List of wars involving Egypt
This is a list of wars involving the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517)
Ottoman Eyalet of Egypt and Khedivate of Egypt (1803–1914)
Post-independence
Conflict | Egypt and allies |
Opponents | Results | Head of State | Minister of Defense |
Egyptian losses | |
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Military | Civilians | ||||||
Egyptian Revolution of 1919 (1919) |
Wafd Party | United Kingdom Australia |
Defeat
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First Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949) |
Egypt Iraq Transjordan Syria Lebanon Saudi Arabia HWA ALA |
Israel | Defeat
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2,000 |
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Suez Crisis (1956) |
Egypt | Israel United Kingdom France |
Defeat[4] (political victory)[5]
|
3,000 |
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North Yemen Civil War (1962–1967) |
Yemen Arab Republic Egypt |
Kingdom of Yemen Saudi Arabia |
Stalemate
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Sand War (1963) |
Algeria Egypt |
Morocco | Stalemate
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Six-Day War (1967) |
Egypt Syria Jordan Iraq Lebanon |
Israel | Defeat
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19,338 |
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War of Attrition (1967–1970) |
Egypt Soviet Union PLO Jordan |
Israel | Both sides claimed victory
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10,000 | |||
Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970) |
Nigeria Egypt |
Biafra | Victory (limited involvement)
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October War (1973) |
Egypt Syria Iraq Jordan Algeria Morocco Saudi Arabia Cuba North Korea[6][7] |
Israel | Defeat[8] (strategic political gains)[9]
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23,372 |
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Shaba I (1977) |
Zaire Morocco Egypt |
FNLC | Victory
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Libyan–Egyptian War (1977) |
Egypt | Libya | Ceasefire
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Gulf War (1990–1991) |
Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Canada Egypt Syria Morocco Oman Qatar Australia |
Iraq | Victory
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Sinai Insurgency (2011–) |
Egypt Israel United Arab Emirates |
Islamic State | Ongoing
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(SCAF) |
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Second Libyan Civil War (2015–) |
Libya Egypt United Arab Emirates |
GNC Shura Council Islamic State |
Ongoing (limited involvement) | ||||
Intervention in Yemen (2015–) |
Hadi government Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Senegal Sudan Qatar Bahrain Kuwait Jordan Morocco Egypt France |
Revolutionary Council | Ongoing
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Notes
- ^ Ottoman and Egyptian losses combined. However, most of the forces deployed were Egyptian.
- ^ Egypt suffered much fewer casualties than the Ottomans.
- ^ Jesman, Czeslaw (January 1959). "Egyptian Invasion of Ethiopia". African Affairs. 58 (230). Oxford University Press: 75–81. JSTOR 718057.
- ^ Mart, Michelle. Eye on Israel: How America Came to View the Jewish State as an Ally. p. 159. ISBN 0791466876.
- ^ Tal (2001) p 203
- ^ Smith, Terence (1973-10-18). "Hundreds of Tanks Clash in a Struggle for Suez Area". The New York Times. "North Korea has decided to give military assistance to Egypt and Syria, its press agency [...] said today."
- ^ Smith, Hedrick (1973-10-19). "Flow of Soviet Jews Is Undimished". The New York Times. "[...] Premier Kim Il Sung of North Korea had met with the Egyptian and Syrian ambassadors in Pyonyang to inform them of his Government's decision 'to give material assistance including military aid to Syria and Egypt.' [...] [This] lends credence to the [US] Defence Department's report that North Korean pilots were flying missions for Cairo."
- ^ References:
- Herzog, The War of Atonement, Little, Brown and Company, 1975. Forward
- Insight Team of the London Sunday Times, Yom Kippur War, Doubleday and Company, Inc, 1974, page 450
- Luttwak and Horowitz, The Israeli Army. Cambridge, MA, Abt Books, 1983
- Rabinovich, The Yom Kippur War, Schocken Books, 2004. Page 498
- Revisiting The Yom Kippur War, P.R. Kumaraswamy, pages 1–2 ISBN 0-313-31302-4
- Johnson and Tierney, Failing To Win, Perception of Victory and Defeat in International Politics. Page 177
- Charles Liebman, The Myth of Defeat: The Memory of the Yom Kippur war in Israeli Society[permanent dead link] Middle Eastern Studies, Vol 29, No. 3, July 1993. Published by Frank Cass, London. Page 411.
- ^ Loyola, Mario (7 October 2013). "How We Used to Do It - American diplomacy in the". National Review. p. 1. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ Loyola, Mario (7 October 2013). "How We Used to Do It - American diplomacy in the". National Review. p. 1. Retrieved 2 December 2013.