About this episode

This episode discusses the start of the Six Day War and Israel's air strikes against the Egyptian air force.

By the time a final ceasefire was signed on 10 June, Israel’s territorial gains had put around a million Arabs under their control, signalling the start of a new phase in Arab-Israeli ...

People in this episode

Host: Scott Allsop

Topics covered

• Six Day War
• Arab-Israeli conflict
• military history
• territorial gains
• Middle East

Keywords

• Six Day War
• Israel
• Egypt
• air strikes
• territorial gains
• Arab-Israeli conflict

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Places: Israel, Egypt

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