Battle of the Chinese Farm

Overview

The Battle of the Chinese Farm took place during October 15 to October 17, 1973 between the Egyptian Army and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), as part of the Yom Kippur War. It was fought in the Sinai Peninsula, north of the Great Bitter Lake and just east of the Suez Canal, near an Egyptian agricultural research station. The area was known to the Israeli military as the Chinese Farm – a misnomer resulting from the research station's use of Japanese-made equipment, with Japanese writing on the machinery mistaken by Israeli observers for Chinese.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Significance

The Battle of the Chinese Farm was fought between October 15 and October 17, 1973, in the Sinai Peninsula north of the Great Bitter Lake and just east of the Suez Canal, as part of the Yom Kippur War. The fighting centered on an Egyptian agricultural research station that Israeli forces had misidentified as the Chinese Farm after mistaking Japanese writing on the station's machinery for Chinese. The engagement placed Israeli and Egyptian forces in direct contest over a strategically situated piece of ground in close proximity to the Suez Canal corridor.

Forces & casualties

Commanders (5)