October 24, 1973: A Ceasefire Ends the Yom Kippur War
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| .Photo: IDF soldiers on the west bank of the Suez Canal at the final days of the war |
On October 22, 1973, the U.N. Security Council adopted resolution 338 calling for a ceasefire within 12 hours in the Yom Kippur War. Despite this resolution, hostility acts continued and so on October 23 a second resolution was adopted in an attempt to bring a cease fire to the region.
What would happen during the next 48 hours would bring the world to the verge of a nuclear war:
During the two days in which the war continued, IDF completed besieging the 3rd Egyptian field army. In response, the Soviets demanded to push the IDF forces back, threatening to move into the aid of the besieged Egyptian Army.
At 1 AM, on the night between the 25th and the 26th, US Armed Forces were ordered to DEFCON 3, following an intelligence info which pointed out the deployment of Soviet nuclear missiles on the Nile's delta. The American reaction led to the immediate removal of the Soviet threat and the US responded by canceling DEFCON 3 – with that, bringing to the end of the Yom Kippur War.
At 1 AM, on the night between the 25th and the 26th, US Armed Forces were ordered to DEFCON 3, following an intelligence info which pointed out the deployment of Soviet nuclear missiles on the Nile's delta. The American reaction led to the immediate removal of the Soviet threat and the US responded by canceling DEFCON 3 – with that, bringing to the end of the Yom Kippur War.
This crisis was the closest to escalate into a nuclear war, besides the Cuban missile crisis in 1963.
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