Bar Lev Line

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The Bar Lev Line was a chain of Israeli fortifications built along the eastern bank of the Suez Canal after the 1967 Six-Day War, later breached by Egyptian forces in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bar Lev Line canonical 1
Bar-Lev Line 1
Bar-Lev Line defensive system 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fortification line ⓘ
associatedWith Haim Bar-Lev ⓘ
Israeli Southern Command ⓘ
breachedBy Egyptian Armed Forces ⓘ
breachedIn Yom Kippur War ⓘ
breachedOn 6 October 1973 ⓘ
breachMethod concentrated artillery fire ⓘ
high-pressure water cannons to cut sand ramparts ⓘ
constructedAfter Six-Day War ⓘ
constructedBy Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
constructionBegan 1968 ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
criticizedFor insufficient manpower during surprise attack in 1973 ⓘ
overreliance on static defenses ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
extendsAlong entire length of the Suez Canal on the Israeli-held side ⓘ
fortificationType continuous sand rampart ⓘ
series of fortified strongpoints ⓘ
hasPart artillery positions ⓘ
barbed wire obstacles ⓘ
bunkers ⓘ
minefields ⓘ
observation posts ⓘ
sand embankment ⓘ
strongpoints ⓘ
tank ramps ⓘ
historicalSignificance its failure influenced Israeli defense doctrine after 1973 ⓘ
its rapid breach shocked Israeli military and public opinion ⓘ
length approximately 160 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Egypt ⓘ
Sinai Peninsula ⓘ
locatedOn eastern bank of the Suez Canal ⓘ
namedAfter Haim Bar-Lev ⓘ
Israeli Chief of Staff Haim Bar-Lev ⓘ
opposedBy Egyptian Second Army ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian Army

Egyptian Third Army ⓘ
partOf Israeli fortification system in Sinai ⓘ
perceivedAs nearly impregnable by some Israeli leaders before 1973 ⓘ
purpose defend Israeli-held Sinai east of the Suez Canal ⓘ
deter Egyptian attacks across the Suez Canal ⓘ
region Middle East ⓘ
relatedEvent Camp David Accords ⓘ
Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty ⓘ
status abandoned as a defensive system after Israeli withdrawal from Sinai ⓘ
strategicRole first line of defense against Egyptian crossing ⓘ
symbol of Israeli control over the Suez Canal ⓘ
usedInConflict War of Attrition ⓘ
Yom Kippur War ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Suez Canal front → associatedWith → Bar Lev Line ⓘ
Haim Bar-Lev → notableWork → Bar-Lev Line ⓘ
linked to: Bar Lev Line
Haim Bar-Lev → designed → Bar-Lev Line defensive system ⓘ
linked to: Bar Lev Line