William Durupul

And the battle for the Chinese Farm is one of the bloodiest of the entire war.

The Israeli paratroopers fight through the night in narrow irrigation channels, close quarters combats.

and the casualties are terrible.

But there is a breakthrough.

In the early hours of October the 16th, Israeli forces are now west of the Suez Canal, behind the entire Egyptian army.

You need your supplies.

And they've advanced by October the 22nd to within 100 kilometers of Cairo.

So this is an extraordinary military achievement by the Israeli tank regiments.

Extraordinary.

So this is where, in a sense, Sadat's genius is located because he has realized and his aim is not complete victory.

He never thought that he could invade Israel, destroy the state of Israel.

That was never part of the plan.

That's exactly what I'm saying.

And what it does is it opens him up to be in negotiations now.

It makes the Soviets take them seriously.

It makes the Americans take them seriously.

Exactly.

And so in February 1973, Sadat makes a direct peace proposal.

And what we'll hear in the next episode

episode is the whole story of Camp David and this extraordinary voyage of Sadat to Israel.