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Essay on 1967 The Six-Day War
The Arab-Israeli war of 1967 may go down as the last immense set-piece movement in martial history. It was an implement in conventional policy, fought on a standard arena according to doctrine, which would have been understood by Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, or Napoleon. The advent of modern long-range weapons makes it unlikely that such a campaign on such a scale will be fought again. It was a large-scale campaign. The great armored battle in the Sinai Peninsula pitted more tanks against each other than Montgomery and Rommel deployed in their famous encounters in the Western Desert in World War II. In the air, the Israelis flew many more sorties a day than the United States has directed daily against North Vietnam. The Arab war matériel captured or destroyed was enormous, and the rapidity and completeness of the Israeli victory constituted a feat of arms unparalleled in the history of warfare.
In such conditions, it is not shocking that a large amount of the detailed information on the war has come from the Israeli part. Furthermore, seeing as observed the warfare as a confrontation correspondent with the Israeli forces, this account will inevitably report the action as it was received in Israel. Even though Israel's population is much smaller than that of the opposing Arab states combined, the disparity in military capability was not very great as the two forces lined up prior to June 5. At full mobilization, in fact, Israel was able to put as many men in the field as the combined armies of the United Arab Republic, Syria, and Jordan approximately 250,000 men to a side.
The Three Arab countries had about 500 combat aircraft, compared to approximately 400 for Israel. Arab superiority was greatest in tanks, perhaps 1,500 to Israel's 700. To make up for her inferiority in armament, Israel counted upon the high quality of her commanders......
