Six-Day War 1967: Operation Focus and the 12 Hours That Changed the Middle East

by Shlomo Aloni

On one day in June, the balance of power in the Middle East was turned upside down by one of the most ruthlessly effective air superiority campaign in history - Operation Moked, or Focus. In 1967, the Israeli Air Force was outnumbered more than two to one by the jets of hostile Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Iraq. Operation Focus was Israel's ingenious strike plan to overturn the balance. At 0745hrs on June 5, Israeli jets hit Egypt's airfields simultaneously,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472835271
• ISBN13: 9781472835277
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.2" x 9.7"