Anwar Sadat: Killed for Making Peace with Israel? 

Despite everything I still respect him. My dad met him a few times an said he was a decent fellow.

Anwar Sadat was a traitor. Full stop. Its 2023. What did his treachery achieve?

I was in elementary school in Birmingham Alabama and we saw for the first time a picture of Sadat in one of those children's world news papers. We were all Black and didn't know anything about Anwar Sadat but he was the leader of Egypt and he was Black. He was so different from the other Black African leaders some how to all of us. He was on the world stage and meeting with the President of the United States he was the leader of Egypt a biblical nation. Everyday we would ask out teacher Mrs. Ross about President Sadat and we could clap. I remember when she came in crying with the principal. They told us that they were very sorry but that President Sadat had died. They told us that he had been killed. We all started crying, it's so impossible to explain but it just hurt so much.

Yes, he was assasinated because of that. Egypitian will never have a president like Sadat.

One of the only Arab leaders who interpreted the Israeli conflict pragmatically: a military struggle his side couldn't win at the time.

All your biographies are very well-made and very simply narrated, and reasonably short. These make the documentaries good teaching resources. They can help raise a lot of questions among students. Kudos!

RIP Anwar Sadat. It is a tragedy that peace makers are often killed by their own people. Anwar Sadat was a great middle-east leader and peace maker who was viciously killed by Egyptian muslim extremists despite how his peace deal helped Egypt. It is truly a tragedy but we thank God for great leaders like Sadat who are willing and daring to make hard but necessary choices.

Another well researched and well presented video as always 👏👏

As an Australian I barely remember learning any Australian history in school, and I've definitely never learned african history. This channel is invaluable.

Loving learning about African history through this channel. In mid 2010’s I started coming across many RU-vid history channels and over the years I have learned history of most places in the World but I have always stayed ignorant of African history. Finally a channel dedicated for African history that can broaden my knowledge!

Another great episode. Thank you very much. Truly enjoyed it.

He was a lovely and kind soul, he really cared for his people and didn't deserve that tragic fate. God bless his soul❤️

I have been to Egypt many times, such a beautiful country full of history ,thank you for this video and educating me !!!!!🤗🇬🇧

Pls when are we getting that of Hussein Mubarak 🇪🇬

Anwar Sadat got killed because he refuged the Shah of Iran.

Love you’re videos, they’re amazing. I’m Egyptian and I find myself learning things I never even knew. That being said I have one small correction: when you’re saying the name “Amin Osman Pasha,” Pasha is his title, not his last name. So just referring to him as “pasha” doesn’t make sense because there are many people with the same title of pasha.

1. Please do a piece on the Egyptian General Saad El-Shazly, who masterminded Sadat's limited war strategy to take and hold part of the Sinai and force a diplomatic resolution to the Israeli occupation. El-Shezly is not given his due, his plan was only defeated by political interference from Sadat (under pressure from the Syrians) and US intelligence aid. 2. Sadat didn't aim to capture the whole Sinai by force, but simply force the Israelis to negotiate.

I can bet my money on the fact that Mubarak knew what was about to happen during Sadat's assassination

Very informative piece, I have been waiting for it with bated breath. However the background music was rather distracting

I was in Egypt when Sadat was killed, I was on liberty in Alexandria, I was stationed on the USS Guadalcanal and we were visiting Alexandria Egypt when they killed that beautiful man in Cairo, what a loss to the world, it's true that the best people just don't last long, that's testament to the power of Satan and his evil intent

On behalf of my compatriots (people of Iran), I sincerely appreciate President Sadats' generosity and true friendship towards our beloved Shahanshah. May his soul rest in peace. We owe him so much. ❤

Sadat noble peace prize raises question will you sign peace agreements at cost of and sacrifice of palestine your good gulf friend? Answer is Big NO. Sadat peace with isreal was agreement not the tru solution what isreal was upto, isreal ended up occupying lands which it captured during war. Was it correct under UN and USA big NO. Sadat was Wrong.

