1973 oil crisis - Operation Nickel Grass
Time: Friday Oct 12, 1973
Place: Sinai, Egypt
Details: On October 12, 1973, US president Richard Nixon authorized Operation Nickel Grass, a strategic airlift to deliver weapons and supplies to Israel in order to replace its materiel losses, after the Soviet Union began sending arms to Syria and Egypt.
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