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I got a 1978 version at my library book store for $1.00, and it is
excellent, especially how it details how the Egyptians slowly rebuilt
after 1967 and professionalized their officer corps as much as possible,
and how they devised methods to cross the Suez Canal rapidly, in
the space of 2-3 hours, rather than the 12+ hours the Israeli High
Command thought they would need.
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The secret was water hoses.....
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Sea Skimmer wrote:The secret was water hoses.....
Yep, they got the idea from constructing the Aswan Dam, when they
devised the idea of moving large quantities of sand around thru
pipes mixed with water
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That would have been strange "THe egyptians are parting the suez canal"
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