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To: Rurudyne
Advance and dig in was used just the one time, and with success, in 1973. The idea was to advance only to the limit of the SAM umbrella, and move enough assets across that Israel wouldn't be able to dislodge them at a reasonable cost in lives and treasure, then get a negotiated settlement, and as a kicker, Sadat also wanted a pretext to eject the Russians and team up with the US.

It all worked, but after reaching his objectives, he got called out by Assad, who was getting his ass handed to him, and hadn't known in advance of the Egyptian objectives. When Sadat got shamed into an ad hoc advance, his top general objected and was fired.

The renewed advance didn't go so well.

Having destroyed 900 Syrian tanks, the Israelis were at that point able to shift resources to the Sinai, seized a couple of Egyptian bridges, deployed their own that had been built and stashed a few years earlier, crossed the Canal, started knocking out SAM emplacements, and also cut off a third of Egypt's army east of the Canal, having it teetering on the edge of annihilation.

9 posted on 07/21/2020 8:19:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Now, you know full well I was going for effect....


10 posted on 07/21/2020 8:21:33 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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