The Egyptian Armed Forces are the military forces of the Arab Republic of Egypt. They consist of the Egyptian Army,Egyptian Navy,Egyptian Air Force and Egyptian Air Defense Forces.
The Armed Forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya consisted of the Libyan Army,Libyan Air Force and the Libyan Navy and other services including the People's Militia. In November 2010,before the First Civil War of 2011,the total number of Libyan personnel was estimated at 760,000 though that war wore the military's numbers away. There was no separate defence ministry;all defence activities were centralised under Gaddafi. There was a High Command of the Armed Forces. Arms production was limited and manufacturers were state-owned. Colonel Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr was the last minister of defence of the Gaddafi-era military.
The Sudanese Armed Forces are the military forces of the Republic of the Sudan. In 2011,IISS estimated the regular forces' numbers at 109,300 personnel,while in 2016–2017,the Rapid Support Forces had 40,000 members participating in the Yemeni Civil War.
The Armed Forces of Yemen are the military forces of the Republic of Yemen. They include the Yemeni Army,Yemeni Navy and the Yemeni Air Force. The capital of the country,Sana’a is where the military is headquartered. Per the constitution of Yemen,the President of Yemen serves as the commander-in-chief.
Operation Badr or Plan 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. Launched in conjunction with a Syrian assault on the Golan Heights,this attack marked the start of the Yom Kippur War.
The Serbian Armed Forces is the military of Serbia.
The South African Army is the ground warfare branch of the South African National Defence Force. Its roots can be traced to its formation after the Union of South Africa was created in 1910. The South African military evolved within the tradition of frontier warfare fought by Boer Commando (militia) forces,reinforced by the Afrikaners' historical distrust of large standing armies. It then fought as part of the wider British effort in both World War I and World War II,but afterwards was cut off from its long-standing Commonwealth ties with the ascension to power of the National Party in South Africa in 1948. The army was involved in a long and bitter counter-insurgency campaign in Namibia from 1966 to 1990. It also played a key role in controlling sectarian political violence inside South Africa during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
The 1st South African Infantry Division was an infantry division of the army of the Union of South Africa. During World War II the division served in East Africa from 1940 to 1941 and in the Western Desert Campaign from 1941 to 1942. The division was disbanded on 1 January 1943,for conversion into what would become the 6th South African Armoured Division. The division was also briefly active after the war from 1 July 1948 to 1 November 1949.
The Egyptian Army or Egyptian Ground Forces is the land warfare branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces. It is the largest service branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces.
The Egyptian Air Defence Forces or EADF,is the Anti-aircraft warfare branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces. It is responsible for protecting the Egyptian airspace against any hostile air attacks. The EADF was established in accordance with the presidential decree issued on 1 February 1968,which established the Air Defence Forces as the fourth branch,next to the Navy,Egyptian Ground Forces,and Egyptian Air Force. From 1938 onwards air defence forces had been part of the artillery and under the operation command of the Air Force. Egypt has a modern system of air defence armament,which is divided between anti-aircraft missiles long,medium and short-range anti-aircraft artillery systems and early warning radars. Both Western and Soviet bloc countries have supplied equipment.
The Egyptian Military Academy is the oldest and most prominent military academy in Egypt. Traditionally,graduates of the Military Academy are commissioned as officers in the Egyptian Army. However,they may serve in other branches and commands of the Egyptian military establishment.
Saad El Din Mohamed el-Husseiny el-Shazly was an Egyptian military commander. He was Egypt's chief of staff during the October War. Following his public criticism of the Camp David Accords,he was dismissed from his post as Ambassador to Britain and Portugal and went to Algeria as a political refugee.
Royal Saudi Land Forces is the land warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia. It is part of the Ministry of Defense,which is one of the two military departments of the Government of Saudi Arabia,together with the Ministry of National Guard.
The 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division of the Infantry Corps of the Egyptian Army is a heavy infantry formation created after the Second World War.
The Yugoslav Ground Forces was the ground forces branch of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) from 1 March 1945 until 20 May 1992 when it became the Ground Forces of Serbia and Montenegro under the threat of sanctions.
The Battle of the Sinai was one of the most consequential battles of the Yom Kippur war. An Egyptian attacking force that advanced beyond their line of defense at the Bar-Lev Line was repulsed with heavy losses by Israeli forces. This prompted the Israelis to launch Operation Abiray-Lev the next day,penetrating the Egyptian line of defense and crossing the Suez Canal.
Royal Bahraini Army is the ground force component of the Bahrain Defence Force. The army's current strength is 15,000 personnel and headed by Lieutenant General Khalifa bin Abdullah Al-Khalifa.
The Second Field Army is a military formation of the Egyptian Army,formed in 1968. Army headquarters is at Ismailia. It is usually commanded by a field commander of Lieutenant-General rank of at least 34 years' service,and reports directly to the Army General Headquarters and General Staff.
The Second Yemenite War was a short military conflict between the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. The war developed out of a breakdown in relations between the two countries after the president of North Yemen,Ahmad al-Ghashmi,was killed on 24 June 1978,and Salim Rubai Ali,a moderate Marxist who had been working on a proposed merger between the two Yemens,was murdered two days later. The hostility of the rhetoric from the new leadership of both countries escalated,leading to small scale border fighting,which then in turn escalated into a full blown war in February 1979.
The Egyptian Airborne Corps are the airborne infantry units of the Egyptian Army.
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