To my African brother you have done a great job explaining the 6 October war But you did not explain or you did not do any talks about the Israeli counter offensive I am an Egyptian I was at the 6 October war I will give you a narrative about the Israeli counter offensive From the book of history proving that the Israeli counter offensive was a total defeat in the face of Israel The Israeli propaganda uses this counter offensive story to cover up the destruction of the so called the Israeli Army is the strongest on earth So read below Israeli counterattack Shortly after midnight on 8 October, optimistic field reports expecting an imminent Egyptian collapse caused Gonen to alter plans for the attack. Adan would now attack in the direction of the strongpoints at Firdan and Ismailia. The change was not formulated on precise tactical intelligence, and would come to cause some confusion among Israeli commanders for the rest of the day Soldiers move to man a BS-3 anti-tank gun. The Egyptians employed conventional, recoilless, rocket-propelled and guided anti-tank weapons as well as tanks to counter Israeli armored forces. Wreckage of Israeli armor in the aftermath of one of the counterattacks. Adan's 162nd Armoured Division was deployed along the Baluza-Tasa road to the north. His division was composed of Colonel Natke Nir's armored brigade with 71 tanks, Gabi Amir's brigade with 50 M60 tanks, and Aryeh Keren's brigade with 62 tanks (still en route to the area) for a total of 183 tanks. Adan still planned to avoid Egyptian anti-tank weaponry by having Amir's brigade move southward between Lexicon and Artillery roads (the former road ran immediately alongside the canal, and the latter was 10-15 kilometers (6.2-9.3 mi) east of it), to reach a position that would link the brigade to the Hizayon strongpoint opposite Firdan and the Purkan strongpoint opposite Ismailia. Nir would move in a similar manner to link up with Purkan. Keren would move east of Artillery Road and position his brigade opposite the Matzmed strongpoint at the northern end of the Bitter Lakes. A mechanized infantry brigade with 44 Super Shermans was expected to join in the attack by late morning. Little or no air support would come for the attack; the IAF was concentrated on the Syrian front At 07:53, minutes before the Israeli attack was to commence, Israeli forces near El-Qantarah became heavily engaged with a brigade composing the 18th Division's right flank, as Egyptian troops sought to secure the town and its vicinity. Fuad, the division commander supported the brigade with two companies of T-62 tanks. To prevent Israeli forces in the area from being outflanked, Gonen ordered Nir to remain near El-Qantarah to help contain the Egyptian attack. This left Adan with only 50 tanks under Amir's command to carry out the attack.[128] Amir began the drive south at 08:06, and was ordered to prepare to reach the strongpoints on Adan's signal. Keren was still en route to the area. Once his brigade arrived he would conduct an assault against 16th Division's bridgehead in the direction of Matzmed. However, Amir made an error in navigation, and instead of moving 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) from the canal, he moved along Artillery road, 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) away. Consequently, Amir would be forced to conduct a frontal assault in an east-west direction instead of the north-south flanking maneuver which Adan had planned.[129] Amir's brigade began to reach the plain between Artillery Road and the Firdan bridge at 09:00. So far no Egyptian resistance of any significance had been encountered. The brigade had the objective of attacking 2nd Division's bridgehead. Abu Sa'ada, the division commander, had the 24th Armored Brigade as the divisional reserve, but he could only commit it in case of an Israeli penetration. Gonen wanted Adan to reach the Hizayon strongpoint, and contacted Elazar in Tel Aviv at 09:55 to request a crossing of the canal. Gonen either downplayed or ignored negative reports and only told Elazar of positive developments. Elazar, who was at a meeting, communicated with Gonen through his assistant and approved of a crossing, also giving permission for Sharon's division to move south.[129] At 10:40, Gonen ordered Adan to cross to the west bank and Sharon to move towards Suez City. Short of forces, Adan requested that Sharon send a battalion to protect his southern flank. Gonen consented, but Sharon would not comply, and consequently several critical positions would be lost to the Egyptians later on.[129] Just before the assault commenced, one of Amir's battalions disengaged to restock on ammunition and fuel. The other battalion proceeded with the assault at 11:00. Some 25 tanks carried out an assault planned to be performed by 121 tanks. The Israelis broke through the first Egyptian troops and advanced to within 800 meters (2,600 ft) of the canal. At this point the Israelis came under heavy fire from anti-tank weaponry, artillery and tanks. The battalion lost 18 tanks within minutes, and most of its commanders were either killed or wounded.[130] By now Nir had disengaged at El-Qantarah, leaving a battalion behind, and arrived opposite the Firdan bridge at 12:30 with two tank battalions. While Amir and Nir discussed plans for an attack, Keren arrived and Adan ordered him to support Nir and Amir by attacking towards Purkan. Meanwhile, Sharon left Tasa and headed for Suez City, leaving a single reconnaissance company to hold vital ridges such as Hamadia and Kishuf, but not the hills to the north, such as Hamutal. Instead, Keren's brigade gained responsibility for these areas, but Sharon's action further endangered Adan's position.[131] Amir's brigade was now down to one battalion, which was to attack with Nir's brigade of 50 tanks. To Amir's surprise, a reserve armored battalion of 25 tanks commanded by Colonel Eliashiv Shemshi arrived in the area, en route to Keren's brigade. Short of forces, Amir, with Adan's approval, commandeered Shemshi's battalion, and ordered him to provide covering fire for Nir's assault on the Firdan bridge.[132] Egyptian soldiers pose in front of a captured Israeli Magach 3 (M48) tank At around 13:00, a recon group from 2nd Division discovered around 75 tanks concentrating north east of the bridgehead. Ten minutes later the Egyptians intercepted a radio signal in Hebrew. Nir was informing his command that he was ready to attack within twenty minutes. With little time left, Abu Sa'ada decided to take a risky move. Estimating, correctly, that the attack would come be directed between his two forward brigades, the weakest point in his lines, Abu Sa'ada planned to draw Israeli forces into his bridgehead to within three kilometers of the canal before engaging them from all sides, committing all his anti-tank reserves. At 13:30, the attack was carried out by Amir and Nir's brigades. A lack of coordination and communication difficulties between both brigades hampered the attack. Nir's two battalions attacked at the same time in two echelons. The Egyptians allowed the Israelis to advance, then encircled them. When the attackers entered the prepared killing zone, Egyptian armor of the 24th Brigade opened fire on the advancing tanks, complemented by infantry anti-tank weapons on either flank of the Israeli forces, while tank hunting detachments attacked from the rear. Within just 13 minutes, most of the Israeli force was destroyed-the Egyptians destroyed over 50 tanks and captured eight intact. Among the captured were Lieutenant Colonel Asaf Yaguri, a battalion commander, whose unit lost 32 killed. By the end of the attack Nir had just four operational tanks remaining, including his own. Gabi Amir's battalion, attacking to Nir's right, was forced to halt his advance after encountering stiff resistance. Amir requested air support several times, but did not receive any.-

