Yom Kippur, 1973

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Key issues

• Explain the causes, events and results of the 1973 (Yom Kippur) war

Key themes, concepts and processes:

• The key consequences of the 1967 war
• Anwar Sadat’s aims in 1973
• Arab attack on Israel on Yom Kippur (1973)
• Reasons for early Arab success and eventual Israeli recovery
• Effects of the war and the emergence of a peace process

Read:

• Hodder, pp. 30-33
• Edexcel Textbook
• O’Brien Browne, ‘The Arab-Israeli War of 1973: Honor, Oil and Blood’, in Military History Quarterly, December, 2015.
• Dan Snow documentary on Yom Kippur on ClickView
• Yom Kippur, 1973
  Tasks
  1. Watch BBC Bitesize video and explain the significance of Anwar Sadat during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Was he a higher achiever than Nasser?
  2. Individual task. Using two of the following methods summarise the key features of the 1973 war (Yom Kippur):
     • Mind map
     • Bullet points
     • Cartoon strip
     • Story board
  3. Paired task: Compare and contrast the wars of 1967 and 1973 using Ven diagrams for
     • Causes
     • Events
     • Results
     • Reasons for outcome