Schematic plans · Arab-Israeli War, 1973 (October War)
Third Battle of Mount Hermon
- 21 October – 23 October 1973
- 2 recorded engagements
The CAA Database of Battles records this battle not as one action but as 2 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:IsraelSyria
Losses in these engagements
- Israel
- 250 lostin 2 engagements
- Syria
- 450 lostin 2 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. | Mount Hermon II | 21 Oct – 21 Oct | Is Golani Bde5,700 men | Syr Para Bde4,750 men | 150 / 200 | Syria won |
| 2. | Mount Hermon III | 22 Oct – 23 Oct | Is Golani Bde(+)11,400 men | Syr Para Bde4,750 men | 100 / 250 | Israel 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.