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WWW.SURVIVALEBOOKS.COMFM 100-5resupplying their units, the Israelis were able to recover much of their lost territory. Eitan’s counterattack,however, was merely the prelude to an operationl counteroffensive that began on 10 October.Figure 6-4. Yom Kippur War, 6 October 1973Thanks in large measure to the last stand of the 188th Armored Brigade, the Isarelis were able to rushthree divisions to Eitan on the Golan front. These three division launched a coutneroffensive down theKuneitra-Damascus highway. By 12 October, the counteroffensive was so succesful that the Israelisbegan to shift untis to the decisive Sinai front. All positions on the Golan were restored by 22 October1973, Mount Hermon being retaken on that day (Figure 6-5).Thanks to the stout defense by General Eitan and his troops on the Golan front, the great encircling battleof Suez-Adabiya was able to take place in the Sinai. The encirclement of the Egyptian Third Armyessentially sealed the victory for the Israeli armed forces in the Yom Kuppur War.6-21