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Who killed Rabin and Sadat and the effects of these actions has caused the world of the moslem world 🌎 to become terrorist in ☮️ peaceful resolutions in the Middle East.???)The remarkable work by both leaders was very important impressive indeed to solve this crisis.????😊😅😮😢😂.??)))

Those who live by the sword will die with the sword

Great man!! I am 62 now. I still remember I was tracking all the battles details of 6 days war. I was a junior high school student in Hong Kong at that time.

Egypt is a very beautiful country and people are very beautiful. I visited Egypt in 2016 and stayed there for 7 days ;

As an Irish person with little to no knowledge of African/Arab history I always felt shame hearing many Muslim/Arab and African countries have places named after our fallen heros and freedom fighters. You are helping me to make amends for a lot of the guilt thank you

A few mistakes you made, the peace treaty wasnt accepted by majority of egyptians, you made it sound like muslim extremist were the problem. They are still egyptian, until today has the relation between egypt and israel hasn't gone any better. For most in Egypt the peace treaty was signed by the military dictatorship that has ruled Egypt since the 1950s until today. Until a civilian govt is elected, this peace treaty is not legitimate. Its a mirage, the Egyptian army with all it brutality gets over a billions dollars from the US every year. Its a much more complicated game that has happend, and now Egypt is breaking down as the army has absorbed all the major sectors in the country.

Such a smart and pragmatic leader … I didn’t know that history.

Kinda funny how his successor was right beside him in his murder?

Negotiating with the devil has its consequences and he paid the price.

You make a deal with the devil, you get what you expect

One of the greatest leaders of Egypt was Anwar Sadat,a peace lover,for all the Arabs.

Enrich history n culture of Egypt, thanks a lot. Love n respect from karachi Pakistan.

This world is not place of peace

The Egyptian brotherhood viewed the signing of the peace treaty with Israel as a slap in the face.

As a Brit, I found that documentary refreshing and enlightening. As a kid, I remember watching an interview with Anwar Sadat and found him very pleasant to listen to. Given the events of the last few days I can only wonder what the situation would be now. Thank you for your work and efforts.

I think President Sadat was a good President in Egypt.😊

This man may be the most hated leader in all of Egypt's history, his death was only inevitable

Occupied *Palestine

Russians can give you arms but only the United States can give you a solution. -Anwar Sadat

Israël was saved by the US, US pre-position advanced military equipments in Israel, after Israels defeat US gave all those military equipments and also gave strategic advice and helped them through out the war

thanks tatenda for such a great work u do am always looking forward to your next episode

Im proud to be a historian and how history can unpack some of these events and make many people appreciate that the current events have a strong historical bearing.

A great documentary, thanks and congratulations.

