Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
From the first clashes in Mandatory Palestine to the major campaigns of the 20th century, our new historical map illustrates how the emergence of the State of Israel and the resistance of its Arab neighbors escalated into a series of brutal wars. We’ll explore why the UN Partition Plan of 1947 failed, how Israel withstood the invasion of five Arab armies in 1948, and the territorial shifts that followed this victory for both sides.
Next, we trace the 1956 Suez Crisis, the swift Six-Day War of 1967, and the rapid Egyptian and Syrian advances at the start of the Yom Kippur War in 1973. We explain how the OPEC oil embargo triggered a global energy crisis, how the Camp David Accords returned the Sinai to Egypt, and how the 1982 Lebanon campaign opened a new phase of conflict with the PLO and Hezbollah. On the map, you’ll see key fronts, IDF armored breakthroughs, Soviet and U.S. support, and the transformation of Middle Eastern borders after each war.
From the first clashes in Mandatory Palestine to the major campaigns of the 20th century, our new historical map illustrates how the emergence of the State of Israel and the resistance of its Arab neighbors escalated into a series of brutal wars. We’ll explore why the UN Partition Plan of 1947 failed, how Israel withstood the invasion of five Arab armies in 1948, and the territorial shifts that followed this victory for both sides.
Next, we trace the 1956 Suez Crisis, the swift Six-Day War of 1967, and the rapid Egyptian and Syrian advances at the start of the Yom Kippur War in 1973. We explain how the OPEC oil embargo triggered a global energy crisis, how the Camp David Accords returned the Sinai to Egypt, and how the 1982 Lebanon campaign opened a new phase of conflict with the PLO and Hezbollah. On the map, you’ll see key fronts, IDF armored breakthroughs, Soviet and U.S. support, and the transformation of Middle Eastern borders after each war.
