<P> The Yom Kippur War , Ramadan War , or October War ( Hebrew : מלחמת יום הכיפורים ‎ , Milẖemet Yom HaKipurim , or מלחמת יום כיפור , Milẖemet Yom Kipur ; Arabic : حرب أكتوبر ‎ , Ḥarb ʾUktōbar , or حرب تشرين , Ḥarb Tišrīn ) , also known as the 1973 Arab -- Israeli War , was a war fought from October 6 to 25 , 1973 , by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel . The war mostly took place in Sinai and the Golan -- territories that had been occupied by Israel since the end of the 1967 Six - Day War -- with some fighting in African Egypt and northern Israel . Egyptian President Anwar Sadat 's objectives were `` to recover all Arab territory occupied by Israel following the 1967 war and to achieve a just , peaceful solution to the Arab - Israeli conflict . '' </P>
what was the main purpose of the yom kippur war
to recover all Arab territory occupied by Israel following the 1967 war and to achieve a just , peaceful solution to the Arab - Israeli conflict