· President Nasser engaged in the War of Yemen from year 1961 to 1967 to exhaust the Egyptian army in war that Egypt has nothing to do with it except that he didn’t like the Saudi king back then.
· The numbers of the Egyptians who died and injured during the years of the war of Yemen are estimated for 1/3 of the Egyptian army.
· The official losses announced in the war of Yemen was 10,000 KIA[1]
· President Nasser despite all what is said about his control on Egypt he didn’t have any control on the army then , the army was under the control of Field Marshal[2] Abdel Hakim Amar
· The army during Amar commandership turned from a military establishment in to some kind of mix between a social club and a play boy mansion!!
·There was undeclared but known to everyone conflict between Nasser and Amar on who was going to rule Egypt and everyone has it s own team in the regime but the real power was that Nasser had the public and Amar had the army.
· Despite the success of the external operations of the Egyptian intelligence during the 1960s its commandership was corrupted and turned in to working from the sake of the nation in to the sake of individuals just like any typical dictatorship example
· Amar and his men who were mostly sex maniacs who adored women more than eyes and that’s why it was easy for the Mossad to planet its spies in his team.
· It was the time of exams in Egypt before the summer the vacation[3].
· About 600 aircrafts were estimated to be destroyed in the runways on ground in the IAF air raids
· The IAF air raids took 6 hours[4]
· The IAF then moved to the Syrian front after finishing its job very well in Egypt.
· President Nasser was accusing the Baath members in Syria for pushing him to war without giving anything
· On the 13th of September 1967 Egypt, Syria and Jordan signed the Common defense agreement
· The six days war in Egypt is associated with the voice of “Ahmed Said” the former head of “Sawt El-Arab” “The Voice of the Arabs” who used to read before and during the early hours of the war the false statements of the army from the kind “we will erase Israel” and “We succeeded in destroying – numbers- of Israeli fighters” despite the destruction of the EAF on ground
· In the pre-war time Nasser propaganda machine was boasting all the time by its missiles they made and called it “El-Zafr””The achiever”[5] ,”El-Qahr””The Conqueror” and “El-Nasser” “The victorious”, they were never used during the war or even after it or even in 1973, which made them an easy target for the Egyptian Jokes for example many Egyptians considered them wooden missiles wearing white pants!!
· I don’t know but America wasn’t a direct enemy in the war , yes it stood behind Israel but I don’t understand the silly slogans in Egypt and Syria from the type “We will make the Six fleet of America a dish for the fish of the Mediterranean !!”
. The media in Egypt despite its different kinds ,it made the people ready for a battle that was going to happen sooner or later , a battle that would end in victory !!
· Here is an example : The two covers from 1967 from a magazine that was published by the agriculture syndication , there were for months June and July , and surprisingly you will find there was a great confidence in victory in June 1967 edition and an under estimation for the defeat in July 1967
[1] This word means “Killed in action.”
[2] If that was the true and correct translation for his rank ,as I can’t find what equals it in English
[3] My mom heard the bombing of Imbaba airport while she was having her math test
[4] That’s why some like to call it the six hours war!!
[5] This is the nearest translation I can find for this word
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