It is not a mere
line, but it is the strongest defense line in
the recent history. It starts from Suez Canal
to 12 km depth in Sinai peninsula.
About it, Hamdy El Konayessy
- military
correspondent during the war - said ( .... Along
the eastern bank of the canal there had been
the first and main line, after it at a
distance of 3-5 km, had been the second line
prepared by engineering equipment, folds for
tanks and artilleries, at a distance of 10 - 12Km
the third line, parallel to the first and
second lines, with other engineering
preparations and reserves of armored weapons
and mechanical artillery units. All these
lines along Suez Canal of 170 Km )
Source: Hamdy Al
Konayessy in his book " The
Flood"
