The June, 1967 Six-Day War cost the Arab states $2.9 billion but Israel’s war costs, between $50 million and $60 million, were more than offset by booty in the form of war materiel worth some $2.4 billion, it was reported here by the London Jewish Chronicle.
The Arab losses were established by a Soviet investigating committee headed by Marshal Zacharov which tallied the loss of military equipment but not the cost of lost harbors, strongholds, oil fields, armaments factories, ships and other vessels. The Soviet findings, along with Israel’s war losses and gains, were published in “The Military Events in the Near East, June. 1967” put out by the West German publishing house of Bernhard and Graefe which specializes in works on military affairs.
According to the Soviet source, the Arabs lost 370 aircraft, 15 complete military bases, 84 communications stations, 12 guided missile positions, eight railway stations with 12 locomotives and 600 trucks loaded with arms, 700 tanks, 8,000 vehicles, 1,200 rifles and grenade launchers, 120,000 infantry weapons and 18 munitions depots.
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