At the time Mr. Sadat was born, Egypt was a British colony. Egypt had been in terrible debt in the past years and as a result, it had sold its investments in the Suez Canal to the French and the English. The British and the French had used these investments to establish political control of Egypt, and thus referred to it as a British colony. (bsos.umd.edu)

In 1936, the British created a military school in Egypt. Sadat was one of the first students. As

After a few years alone, out of politics, and now married to his wife Jihan, Sadat reconnected with his old friend Nasser. While Sadat had been in jail, the revolutionary movement had grown considerably. On July 23, 1952, the Free Officers Organization staged a rebellion, and overthrew the monarchy. From the moment of the coup, Sadat became Nasser’s public relations minister, and trusted lieutenant. Nasser assigned Sadat the task of overseeing the abdication of King Farouk.

During this whole time, there were continuing domestic problems within Egypt. The worsening economy, and a far distance between poor and rich, led to strife, riots, strikes, and attacks on the rich. The internal pressures raised the attention of the international community, especially the United States. The US finally took an interest in Egyptian affairs. They were concerned that internal strife would weaken Sadat, and his moderate policies, and he might be pushed out of power.

Nasser’s popularity suffered greatly during and after the Six Day War with Israel. Nasser had gotten some military intelligence that told him Israel was about to attack Syria. Thinking this was his shining moment, he moved the Egyptian army into the Sinai desert and ordered the Israeli port city Eilat be shut off completely. Nasser also called for the United Nations troops in the border area between Egypt and Israel to be removed. On June 5, 1967, while Egypt’s defense was still under inspection and the troops were not fully mobilized, squadrons of Israeli aircraft caught almost the entire Egyptian military off guard, on the ground and completely wiped it out. With all of the Israeli planes timed as to attack their targets at almost the exact same time so Egypt would not have time to move planes from one field to another, the Israeli air force devastated 309 of Egypt’s 340 working planes.

Israeli ground forces swept through the Sinai Desert to the Suez Canal routing the Egyptian army away and killing about 3,000 soldiers in just six days. After Syria and Jordan entered the war, Israel also recaptured the Golan Heights in the north of Israel, and the West Bank of the Jordan River. During this skirmish, about 600 Syrians and 700 Jordanians were also killed. Almost miraculously, throughout the entire war, there were almost no Israeli fatalities. (Aufderheide 50-53)

Behind the scenes, Sadat was plotting to retake the Egyptian Sinai if the Israelis continued to refuse the Egyptian peace initiative. On October 6, 1973, Sadat struck. With exceptional military prowess, the Egyptian army crossed the Suez back into the Sinai and began driving the Israeli army back into the desert. The attack took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of he Jewish calenda

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