William Durupul

And it's, you know, 100% success.

The Syrian assault onto the Golan Heights, the Golan Heights being this mountainous eminence which was grabbed by Israel in 1967.

And now the Syrians are trying to get back.

They have to attack uphill, and it's much more hard work.

It's not just crossing over a bridge into a desert.

It is a massive tank assault uphill at the Golan Heights.

And the Israelis are completely outnumbered.

There's only 177 Israeli tanks in place that morning, as 1,400 Syrian tanks come at them.

It's a ratio of 8 to 1.

But the geography is on Israel's side.

And there is an extraordinary resistance by the tank regiments at the Golan Heights.

And Israel loses more than 150 tanks on the Golan Heights in the first two days alone, but it does not lose the heights.

Much of the heights remain in Israeli hands.

So again, it's Avi Schleim who's found the smoking gun.

And he has evidence in the Iron Wall that nuclear options are discussed because Israel has the bomb at this point.

They think they're going to lose Jerusalem.

Some of the tanks are heading down towards the Lake Tiberias.

And this could be the end.

Israel is saved by the fact that the 7th Armored Brigade, led by somebody called Colonel Avigdor Kahalani, he holds his position in the northern Golan, in what will be known as the Valley of Tears.

And he fights for four days, almost without sleep or resupply, drawing on incredible reserves of strength to destroy literally hundreds of Soviet battle tanks coming down from the Syrian side of the border.