When Defense Secretary James Schlesinger, CIA Director William Colby, and White House Chief of Staff Alexander Haig asked that Anwar Sadat drop his request for Soviet intervention into the Yom Kippur War he accepted and it ended there. The US went from DEFCON 4 to 3 while the Soviets seven airborne divisions on alert, an airborne command post was set up in the southern Soviet Union, and several air force units were also alerted. Reports also indicated that at least one of the divisions and a squadron of transport planes had been moved from the Soviet Union to an airbase in Yugoslavia. The Soviets also deployed seven amphibious warfare craft with some 40,000 naval infantry in the Mediterranean.
So what if Sadat didn't drop it and the Soviets did intervene? How does the US react?
Full wiki article here.
So what if Sadat didn't drop it and the Soviets did intervene? How does the US react?
Full wiki article here.