Order of battle for the Six-Day War
# Order of battle for the Six-Day War

This is the order of battle for the Six-Day War between Israeli forces and Arab forces which consisted of Syrian, Egyptian, and Jordanian military forces. The war took place on June 5–10, 1967.

## Israeli Defence Forces

On full mobilisation, the Israeli Army comprised some 250,000 men of whom almost three-quarters were reservists and one-quarter conscripts. Out of its 25 brigades, nine were armoured, two were fully mechanised, and ten were infantry, some partly mechanised, as well as their paratroop brigades which also acted as elite assault troops. The brigades were assigned to six ugdas, or division-size task forces, whose composition varied according to their assigned mission and geographical area.

Minister of Defense – General Moshe Dayan

Chief of Staff – Lieutenant General Yitzhak Rabin

### Northern Command

Brigadier General David Elazar

    1st Golani Infantry Brigade – Colonel Yonah Efrat
    2nd Infantry Brigade
    3rd Infantry Brigade
    37th Armoured Brigade
    45th Armoured Brigade

Reinforcements:

    8th Armoured Brigade – Colonel Avraham Mandler (from Southern Command)
    55th Paratroop Brigade – Colonel Mordechai Gur (from June 7 onward)

### Central Command

Brigadier General Uzi Narkiss

    4th Reserve Infantry Brigade
    5th Reserve Infantry Brigade
    16th Etzioni Jerusalem Infantry Brigade
    Ugda Peled (from Northern Command)
       9th Reserve Infantry Brigade (Central Command)
       37th Armoured Brigade
       45th Armoured Brigade

Attached:

    10th Harel Mechanised Brigade (from GHQ Reserve) – Colonel Uri Ben-Ari
    55th Paratroop Brigade – Colonel Mordechai Gur (from Southern Command)

### Southern Command

Brigadier General Yeshayahu Gavish

    84th Armoured Division – Brigadier General Israel Tal
       7th Armoured Brigade – Colonel Shmuel Gonen
       60th Armoured Brigade – Colonel Menachem Aviram
       202nd Paratroop Brigade – Colonel Rafael Eitan
       Recce Task Force – Colonel Uri Baron
       Granit Task Force – Lieutenant Colonel Yisrael Granit
       46th Tank Battalion – Lieutenant Uri Baron
       215th Artillery Regiment
    31st Armoured Division – Brigadier General Avraham Yoffe
       200th Armoured Brigade – Colonel Yissacher Shadmi
       520th Armoured Brigade – Colonel Elhanan Sela
    38th Armoured Division – Brigadier General Ariel Sharon
       14th Armoured Brigade – Colonel Mordechai Zippori
       99th Infantry Brigade – Colonel Yekutiel Adam
       80th Paratroop Brigade – Colonel Dani Matt
       214th Artillery Regiment
       226th Tank Batalion
    35th Paratroop Brigade – Colonel Aharon Davidi
    40th Artillery Battalion
    11th Infantry Brigade – Colonel Yehuda Reshef

## Syrian Army

The Syrian Army numbered 63,000. The field fortifications were held by eight brigades of which five were infantry brigades, each with an attached tank battalion of T-34/85s and SU-100 self-propelled guns, holding the first two lines and three armoured and mechanised brigades along and behind the third line. In addition there were four reserve infantry brigades deployed between Damascus and Kuneitra, as well as seven battalions of the National Guard militia that were deployed to bolster the defensive lines. These forces were divided into 'Group Brigades' in Syrian terminology although this was an administrative convenience rather than a tactical deployment.

Minister of Defense – Hafez al-Assad

Army Chief of Staff – Ahmad Suwaydani

    12th Group Brigade
       11th Infantry Brigade
       132nd Reserve Infantry Brigade
       80th Reserve Infantry Brigade
       44th Armoured Brigade
    35th Group Brigade
       8th Infantry Brigade
       19th Infantry Brigade
       32nd Infantry Brigade
       17th Mechanised Infantry Brigade
    42nd Group Brigade
       25th Infantry Brigade
       50th Reserve Infantry Brigade
       60th Reserve Infantry Brigade
       14th Armoured Brigade

## Royal Jordanian Army

The 55,000-man Jordanian Army was divided into the Eastern and Western commands, with the division marked by the Jordan River. In June 1967, the bulk of the Jordanian forces was deployed in the West Bank in two main areas: in Samaria in the north, based in and around the towns of Jenin and Nablus and in the south in the area from Ramallah through Jerusalem down to Hebron.

Chief of Staff – Amer Khammash

Western Command

    1st 'Princess Alia' Infantry Brigade
    2nd 'Hashimi' Infantry Brigade
    3rd 'King Talal' Infantry Brigade
    6th 'Qadisiya' Infantry Brigade
    25th 'Khalid Ibn Walid' Infantry Brigade
    27th 'Imam Ali' Infantry Brigade
    29th 'Hittin' Infantry Brigade
    40th Armoured Brigade
    60th Armoured Brigade

Eastern Command

    Hussein Ali Infantry Brigade
    Yarmouk Infantry Brigade
    Royal Guard Brigade

## Egyptian Army

With an official strength of 210,000 men in June 1967, the Egyptian Army had some 100,000 troops in the Sinai Peninsula and approximately 50,000 in Yemen with the remainder stationed to the west of the Suez Canal to protect Cairo. The Sinai Front Command comprised some six divisions with 930 tanks, 200 assault guns, and 900 artillery pieces.

UAR Commander-in-Chief – Field Marshal Abdul Hakim Amer

Minister of Defense – Shams Badran

Army Chief of Staff – Mohamed Fawzi

Air Force Commander-in-Chief – Mohamed Sedky Mahmoud

Sinai Front Command – General Abd el Mushin Murtagi

Field commander – Lieutenant General Sallah el din Mohsen

    2nd Infantry Division – Major General Sadi Naguib
    3rd Infantry Division – Major General Osman Nasser
    4th Armoured Division – Major General Sidki el Ghoul
    Task Force Shazli – Major General Saad el-Shazly
    6th Mechanised Division – Major General Abd el Kader Hassan
    7th Infantry Division – Major General Abd el Aziz Soliman
    20th PLA Division Gaza – Major General Mohammed Abd el Moneim Hasni
    Infantry Brigade (Ind) – Brigadier Mohammed Abd el Moneim Khalil
    1st Armoured Brigade – Brigadier Hussein Abd el Nataf
    125th Armoured Brigade – Brigadier Ahmed El-Naby
