Second War of Arab Unification

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The Second War of Arab Unification (Arabic: الحرب الثاني للتوحيد العربي al-ḥarb ath-thanī lit-tawḥīd al-‘arabī) was the second of the Wars of Arab Unification, occurring from 10 April 1966 to 30 September 1977. It was arguably the most intense and casualty-high of the three wars proper included in the Wars of Arab Unification, with more casualties (including injuries and fatalities) than the First and Third Wars, by nearly double.

According to the Arab Union's Central Bureau of Statistics, the 1966—77 war resulted in a total of 805,484 military dead and 1,304,334 military injured for the ANF/supporting militias, 581,472 military dead and 8ll,377 military injured for the Arab Union's UDF, and 748,267 civilian injured and 605,472 civilian dead (including 233,830 children). This results in a total count of 4,892,326 casualties. Very similar figures have been independently verified by multiple international organisations, including Amnesty International and the Stop the War Coalition.