Interesting that Sadat's grand mother should tell Sadat stories about Arab power and pride before the British. But wasn't Egypt under Ottoman occupation before the British? Ottomans are Muslim, but not Arab. Or is it that that doesn't count as an occupation? In fact I would think Arabs haven't been free since 1258 when Baghdad was sacked by the Mongols.

And who killed Rabin?

One of greatest AFRO Arabian martyrs who will forever be the Father of modern Egypt.

Moral of the story: Tragedy always strikes when the masses kill the wise individual.

The Palestine are still waiting for their statehood since the Camp David Accord 😢

Rip Anwar Sadat, great leader

Thank you Tatenda this is deep and informative

Technically, Egypt was never a British colony.

No he was assassinated because he locked up the brothers of islamboli

Sadat was not killed because of the peace agreement, as was the case with Yitzhak Rabin. Rabin was actually killed because he was going to hand over the Golan Heights to Syria. Sadat was killed because of political differences with the Islamists. The Islamists wanted freedom of opposition in the newspapers, and Sadat refused this. He had promised a month before he was killed that he would imprison the Islamists, but the Islamists turned against him and got rid of him. After that, the Islamists lived with Mubarak for the next 30 years, and Mubarak was committed to the peace agreement and was not killed. For your information, Sadat was hated by the socialists, Islamists, and liberals. He was not popular because of his political conflicts. He was only popular among the general public.

I feel very informed. Thank you.

On 6th October 1981, I was standing outside our office in the Near Dead Sea Arab Potash Project Refinery construction site in Safi Jordan. All of sudden few Palestinian colleagues started to come out and shout Down Israel and US also Sadat. I was just 21 years old at that time feard what was happening.then I ask one elderly Jordanian what was all about. Then he said Anwar Sadat was assassinated in Cairo. few of them even start to fire their pistols toward the sky. They danced till late at night.

When you comprimised the Masjid Ul Aqsa and Falestine,the consequences were clear.Saddat found heaven in lap of non muslims.When you are not loyal to Islam and consider yourself a rule and authority,Islam then fights back.Right now General Seesi doing same.Egyptian society is ruled by Feruks and still behaves alike slaves under military uniform.Total democracy can only bring change.

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Thank you for your videos. After watching a many of your videos, now I'm convinced that African leaders always acted out of choice, and were not compelled to sell their countries to former colonizers. Anwar Sadat was able to put Egypt first, and let go of relying on any superpowers.

Herrlich. Danke African Biographics.

Conflict is great for America weapon industry

Anwar sadat, king faisal, sheakh mujib, vutto are killed by kissingers plan

I think there is need to dig in more to understand why & who killed him. It sounds more simple to put the blame on Islamic fundamentalist. May be Saadat was too poweful to contain and never considered dependable.

If the hadn't touched the oil Israel was going fo take both Cairo and Damascus, and that's after being sucker punched. Crazy

Anwar Sadat was a great man, and leader

My great grand uncle was there the day sadat was assassinated, he was the irish minister of defence at the time, james tully, he was seat close enough to sadat to be injured on his face by shrapnel from a grenade. Rip to the people who were killed that day

The narrator should learn how to pronounce names correctly!

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That’s a lie Egypt never loss in 1973 they gained. It was Israel who took heavy losses

Exactly, being killed for making peace, some people just like war not peace, so sad. MHSCRIP...

History has been way to kind to the British.

I remember that day as if it was yesterday I was in Krems Austria when my mum heard on the news about sadats assassination

رحم الله الشهيد البطل المصرى محمد صلاح إبراهيم وأجعل مثواه الجنه والصبر والسلوان لأهل الشهيد وكل المصرين وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل فى حكومة الكفتجية .

He was cursed taking land that belongs to ISRAEL

I very much enjoyed it. I was stationed in Germany when this happened. Anwar Sadat was a breath of peace in the region and for the world. Fear and evil were short lived though.

"I have killed the pharaoh" 💥💥💥💥💥

He messed up royally with his approach to Camp David Accords, sidelining or taking for granted Jordanian, Syrian and Palestinian position, and weakening the Arab front Vs the Occupation. He was a great guy until Mubarak amd the likes messed up with his head...

L'Ateo originale è l'opposto dell'omosessuale ha tanta fede e preferenza politica in cui destra e sinistra si è rivelata esoterista

sadat 1973 💪

...Just to be accurate...in 1940 "Nazis" and his ally Italy did not begin to invade Lybia. Lybia at the time was already an Italian colony, following the Italo-Turkish war in 1911.

