First of all, as a result of the treaty of 1936 the British army entered Egypt to defend the Suez Canal, during the Second World War. And from that date Egypt became the biggest Allied base in the Middle East. However Egypt severed relations with the Axis powers soon after the outbreak of the Second World War but remained neutral until near the end of the war. And in 1940 the Italians brought the war on Egypt, but they were defended by the British army. In 1941, the Germans entered western Egypt and threatened the country and the canal. But the British army defeated the German force at Al-Alaman in October 1942.

By the year 1948, Britain gave Israel a promise called the Balfour Promise to establish their state in Palestine, this meant a promise from Britain to those who don’t deserve it.From this date, the start of the Arab-Israeli wars began. As a result, some Arab armies began to enter into Palestine from Syria, some came through Jordan and Amman . Unfortunately, the venality and ineffectiveness of the king Farouk regime were the main causes of Egypt's losses in the war. As a result of that the revolution of 1952 removed Farouk's regime and brought to power younger officers of the Free Officers' movement. From that day, Egypt gives priority to the development of the military army. In 1955 the government put the National Military Service Law, which aimed at reforming and upgrading the armed forces.

After President Gamal Abdel Nasser seized the Suez Canal in July 1956, the British, French and Israel is began the war against Egypt. But at the same wear Israelis struck across Sinai toward the Suez Canal and south in the direction of Sharm El-Sheikh to ease the blockade, the Egyptian Gulf of Aqaba. The British and French forces bombed Egyptian air bases, causing Nasser to withdraw Egyptian army from Sinai to protect the Suez Canal.


In June 1967 the Egyptian army intensive training for combat and equipped with new Soviet equipment. Although there have been many signs to point to an imminent attack, the Israelis still took Egypt by surprise on June 5, when the aircraft approached from the Mediterranean Sea at low altitude to avoid detection by radar and attacked the Egyptian air force while it was still grounded. The Israel Air Force bombed and strafed the thousands of Egyptian tanks, guns, and cars caught in the bottleneck. After the occupation of Sinai and Israel, which built on the Bar Lev Line, a series of thirty-three small, heavily fortified observation posts on the ramparts of sand between eight to ten meters along the eastern bank of the Suez Canal.

In January 1969, Egypt started the War of Attrition with intensity along the canal as a whole. Israeli positions along the Bar Lev Line survived the attack, but suffered heavy damage. They attacked with raids on the same line against Israeli patrols and installations in the rear. Egypt to revitalize the air defense system succeeded in destroying a large number of Israeli aircraft. Still, in the only major battle between Israeli fighter jets, Soviet, and Israeli air force quickly prevailed.

In October 1973, Egyptian forces crossed the Suez Canal during the Six of October and the destruction of the Bar Lev line, while the Syrians march in the depth of the Golan Heights. War developed rapidly, and coordination between Egypt and Israel attacked Syrian arrested by surprise. About six hours before the attack, Arab, and Israeli officials said they were convinced that war was imminent; for the mobilization of the reserves and then ordered in the early days of the war.

In 1979, President Anwar Al Sadat visited the Israeli Knesset, and spoke with the Israeli people about peace and from that moment began the battle for peace between Egypt and Israel. That battle, which was the direct cause of the division of the Arab ranks and since then Egypt cut off from most Arab countries.

References

• http://countrystudies.us/egypt/128.htm

• http://countrystudies.us/egypt/131.htm

• http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/sadat.html