Schematic plans · Arab-Israeli War, 1973 (October War)
Operation Badr (1973)
- 6 October – 8 October 1973
- 5 recorded engagements
The CAA Database of Battles records this battle not as one action but as 5 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
6 Oct7 Oct8 Oct9 Oct
Bars in the attacker's colour:EgyptIsrael
Losses in these engagements
- Egypt
- 3,000 lostin 5 engagements
- Israel
- 2,050 lostin 5 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. | Suez Canal Assault, North | 6 Oct – 7 Oct | Eg 2nd Army29,490 men | Is Sinai Def Force4,455 men | 400 / 275 | Egypt won |
| 2. | Suez Canal Assault, South | 6 Oct – 7 Oct | Eg 3rd Army22,850 men | Is Sinai Def Force3,020 men | 350 / 225 | Egypt won |
| 3. | Second Army Buildup | 7 Oct – 7 Oct | Eg 2nd Army63,910 men | Is Sinai Def Force14,000 men | 800 / 450 | Egypt won |
| 4. | Third Army Buildup | 7 Oct – 7 Oct | Eg 3rd Army45,160 men | Is Sinai Def Force10,980 men | 750 / 400 | Egypt won |
| 5. | Kantara-Firdan | 8 Oct – 8 Oct | Is Adan Div25,850 men | Eg 2nd Army67,440 men | 700 / 700 | 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.