2014. The death of Ariel Sharon

A year ago, January 11, 2014, at the age of 85, General Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel in 2001-2006, died. In early 2006, he suffered a heavy stroke and has since been in a coma.

As a military leader, Sharon was especially famous for the 1973 Judgment Day war, when the troops under his command for the first time in history crossed the Suez Canal from east to west and defeated the Egyptian troops. By the outcome of the battles, the Israeli armored division surrounded the 3rd Egyptian army, which forced Egypt to ask for a truce.