Between defeat and victory.. Dr. Samir Farag reviews the glories of the October victory at the Engineers Syndicate celebration

Between the defeat after the defeat of 1967, and the great victory of our armed forces on October 6, 1973, Major General Staff Dr. Samir Farag delved into the details and scenes of this transformation that dazzled the world, and demonstrated the determination, strength and will of the Egyptian Armed Forces and behind them a great people whose will was united. With the political will and the armed forces to achieve the glorious victory of 1973, pointing out that there is a new type of war without the use of cannons and tanks, but rather by overthrowing the state through its people using fourth and fifth generation wars, which depend on spreading rumors and making the citizen lose confidence in his leadership and his state.

  He expressed "Faraj" At the beginning of his speech during the Engineers Syndicate’s celebration of the 51st anniversary of the victory of the October War, he expressed his happiness at being in the Engineers Syndicate, due to its great value in Egypt, and the great and great role played by military and civilian engineers in the October War, explaining that 50 years after the October War, In the past, a special committee was established to evaluate the documents of the October War, and he said: “In order to feel the sweetness of victory, we must know the reasons that led to the defeat of 1967,” stressing that Egypt was able to overcome the defeat of 1967, before crossing the Bar Lev line in 1973, and the enemy did not succeed. In spreading the spirit of despair, as the Egyptian army rose after defeat to rebuild its capabilities and begin battles of attrition and prepare for victory.

His speech included a showing of a number of documentaries  About the events of the 1967 defeat, then the Battle of Ras Al-Ash, which lasted 7 hours and the Egyptian forces repelled the enemy’s attack, then the destruction and sinking of the destroyer Eilat, which became a lesson in war tactics, reviewing the story of the martyrdom of the Egyptian military hero, Lieutenant General Abdel Moneim Riad – Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Army, who was martyred while inspecting the lines. The front line of the Egyptian army.

 "Faraj" reviewed The strategic plan for the October War and the construction of missile walls to repel Israeli attacks inside Sinai during the crossing and storming of the Bar Lev Line, which was 180 km long on the waters of the canal and 20 meters high. He explained it using a video presentation by the BBC, which explained that Israel had confirmed the impossibility of the Egyptian army crossing it. Because it was used in its construction of the railway line that started from Suez to Gaza, passing through Sinai, and Israel prepared under the Bar Lev Line a line of incendiary napalm pipes, so that if the Egyptian army tried to cross the canal, the Israeli army would open the napalm and all the Egyptian soldiers would be burned. However, the Egyptian military engineering genius was defeated. The Bar Lev line, which was planned to be crossed for six years through the idea of ​​Lieutenant Colonel Baqi Zaki Youssef. Without which the fortified Bar Lev Line would not have been crossed. He also addressed "Faraj" The great role played by Lieutenant General “Saad Al-Shazly” Who planned to cross the Suez Canal through 12 waves, as he was a student at the College of War Staff at the time, and “Al-Shazly” went… For the War Staff College to memorize the transit plan for the participants, in the presence of Colonel Omar Suleiman, who later became head of intelligence, reviewing the great role played by Colonel “Salah Fahmy” Who laid down all the details of the beginning of the war, the appropriate times for the boats to cross with soldiers, the timing of the bridges landing in the water, and then the tanks crossing, and choosing the day, as it is a holiday for the Jews, especially two o’clock in the afternoon on the tenth of Ramadan, when the enemy will not believe that the Egyptians will fight while they are fasting.

Major General Dr. Samir Faraj also reviewed The beginning of the crossing and the storming of the Bar Lev line, citing what was covered by  BBC, where Egypt focused through the wall of missiles on the West Bank, which was able to inflict heavy losses on the Israeli Air Force, amounting to a third of the Israeli Air Force, to the extent that orders were issued by the Israeli command to its pilots not to approach the Suez Canal, and thus a very large number of aircraft were destroyed. Israeli aircraft, explaining that October 6th was chosen; Because it is the holiest day of the Jewish year, and the weather conditions and tides were taken into account. Thousands of Egyptian soldiers crossed the Suez Canal from the Thunderbolt and descended on the eastern bank and climbed the earthen berm with rope ladders, then tanks and artillery followed. After 4 hours of the attack, the Egyptian engineer opened the loopholes and the Suez Canal was crossed. .   “Faraj” concluded: His speech showed scenes from the movie “Golda” Which documented the days of the October War and the reactions in Israel during the war. The film documented 3 weeks in the life of former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, during the October War of 1973, specifically from the fifth of October until the ceasefire decision on the twenty-second of the same month.    He also explained that the current volatile situation surrounding Egypt and the regional conflicts and wars that surround it from all directions, from the western side to Libya, to the southern side to Sudan and Yemen, and to the eastern side to Gaza and Lebanon.

At the conclusion of his speech, engineer Tariq Al-Nabrawi, head of the Engineers Syndicate, Accompanied by Professor Dr. Ahmed Al-Badawi Sayed – Representative of the Syndicate, Engineer Mahmoud Arafat, Secretary-General of the Syndicate, Engineer Karim Al-Kassar, Assistant Secretary-General of the Syndicate, and Professor Dr. Saad Makram – Assistant Treasurer of the Syndicate, they honored Major General Staff of War Dr. Samir Faraj, and he was presented with a gift. Guild Shield.

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