Arabic: حرب أكتوبر The 1973 October War, also known at the 6 October War, the Yom Kippur War and the Ramadan War, refers to the Egyptian army's military victory over Israel on October 6, 1973. Over the course of six days, Egypt decimated the Israeli air force and retook the Sinai Peninsula and the Suez Canal, under Israeli occupation since the Six Day War in June, 1967. Egyptians consider the October War to be a great military victory. It is celebrated as a national holiday each year and the October 1973 War Panorama museum was built to commemorate the event. The war is also the namesake of an upscale Cairo suburb, 6 October City. “By all military measures, the 6th of October War can be described, at least, as a military miracle,” said then-President Anwar Sadat on October 16, 1973. Sadat was praised for the October 6 victory, but assassinated on its sixth anniversary, after signing the Camp David peace accords with Israel. The October War is considered the most recent full war in Middle Eastern history. Egypt and Syria were aided in the war by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Libya, Russia, Tunisia, Sudan, and Morocco. The United Nations ordered a cease-fire and the United States later managed to broker a peace deal between Egypt and Israel, making Egypt the first Arab country to recognize the state of Israel.
