Wi: Syria and Egypt keep fighting 6 day war

Say Egypt and Syria decide keep fighting

How much longer could Syria and Egypt keep fighting in the 6 day and How much would the soviet supply them

how would longer 6 day war play out

I imagine Iraq and Sudan would sent forces

Would there be an earlier oil embargo if the fighting was long enough
 
I think you're getting a little confused vis. Soviet supples, which was more of an issue in 1973.

The problem with 1967 is that by June 10th, the Syrian and Egyptian armies had been completely broken. Morale was nonexistent. Troops were deserting en masse. The IDF was so overwhelmed with POWs that they were just confiscating weapons and cutting them loose. Syrian radio was overreporting Israeli success in order to try and force the UN to issue a ceasefire, and Israel probably could have driven tanks into Damascus without too much trouble. Israeli troops were lined up on the Suez Canal and ready to push forward into Egypt proper. Israel had completely taken the West Bank and was digging in on the Jordan Valley.

In Syria, at least, it's not an exaggeration to say that the Syrian army probably couldn't have acted even if they wanted to, and Egypt was more than happy to take the ceasefire (Jordan, for their part, was regretting taking action).

As far as the Arabs knew, by the time allies sent help, Israel could have taken Damascus, Cairo, and Amman (Israel could never have held those cities, of course, but it's difficult to overstate how cowed and frightened the Arab military leaders were).

As far as Iraq and Sudan are concerned, I'm not sure. Iraq had a brand new king who was incredibly insecure in his position, but declaring war on Israel could well have helped him. Not that the Iraqis could have done much; Israel was too far to send ground troops in any meaningful time-table, and far enough that aircraft would have had to operate from someone else's airbase. Iraqi-Jordanian relations weren't very good in the aftermath of the Arab Federation, and the Iraqi king's relations with Syria were very shaky since the Syrian government was run by more-or-less the same factions he was trying to defeat inside his own government (i.e. Arab Socialists).

Sudan in 1967 is a complete basket case, enjoying a brief period of unstable civilian government between military rule. Sudan could barely mobilize military forces within Sudan, let alone hundreds of miles away.

And the embargo in '73 was a response to American aid to Israel - but Israel in '67 actually stood alone. The French had cut off their patronage, and the Americans had yet to establish theirs, so there's no one to punish by issuing an embargo (aside from Israel, but...)

Now, there's lots of ways to change the Six Day War, but trying to keep Syria and Egypt going longer at the end of an otherwise mostly OTL war is a nonstarter.
 
I assumed had the six day war gone on the soviets would have sent a large amount of supplies

Meh, I'm not sure. In '73, Israel was a clear client of the US and Yom Kippur was a proxy war. In '67, Israel is just some random country that's kicking the ass of what are clearly incompetent allies. Until the US gets involved, the USSR might just be willing to write off the whole thing.

President, surely; the last king had been deposed and killed in 1958.
Otherwise, agree with all this comment.

I maintain my claim that Arif was clearly attempting to reestablish the monarchy :p
 
I wonder how for the Israelis really would have gone. Would they have taken Damascus? And after its over, give it back or enforce some kind of control?
 
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