Military Analysis and History

  THE MYTH OF ISRAELI INVINCIBILITY. PART IV 1967-1970 – War of Attrition              Following the three wars (the Arab-Israeli War of 1947–1949, the Sinai Campaign of 1956, and the Six-Day War), the trump-cards utilized to achieve victory are quite visible: air power, highly capable intelligence agencies, massive external support, and 'blitzkrieg' tactics. A new trump-card was beginning to emerge: technological superiority through the use of electronic warfare. After the Six-Day War, Israel's security situation was greatly improved. The military successes provided the Jewish state with a protective barrier and diminished the offensive potential of its adversaries. However, the threats were not eliminated. Egypt's leadership was determined to reclaim the Sinai Peninsula. To this end, Egyptian forces planned low-intensity military actions against Israeli forces, intended to generate serious material and human costs over time and force a withdrawa...

  THE MYTH OF ISRAELI INVINCIBILITY. PART III 1967 – Six-Day War              After the two wars (Arab-Israeli war between 1947 - 1949, and Sinai campaign – 1956), one can notice that the Israeli used certain trump-cards to achieve victory: air superiority which sometimes became air supremacy, combat experience gained during WWII, efficient intelligence services and operations planning based on blitzkrieg tactics (like Wehrmacht between 1939 and 1941). After 1960, it was clear that the experience gained during WWII were losing its importance, because the number of veterans decreased and the technology was changing. Although it was taken into consideration, this was no longer a trump card. That is why the Israeli leadership decided to pay more attention to the other trump cards.           In order to achieve air superiority, Israelis bought modern and powerful fighters. The backbone of the air fleet c...