The United States supported Israel in this conflict.
Due to this support, the United States and the Soviet Union were on a brink of a near-confrontation, the first since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
The Yom Kippur War, also called the Ramadan War, was a war fought from October 6th to 25th, 1973, between a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel.
The Arab coalition launched a surprise attack on Israel during the day of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism and during the month of Ramadan.
Israel was aided by massive U.S. military assistance and it seized the strategically important Golan Heights.
The Soviets backed down in the end but the relationship between them and the United States became farther damaged.
