and other terror groups will not be appeased. The Israel-Palestine conflict is a history of Israel being surrounded by aggressors who wish to destroy their country and its peoples. Israel offering peace to Palestinians, which is then responded with terrorism.

[@OrsoRaggiante]

Interestingly, Dayan gave the chance of success in the war on June 04 at a mere 50-50. Israel was actually worried about how the war would progress. But that story would require another video!

[@R0DBS2]

Israel: we're not trapped here with you four, YOU FOUR are stuck with US.

[@yaso7357]

Moshe Dayan looks like a fucking legendary general

[@jk_46]

This video is GOLD, I love mega and side projects and knowing I'll be watching one of the best showcases of brute force and might in war with this voice telling the story EPIC!!!!

[@macmiller1678]

The Iran Iraq War would be interesting to cover.

[@adamstevens5070]

In 1948, Palestinians were not exiled...they were instructed to leave by their own leaders and the leaders of the Arab nations and promised that they would soon return with the victorious Arab armies. Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion originally asked the Arabs in Israel to stay and not participate in war...they ignored him.

[@AuDHDNovaScotian31]

WOW. You really need to read the history of the Nakba.

[@hoviksmail]

If I was in Israel's position, I wouldn't give back any land either.

[@hoewaxcandles]

Not even the surrounding Arab countries want Palestinian refugees on their land.

[@paulbabcock2428]

10:42 What capabilities do you think Mosha Dyan has in his eyepatch? X-ray vision and a laser beam are my top two. Or maybe t enables him to see what his ememy is looking at. Idk for sure. But whatever it is, it is damned effective, as he had an extraordinarily successful military career.

[@HoV326]

It suppressed and regulated his power level and kept it in check so he wouldn't accicentally wreck everything indiscriminately should someone try him

[@dylanvienet7923]

We need a Gamal Abdel Nasser biographics episode!

[@thevozhd9846]

Yes

[@trainsacomin2088]

I heard a bit about this war at the time, but it appeared that the The Summer of Love in San Francisco was where it was really at. It took many decades and youtube to provide a little more perspective on the era.

[@Mrgunsngear]

Thanks

[@b3ans4eva]

Can we have a video on the New Zealand Wars? It’s one of those conflicts that we’re aware of, but don’t know much about it.

[@snapdragon6601]

I don't think I've heard of it before. Maybe they just don't cover it in most American schools. Sounds interesting though, I'm gonna look it up right now and see if they have any good documentaries on the topic. Thanks.👍

[@otumoetaipat]

@@snapdragon6601 the New Zealand maori wars. James Belic

[@carlosdonestevez7532]

Yea, that arab state the British created is called Jordan not palistine.

[@robertryzner9219]

I just got back about a week ago from the MFO mission in the Sinai.

[@shragamildiner8472]

You forgot to mention that Israel offered to give back the Sinai peninsula a few days after the war finished, but never got the chance to bring the offer to the Arabs because of the 3 "No"s

[@seriouslee4119]

It's almost as if the israelis earned their land.

[@460mas]

That’s a very pro Arab opening

[@Intifada1981]

You going to cry about it, colonizer?

[@guccidonbuzzflightyear4440]

@@Intifada1981 The entire point of Islam is a colonizers religion why would you be mad?

[@adambaker8689]

@@guccidonbuzzflightyear4440 Burn :)

[@adambaker8689]

Very inaccurate, Jew-washing intro. So full of holes, I'm wondering whether to bother to watch the rest of it. Being balanced doesn't mean being inaccurate to save one side's feelings.

[@460mas]

@@Intifada1981you know Arabs in glass house shouldn’t accuse others of colonising since you’ve been at it for at least 1400 years.

[@Kaiju-Driver]

Damn that's intense

[@obi0914]

There is a reason why it's taught how they pulled this victory

[@Skarmy762]

6 days of fire, 1 day of rest June '67 taught them respect Control Jerusalem

[@padawanmage71]

Can’t wait for the Yom Kippur War segment!

[@grumpypanda9539]

Please do videos about the Wars in South Africa.

[@voice_from_pizza]

Thank you for this. Saved me a lot of time from reading Wikipedia at length. No offense to Wikipedia, it’s still my favorite website.

[@Garythefireman66]

Lesson learned: Don't mess with the Israelis 🇮🇱

[@concernedcitizens4110]

It’s truly amazing that a small country like Israel can win a war against a coalition of Arab/Muslim and communist countries. Perhaps it’s true what people say that when a country is fighting for its survival there’ll be heroism and courage coming from its people.

[@Cheffe919]

If you fight for good you'll never give up, if ypu fight fir evil you're only fighting half heartedly. Ergo, Israel is winning hard.

[@billybob-zk9nm]

A key reason the golan heights went so well to for the israelis was the uzis. As a cqb weapon in the height and all of its defensive and concrete bunkers and trench networks, it was far better to wield in those areas than the syrian aks and battle rifles

[@edbecka233]

I remember seeing in Shotgun News: "Egyptian Hakim rifle - like new, never fired, only dropped once, some sand in action"...

[@svenmartin840]

My dad was stationed at Langley Air Force base in 1967. And he was placed on alert. Just in case of the war didn't Israel's way. The United States was going to go and help out. And I was in my mother's belly at the time. And what my father told me is. It took the focus of the Vietnam War. To the Middle East. Mr. Dyan a tough but cool Under Fire leader. Who became later prime minister of Israel

[@gordonspicer]

I think what you claim is wishful thinking and not true

[@stephenchappell7512]

There was an Anglo-American taskforce offshore at the time preparing to force the reopening of the Straits of Tiran waterway in order to prevent war

[@arielnaveh6020]

the shortened build-up you explain is very one-sided. Jewish immigration into the levant increased steadily from the middle of the 19th century, and so did arab immigration into the area. I wouldn't deny there was a lot of displacement of arabic population during the 1947-1949 war, some of which deliberate and some not. but there was no displacement beforehand. however, a displacement of jewish people leaving in arab states was of similar magnitude. the fact that we absorbed these refugess happily while arab nations stuck their refugees in camps and never ket them out properly should be held against the single jewish state in the world.

[@ryderwilson7955]

well said.

[@aaronrowell6943]

This might be the best textbook example of sometimes numbers do not help you win Wars

[@jezalb2710]

They do. But one needs to know how

[@aaronrowell6943]

@@jezalb2710 true, it is interesting when you start to see Stalin listen to his generals a lot more in world War II from 1943 armor that they start to have more and more success as opposed to just hey let's just throw our men at the Germans and hope it works out with our Superior numbers

[@jezalb2710]

@@aaronrowell6943 1943 was also when American supplies started to be used in big numbers. Trucks, weapons.

[@aaronrowell6943]

@@jezalb2710 yep and it would only increase as the war goes on in 1944 will you see stuff like Bagration. But I would say that to both of our points they can have all the resources in the world but if they keep squandering them stupidly then it won't matter so much so numbers and intelligent application of them is definitely important. Speaking of the US with only 10% of its total population in the military fought a two front war and kept the factory's fully stocked and producing equipment to win the war at a rate that of all of its enemies combined couldn't match it's pretty insane