Schematic plans · Arab-Israeli War, 1973 (October War)
Battle of Suez
- 22 October – 25 October 1973
- 3 recorded engagements
The CAA Database of Battles records this battle not as one action but as 3 engagements, each between particular divisions or brigades over a few days. Each has its own schematic replay. Together they cover only the forces listed here, which may be a part of those that fought, so the totals below are for these engagements, not for the battle.
The engagements in time
Bars in the attacker's colour:IsraelEgypt
Losses in these engagements
- Israel
- 640 lostin 3 engagements
- Egypt
- 3,300 lostin 3 engagements
Strengths are not added up: the same divisions fight engagement after engagement, so a sum would count the same men many times.
The engagements
| No. | Engagement | Dates | Attacker | Defender | Losses | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shallufa I | 22 Oct – 22 Oct | Is Adan Div(+)16,200 men | Eg 3rd Army(-)25,600 men | 150 / 1,100 | Israel won |
| 2. | Shallufa II | 23 Oct – 24 Oct | Is Adan Div(+)11,700 men | Eg 3rd Army(-)22,570 men | 150 / 1,100 | Israel won |
| 3. | Suez | 23 Oct – 25 Oct | Is Adan Div(+)14,681 men | Eg 3rd Army(-)22,570 men | 340 / 1,100 | Egypt won |
CDB90 (US Army Concepts Analysis Agency, 1990), tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold; data under ODC-BY 1.0. Records are grouped by the Wikipedia article the edition links them to.