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2nd Infantry Division (Egypt)

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The 2nd Infantry Division of the Egyptian Army was a heavy infantry formation created after the Second World War. [1]

15 relations: Abu Ageila, Battle of Abu-Ageila (1967), Egyptian Army, Heavy infantry, Infantry, Ismailia, Military organization, Operation Badr (1973), Port Said, Saad el-Shazly, Second Army (Egypt), Sinai Peninsula, Six-Day War, World War II, Yom Kippur War.

Abu Ageila

Abu Ageila is a strategically important road junction and dam in the north of the Sinai peninsula, because of its proximity to the border with Israel, approximately 25 km from Auja al-Hafir and 45 km southeast of El Arish.

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Battle of Abu-Ageila (1967)

The Battle of Abu-Ageila was a military confrontation between the Israeli and Egyptian militaries in the June 1967 Six-Day War.

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Egyptian Army

The Egyptian Army is the largest service branch within the Egyptian Armed Forces.

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Heavy infantry

Heavy infantry refers to heavily armed and armoured infantrymen trained to mount frontal assaults and/or anchor the defensive center of a battle line.

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Infantry

Infantry is the branch of an army that engages in military combat on foot, distinguished from cavalry, artillery, and tank forces.

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Ismailia

Ismailia (الإسماعيلية) is a city in north-eastern Egypt.

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Military organization

Military organization or military organisation is the structuring of the armed forces of a state so as to offer military capability required by the national defense policy.

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Operation Badr (1973)

Operation Badr (عملية بدر; ʻAmaliyat Badr) or Plan Badr (خطة بدر; Khitat Badr) was the code name for the Egyptian military operation to cross the Suez Canal and seize the Bar-Lev Line of Israeli fortifications on October 6, 1973.

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Port Said

Port Said (بورسعيد, the first syllable has its pronunciation from Arabic; unurbanized local pronunciation) is a city that lies in north east Egypt extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Suez Canal, with an approximate population of 603,787 (2010).

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Saad el-Shazly

Saad Mohamed el-Husseiny El Shazly (سعد الدين محمد الحسيني الشاذلي.)‎ (1 April 1922 – 10 February 2011) was an Egyptian military commander.

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Second Army (Egypt)

The Second Field Army is a military formation and a corps command of the Egyptian Army, formed in 1968.

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Sinai Peninsula

The Sinai Peninsula or simply Sinai (now usually) is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia.

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Six-Day War

The Six-Day War (Hebrew: מלחמת ששת הימים, Milhemet Sheshet Ha Yamim; Arabic: النكسة, an-Naksah, "The Setback" or حرب ۱۹٦۷, Ḥarb 1967, "War of 1967"), also known as the June War, 1967 Arab–Israeli War, or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between 5 and 10 June 1967 by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt (known at the time as the United Arab Republic), Jordan, and Syria.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Yom Kippur War

The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War, or October War (or מלחמת יום כיפור,;,, or حرب تشرين), also known as the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, was a war fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(Egypt)

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