Egypt had a black president?

And finally the aftermath Operation Badr was the opening battle of the Yom Kippur War in the Sinai, and the first major Arab victory against the Israelis in years. By repelling a division-sized counterattack on 8 October, and establishing bridgeheads on the east bank to a depth of around 15 kilometers, the Egyptians had accomplished the objectives of Operation Badr.[124][137] At the start of the war, U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger believed that the better-equipped Israelis would secure victory within a few days,[138] and thus tried to delay a ceasefire in the United Nations Security Council. The counterattack on 8 October however, came against American expectations. Kissinger was taken aback when told of the extent of Israel's losses on the morning of 9 October by Israeli Ambassador Simcha Dinitz, and asked "Explain to me, how could 400 tanks be lost to the Egyptians?" Dinitz may have threatened Kissinger with the use of nuclear weapons against Egypt and Syria in order to underline the urgency of Israel's situation and push the U.S. into initiating an airlift to replace Israel's losses. Later that day Kissinger relayed U.S. President Richard Nixon's decision to initiate Operation Nickel Grass-which aimed to replace all of Israel's material losses-to Dinitz.[139][140][141] The prevailing view of Kissinger and many IDF officers on the Sinai Front was that the tide would quickly turn in their favor. The course of combat on 8 October thus came as a shock. At the end of the day Gonen, commented "It's not the Egyptian Army of 1967." In a press conference at night on 8 October, not knowing that the counteroffensive had been defeated, Elazar claimed that the destruction of the Egyptian Army was underway, and that the IDF would soon "break their [the Arabs military personnel's] bones." He would later regret these statements.[136][142] Israeli commanders began to doubt Gonen's ability. In a meeting with Israeli commanders after midnight on 9 October, Elazar decided to suspend offensive operations until the Syrians had been neutralized, especially since there were just 400 tanks left in the Sinai. Disregarding this new order, Sharon division mounted a major brigade-sized attack the following day. Despite initial successes, the Israelis had been repulsed by the end of the day with no gains, losing around 60 tanks in the process.[143] Gonen was furious at Sharon, not only because of his violation of the decision to remain on the defensive, but also because he had repeatedly disobeyed direct orders from Gonen on a number of occasions.[144] Elazar was equally livid, but rather than remove Sharon, an insubordinate but innovative commander with political connection to the opposition party, Elazar decided to replace Gonen, who had proven to be out of his depth, inept at being an operational commander. Former Chief of Staff Chaim Bar-Lev was brought out of retirement to replace Gonen. To avoid the appearance of firing him, Gonen was retained as deputy to Bar-Lev by Elazar. By 10 October, the front settled into a stalemate.[145][146] The success achieved by Operation Badr surprised Egyptian commanders, whose confidence soared. Sadat came under pressure to press the offensive towards the Sinai Passes, but remained unyielding, holding to the original goal of waging a limited war. Ahmed Ismail and Shazly were also on par with Sadat's opinion.

Israel was defeated against Egypt in 1973, please, don't include falth information.

The death 💀 of Sadat was orchestrated by Mubarak seeking to overthrow Sadat due to power struggle between them.😂😢😮😅.A moslem defense minister and part of Egyptian government decided to take his time to eliminate his boss by decree of his own moslem faith.????.???So sad 😢 by greed and ignorance of corruption leading to the death 💀 of just an impressive president of Egypt 🇪🇬.???)😂😮😮😢.???(.

Islam Bully?? Why such a term? That's sensible.

runnie. Neguib was the man who toppled .Farouk not Nasser. Nasser stole the limelight from Neguib for himself.he wascorrupt and hoodwinked the Egyptian people.

In Egitto si sta dando la caccia all'Ateo originale è un potenziale Rivale

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Japanese regurgitating nonsense.

great man, all iranian people love Egypt, egyptians & mr Anwar Sadat,,,,,god bless him .

thats why egypt will not make war with israel anymore.

Anwar Sadat made very brave accord with Israel costing his own life... and still Egypt is following his footsteps...

Thanks for that information

I love very much history of old century's. 24 hours listening watching differentiate for the time happened, for the old traditions.

Sometimes its good to know the 2 sides of a conflict i learned a lot today something i never heard from the other side lately i was seeing the so called israelis for who they really are and the situation in that region. Is all to the advantage of the imposters who are definitly not Jews. Dont get me wrong i have no hate for any man but i know injustice when i see it

killed for betraying Islamic glory?

They killed him but the peace he made with Isreal remains till today. The bold step he took to speak at the Knesset changed the average Egyptian today.