campaign, Cold War
Operation Egged
Operation Egged was a campaign fought in 1955 at Q18191885, in what is now Egypt. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Q18191885. It was part of the Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency. The recorded result: Israeli victory.
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Where it sits in the Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency
Record
| Date | 1955 (year precision) | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Q18191885, Egypt 30.003N, 34.682E | |
| Kind | Campaign, Cold War | |
| Casualties and losses | 2 killed | 12 killed; 29 captured |
| Commanders | ||
Nearest engagements
- Ein Netafim ambush 1990, 48 km S
- Raid on Bir el Hassana 1917, 91 km W
- Raid on Nekhl 1917, 91 km W
- Battle of 'Auja 1948, 101 km N
- Battle of Abu-Ageila 1967, 102 km NW
In the same war
- Before: Operation Elkayam 1955
- After: Samu Incident 1966
- All 5 engagements of Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency
Elsewhere in 1955
- Bombing of Plaza de Mayo Argentina
- Battle of Yijiangshan Islands People's Republic of China
- Battle of Saigon Vietnam
- Battle of Philippeville Algeria
- Battle of Dachen Archipelago People's Republic of China
Operation Egged is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 144 in present-day Egypt.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7097026, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Egged, revision 1370632227, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.