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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: History Today - The Six Day War: Israel Tears the Iron Curtain. Nov 13, 2026
Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - The Six Day War: Outfoxed in the Sinai. Jul 27, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jun 06, 2026
Add new Web site: Scholar Works at Harding - Analysis of the Six-Day War and the Role of Territory in the Conflict (PDF). Dec 10, 2025
Add new Web site: The Washington Institute - The Six Day War and Its Enduring Legacy. Feb 07, 2025
Migration of Accordions to article. Dec 06, 2024
Added cross-reference to Israel-Palestine conflicts collections page. Oct 03, 2024
Add new Web site: Pew Research Center - A Six-Day War: Its Aftermath in American Public Opinion. May 06, 2024
Add new Web site: PBS - American Experience - The Six Day War. Feb 13, 2024
Add new Web site: NPR - The Six Day War: 40 Years On. Nov 05, 2023
Add new Web site: BBC News - 1967 war: Six days that changed the Middle East. Aug 13, 2023
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - How the Six-Day War Sparked Forty Years of Strife. Jul 05, 2023
Add new Web site: Office of the Historian - The 1967 Arab-Israeli War. Mar 31, 2023
Add new Web site: Ohio State University - Origins - The Long Shadow of the June 1967 War. Jan 03, 2023
Add new Web site: Wilson Center - The 1967 Six-Day War. Oct 19, 2022
Corrected display issue. Jun 08, 2021
Added mention of the resulting UN Resolution 242 and its legacy on diplomatic relations. May 12, 2020
Corrected display issue. Oct 12, 2017
Article revised and expanded. Apr 30, 2015
Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - Chronicles of 1967. Jul 08, 2011
Add new Web site: LookLex Encyclopaedia - Six-Day War. Jul 06, 2011
Add new Web site: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs - 1967: The Six-Day War and the historic reunification of Jerusalem. Jul 06, 2011
Add new Web site: The History Learning Site - The Six Day War. Jul 06, 2011
Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - The Six-Day War: Background and Overview. Jul 06, 2011
Media added. Oct 23, 2009
New article added. Jan 14, 2009
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