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At 2.05 hour at noon of the sixth of October, 220 Egyptian aircrafts crossed Suez Canal at low height to bombard Israeli targets in Sinai. This strike achieved its target successfully and Egypt lost 11 aircrafts only, one of them was for Atef Al Sadat, brother of the late president Anwar Al Sadat.

At the same time, more than 2000 artillery of different types along the front bombarded Israeli points on the eastern front of Suez Canal –Sinai– which continued for 53 minutes.

At the same time the Egyptian Second Army forces under leadership of general Saad Al Din Maamoun and the Third Army under leadership of general Abdel Moneim Wassel, crossed the Canal successfully by different Kinds of rubbers and wooden boats.

The Egyptian Engineering corps succeeded to build the first heavy bridge about eight O’clock in the evening, and after eight hours, at 10.30 O’clock they made 60 passage in the dust shield along the front, built 8 heavy bridges, 4 light bridges and 30 ferryboats.

The fall of Barlev Line and liberation of El Quantara East City, and severe battles between the Egyptian and Israeli armies at a depth of 9-12 Kilometer along the front, at the east of Suez Canal –Sinai– through 6,7,8, October, Israel lost 400 tanks and many were killed and wounded.

U.S.A. begins to enter the war on 8 October with Israel against Egypt and Syria. Photos of Positions of Egyptians forces were shot by the satellite with a responsible from American Ministry of Defense to Israel.

The Israeli counter-attack on 8 October failed and colonel Assaf Yagoury falls as the most famous captive.

Israeli air forces fail to destroy the Egyptian air defense network which used all kinds of SAM missiles efficiently and fall of many Israeli aircrafts, reached to 50 aircrafts at the first three days.

Golda Meir screams "Save Israel" and USA promises to compensate its losses on 9 October.

9 October, the Egyptian Second and Third army reached 15 Kilometers in the depth of Sinai.

10 October, the Start of American reinforcements arrival.

12 October, Sadat issues a political decision to develop the attack towards the east to lighten the pressure on Syria.

13 October, the American president Nixon issues a decision to make an American Airlift to Israel to compensate its losses of war.

13 October, field Marshal Ahmed Ismail, General leader of the Egyptian army issues a decision to both the second and third army to postpone the attack to 14 October as per demand of the leadership of the two armies.

13 October, an American discovery aircraft SR 71, crossed the Egyptian air space at three times the speed of sound, at a height of 25 Km. (We could not overthrow this aircraft because it is out of scope of Egyptian missiles, and our aircrafts could not reach it)-Memorials of El Gamsy Chief of Operations Staff– of October 1973 war.

13 October, killing of an Israeli general leader in Sinai Albert Mandler.

14 October, the Egyptian army developed the attack towards the east without coverage of the air defense and suffered gross losses of tanks and Saad Maamoun the Leader of the Second Army had a heart attack, and its Leadership of the Second Army transferred to General Abdel Moneim Khalil.

17 October, the Israeli Army did The Gap at the Deversoir region, and three armoured detachments with leadership of Ariel Sharon, Avraham Adan and Kalman Magen, crossed to the western side of the Canal under severe bombarding by the artillery of the second army under leadership of Abdel Halim Abo Ghazala.

17 October 1973, Saudi Arabia and other Arab Countries begin reduction of their production of petroleum to countries who help Israel.

20 and 21 October, failure of Ariel Sharon to occupy Ismailia and encircle the second army.

21 October, the issuance of Resolution No. 338 of the Security Council for cease-fire, that Egypt and Israel agreed upon.

22 October, Israel did not respect the Cease-fire Resolution and continued its military operation at the east of the Canal.

23 October, the Security Council issued its second Resolution No. 339 for Cease-fire that Egypt and Israel agreed upon.

24 October, Israel did not respect the cease-fire Resolution for the second time and tried to occupy Suez City.

25 October, failure of Israel to occupy the city, and gross losses of tanks by the resistance of Suez City supported by tanks hunters from the infantry detachment No. 19 of the third army.

26 and 27 October, Israel cut the Cairo–Suez road to stop provision to the Third Army.

28 October, arrival of international emergency forces and the end of the war between Egypt and Israel.