2nd Infantry Division (Egypt)

2nd Infantry Division (Egypt)

The 2nd Infantry Division of the Egyptian Army was a infantry heavy formation formed after the Second World War.

In June 1967 the Egyptian 2nd Division was comprised of the 10th Infantry Brigade, the 12th Infantry Brigade and the 51st Artillery Brigade. It defended the central sector of the Sinai Front at Abu-Ageila and Kusseima during the Six Day War. The Division was defeated in the Second Battle of Abu-Ageila (1967).

It fought again during the Yom Kippur War as part of the Egyptian Second Army, and was one of the Egyptian divisions that took part in the successful crossing of the Suez Canal early in the war, crossing in the Ismailia area.

It may still be in existence as the 2nd Mechanised Division.

Source

* Key to the Sinai, The Battles for Abu-Ageila in the 1956 and 1967 Arab-Israeli Wars In: Combat Studies Institute, Research Survey no.7 by G.W. Gawrych.
*-Further reading: Game Designers' Workshop, 'Suez '73' (boardgame)

External links

* Key to the Sinai, The Battles for Abu-Ageila in the 1956 and 1967 Arab-Israeli Wars
** [http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/download/csipubs/gawrych2/key_chap3.pdf Chapter 3: Toward the 1967 War] Maps of the battlefield, dispositions and listing of Egyptian units.
** [http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/download/csipubs/gawrych2/key_notes.pdf Notes]


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