This move was regarded by many Israelis as the turning point of the war in the Sinai front.
Dagan later fought in the 1973 Yom Kippur War as an officer on the Sinai front, and participated in the crossing of the Suez Canal.
Mordechai Gur's 55th paratrooper brigade was summoned from the Sinai front.
During the year the average loss of sick horses and mules from the Sinai front was approximately 640 per week.
On both the Golan and Sinai fronts, Soviet military personnel retrieved abandoned Israeli military equipment for shipment to Moscow.
The king had dispatched Moroccan troops to the Sinai front after the outbreak of Arab-Israeli War in October 1973.
During the Six-Day War (1967), Yarkoni served on the Sinai front.
He served as an artillery commander on the Sinai front in the 1973 Yom Kippur War and was recognized for his distinguished service as a captain.
As the importance of the Sinai front grew, a separate headquarters called the Egyptian Expeditionary Force was formed (in March 1916).
Israel broke through the Egyptian lines on the Sinai front, crossed the Suez canal, and encircled the 3rd Egyptian Army.