The Six Day War 1967 | Line of Fire | Full Documentary

The story of the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, the echoes of which are still heard today in the Middle East. In May of that year, Egypt, under President Nasser, blocked the Tiran Straits to Israeli shipping and began to gather huge numbers of troops in the Sinai Peninsula. At the same time King Hussein’s Jordan allowed Iraqi troops across her borders.

Israel was swift to respond to this turn of events, which she perceived as a clear threat to her security. There were devastating pre-emptive air strikes against the Egyptian air force, which was quickly put out of action. Jordanian and Syrian attacks were halted and repelled; after only six short days Israel had captured East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Sinai itself.

The chastened Arab states refused to enter into peace negotiations with Israel. Although Sinai was returned to Egyptian control in 1979, Israel held on to her other prizes and it is these so-called ‘occupied territories’ which are so much a part of the troubles that blight the region to this very day.

Line Of Fire Series: New perspectives on history’s great battles

About The Series

Even at this great distance, the stories behind the battles that shaped the history of the world continue to captivate people everywhere. It is not difficult to see why. The sheer scale of the fighting on military history’s great battlefields boggles the imagination and tales of courage on those same bloody fields make the heart beat a little faster. To think of the fate of nations being decided by a single stroke of military genius or by sheer ineptitude or by the vagaries of fortune tingles the spine…to imagine ourselves faced with the same dangers as those confronted by soldiers throughout the years makes the blood run cold.

All of these things go some way to explaining why military history holds such an enduring place in the popular imagination – and the time has come to tell the stories of these great episodes from the past in a completely new way.

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