title: Order of battle for the Six-Day War
text: # Order of battle for the Six-Day War
  
  This is the order of battle for the Six-Day War between Israeli forces and Arab forces which consisted of Syrian, Egyptian, and Jordanian military forces. The war took place on June 5–10, 1967.
  
  ## Israeli Defence Forces
  
  On full mobilisation, the Israeli Army comprised some 250,000 men of whom almost three-quarters were reservists and one-quarter conscripts. Out of its 25 brigades, nine were armoured, two were fully mechanised, and ten were infantry, some partly mechanised, as well as their paratroop brigades which also acted as elite assault troops. The brigades were assigned to six ugdas, or division-size task forces, whose composition varied according to their assigned mission and geographical area.
  
  Minister of Defense – General Moshe Dayan
  
  Chief of Staff – Lieutenant General Yitzhak Rabin
  
  ### Northern Command
  
  Brigadier General David Elazar
  
      1st Golani Infantry Brigade – Colonel Yonah Efrat
      2nd Infantry Brigade
      3rd Infantry Brigade
      37th Armoured Brigade
      45th Armoured Brigade
  
  Reinforcements:
  
      8th Armoured Brigade – Colonel Avraham Mandler (from Southern Command)
      55th Paratroop Brigade – Colonel Mordechai Gur (from June 7 onward)
  
  ### Central Command
  
  Brigadier General Uzi Narkiss
  
      4th Reserve Infantry Brigade
      5th Reserve Infantry Brigade
      16th Etzioni Jerusalem Infantry Brigade
      Ugda Peled (from Northern Command)
         9th Reserve Infantry Brigade (Central Command)
         37th Armoured Brigade
         45th Armoured Brigade
  
  Attached:
  
      10th Harel Mechanised Brigade (from GHQ Reserve) – Colonel Uri Ben-Ari
      55th Paratroop Brigade – Colonel Mordechai Gur (from Southern Command)
  
  ### Southern Command
  
  Brigadier General Yeshayahu Gavish
  
      84th Armoured Division – Brigadier General Israel Tal
         7th Armoured Brigade – Colonel Shmuel Gonen
         60th Armoured Brigade – Colonel Menachem Aviram
         202nd Paratroop Brigade – Colonel Rafael Eitan
         Recce Task Force – Colonel Uri Baron
         Granit Task Force – Lieutenant Colonel Yisrael Granit
         46th Tank Battalion – Lieutenant Uri Baron
         215th Artillery Regiment
      31st Armoured Division – Brigadier General Avraham Yoffe
         200th Armoured Brigade – Colonel Yissacher Shadmi
         520th Armoured Brigade – Colonel Elhanan Sela
      38th Armoured Division – Brigadier General Ariel Sharon
         14th Armoured Brigade – Colonel Mordechai Zippori
         99th Infantry Brigade – Colonel Yekutiel Adam
         80th Paratroop Brigade – Colonel Dani Matt
         214th Artillery Regiment
         226th Tank Batalion
      35th Paratroop Brigade – Colonel Aharon Davidi
      40th Artillery Battalion
      11th Infantry Brigade – Colonel Yehuda Reshef
  
  ## Syrian Army
  
  The Syrian Army numbered 63,000. The field fortifications were held by eight brigades of which five were infantry brigades, each with an attached tank battalion of T-34/85s and SU-100 self-propelled guns, holding the first two lines and three armoured and mechanised brigades along and behind the third line. In addition there were four reserve infantry brigades deployed between Damascus and Kuneitra, as well as seven battalions of the National Guard militia that were deployed to bolster the defensive lines. These forces were divided into 'Group Brigades' in Syrian terminology although this was an administrative convenience rather than a tactical deployment.
  
  Minister of Defense – Hafez al-Assad
  
  Army Chief of Staff – Ahmad Suwaydani
  
      12th Group Brigade
         11th Infantry Brigade
         132nd Reserve Infantry Brigade
         80th Reserve Infantry Brigade
         44th Armoured Brigade
      35th Group Brigade
         8th Infantry Brigade
         19th Infantry Brigade
         32nd Infantry Brigade
         17th Mechanised Infantry Brigade
      42nd Group Brigade
         25th Infantry Brigade
         50th Reserve Infantry Brigade
         60th Reserve Infantry Brigade
         14th Armoured Brigade
  
  ## Royal Jordanian Army
  
  The 55,000-man Jordanian Army was divided into the Eastern and Western commands, with the division marked by the Jordan River. In June 1967, the bulk of the Jordanian forces was deployed in the West Bank in two main areas: in Samaria in the north, based in and around the towns of Jenin and Nablus and in the south in the area from Ramallah through Jerusalem down to Hebron.
  
  Chief of Staff – Amer Khammash
  
  Western Command
  
      1st 'Princess Alia' Infantry Brigade
      2nd 'Hashimi' Infantry Brigade
      3rd 'King Talal' Infantry Brigade
      6th 'Qadisiya' Infantry Brigade
      25th 'Khalid Ibn Walid' Infantry Brigade
      27th 'Imam Ali' Infantry Brigade
      29th 'Hittin' Infantry Brigade
      40th Armoured Brigade
      60th Armoured Brigade
  
  Eastern Command
  
      Hussein Ali Infantry Brigade
      Yarmouk Infantry Brigade
      Royal Guard Brigade
  
  ## Egyptian Army
  
  With an official strength of 210,000 men in June 1967, the Egyptian Army had some 100,000 troops in the Sinai Peninsula and approximately 50,000 in Yemen with the remainder stationed to the west of the Suez Canal to protect Cairo. The Sinai Front Command comprised some six divisions with 930 tanks, 200 assault guns, and 900 artillery pieces.
  
  UAR Commander-in-Chief – Field Marshal Abdul Hakim Amer
  
  Minister of Defense – Shams Badran
  
  Army Chief of Staff – Mohamed Fawzi
  
  Air Force Commander-in-Chief – Mohamed Sedky Mahmoud
  
  Sinai Front Command – General Abd el Mushin Murtagi
  
  Field commander – Lieutenant General Sallah el din Mohsen
  
      2nd Infantry Division – Major General Sadi Naguib
      3rd Infantry Division – Major General Osman Nasser
      4th Armoured Division – Major General Sidki el Ghoul
      Task Force Shazli – Major General Saad el-Shazly
      6th Mechanised Division – Major General Abd el Kader Hassan
      7th Infantry Division – Major General Abd el Aziz Soliman
      20th PLA Division Gaza – Major General Mohammed Abd el Moneim Hasni
      Infantry Brigade (Ind) – Brigadier Mohammed Abd el Moneim Khalil
      1st Armoured Brigade – Brigadier Hussein Abd el Nataf
      125th Armoured Brigade – Brigadier Ahmed El-Naby
  