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.
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Israeli Forces
On full mobilization, 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 mechanized and ten were infantry, some partly mechanized, 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 - Lt Gen Yitzhak Rabin
Northern Command
Brig Gen. David Elazar
1st Golani Infantry Brigade 2nd Infantry Brigade 3rd Infantry Brigade 37th Armored Brigade 45th Armored BrigadeReinforcements:
8th Armored Brigade - Col. Avraham Mandler (from Southern Command) 55th Paratroop Brigade - Col. Mordechai Gur (from June 7 onward)Central Command
Brig. Gen. 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 Armored Brigade 45th Armored BrigadeAttached:
10th Harel Mechanized Brigade (from GHQ Reserve) 55th Paratroop Brigade - Col. Mordechai Gur (from Southern Command)Southern Command
Brig Gen Yeshayahu Gavish
84th Armored Division - Brig Gen Israel Tal 31st Armored Division - Brig Gen. Avraham Yoffe 38th Armored Division - Brig Gen. Ariel Sharon 35th Paratroop Brigade - Col. Aharon Davidi 40th Artillery Battalion 11th Infantry Brigade - Col. Yehuda ReshefSyrian 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 mechanized 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.
12th Group Brigade 35th Group Brigade 42nd Group BrigadeJordanian 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.
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 BrigadeEastern Command
Hussein Ali Infantry Brigade Yarmouk Infantry Brigade Royal Guard BrigadeEgyptian Army
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.
Sinai Front Command - Gen. Abd el Mushin Murtagi
Field commander Lt. Gen. Sallah el din Mohsen
2nd Infantry Division - Maj. Gen. Sadi Naguib 3rd Infantry Division - Maj. Gen. Osman Nasser 4th Armoured Division - Maj. Gen. Sidki el Ghoul Task Force Shazli - Maj. Gen. Saad el-Shazly 6th Mechanized Division - Maj. Gen. Abd el Kader Hassan 7th Infantry Division - Maj. Gen. Abd el Aziz Soliman 20th PLA Division Gaza - Maj. Gen. Mohammed Abd el Moneim Hasni Infantry Brigade (Ind) - Brig. Mohammed Abd el Moneim Khalil 1st Armoured Brigade - Brig. Hussein Abd el Nataf 125th Armoured Brigade - Brig. Ahmed El-Naby