october egyptian force lavishly equip late soviet weaponry launch surprise attack overwhelming strength israeli infantryman tank guard suez canal egyptian onslaught spearhead seven division thousand tank division tank reserve cairo despite long odd israelis believe able repel assault relative easewithin hour assumption form foundation israeli strategy defensive value suez canal absolute superiority israeli troop decisive role israeli air force prove shockingly undeniably mistaken egyptian display unexpected mastery engineering technique build few bridge canal end october achievement enable pour tank heavy equipment fast israelis think possible shocking israeli counterthrust throw appalling loss supposedly inferior egyptian troop falter face immediate violent israeli counterattack bravely stand ground knock well israeli tank day war finally israeli air force send rescue hardpresse ground force run impenetrable wall antiaircraft gun sam include hitherto unknown deadly soviet sa take dreadful toll attack phantom skyhawkshistory tell israelis manage overcome initial consequence hubri overconfidence reverse course war combination sheer gut brilliant improvisation superior technique mobile warfare outcome war suez canal quote wellington quota near run thingquot easily end humiliating israeli defeattime scale hour turnmap scale mile hexunit scale battalion brigadenumber player fourplaye time hour

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