30°31′30″N 32°19′45″E / 30.52500°N 32.32917°E
| Bar-Lev Line | |
|---|---|
| Suez Canal, Egypt | |
 | |
| Type | Defensive fortification |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | Israel after the Six-Day War |
| Condition | Destroyed by Egypt during Operation Badr in 1973 |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1968–1969 |
| In use | 1969–1973 |
| Materials | Concrete, steel, and sand |
| Battles/wars | |
The Bar-Lev Line (Hebrew: קו בר-לב Kav Bar-Lev; Arabic: خط بارليف Khaṭṭ Barlīf) was a chain of fortifications built by Israel along the eastern bank of the Suez Canal shortly after the 1967 Arab–Israeli War, during which Egypt lost the entire Sinai Peninsula. It was considered impenetrable by the Israeli military until it was overrun in less than two hours during Egypt's Operation Badr, which sparked the 1973 Arab–Israeli War.[1][2][3]
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- ^ Perry, G.E. (2004). The History of Egypt. The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations. ABC-CLIO. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-313-05842-4. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Edwin S. Cochran MAJ, U.S. Army. "THE EGYPTIAN STAFF SOLUTION: OPERATIONAL ART AND PLANNING FOR THE 1973 ARAB-ISRAELI WAR" Archived 2017-04-29 at the Wayback Machine, NAVAL WAR COLLEGE Newport, R.I. , 13 February 1998. Retrieved on 9 November 2017.