Israel's Wars & Operations:
The Six-Day War

Reference Information

• Background & Overview
  • Day-by-Day Actions
• Myths & Facts
• War Maps
• Israeli Intelligence

Build-Up to War

• Egyptian Troop Movements into Sinai (May 15)
• Withdrawal of the UN Emergency Force (May 20)
• Egypt Closes the Gulf of Aqaba (May 22)
  • Egypt Blockades the Straits of Tiran (May 23)
• Kosygin & Eshkol Exchange Letters (May 26)
• National Board of Estimates War Projection (May 26)
• Nasser Speech to Egypt National Assembly (May 29)
• Nasser Speech on "True Objective" for War (May 26)
• Speech by Eshkol Following Initial Actions (June 5)
• Message from Eshkol to Jordan's King Hussein (June 5)

Important Figures

• Menachem Begin
• David Ben-Gurion
• King Hussein bin Talal
• Eli Cohen
• Moshe Dayan
• Levi Eshkol
• Rabbi Shlomo Goren
• Golda Meir
• Gamal Abdel Nasser
• Ariel Sharon

U.S. Actions & Policy

• Secretary of State Concern of Impending War (Jan 16)
• U.S. Supports Independence for All Nations (May 23)
• CIA Estimate on Outcome of Possible War (May 26)
• Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sessions
• State Department Documents
  • Summary of the 1967 War
  • U.S. Emergency Plan for Attacking Israel

U.N. Security Council

• Resolution 233 (June 6)
• Resolution 234 (June 7)
• Resolution 235 (June 9)
• Resolution 242 (November 22)

Important Battles

• Golan Heights
• Liberation of the Temple Mount
• USS Liberty

War Aftermath

• Prisoner Exchanges
• Khartoum Resolutions
• Graphics Saluting IDF Heroism
• Remembering the Six Day War