With a focus on geopolitical context, this informative, neutral, animated video (04:04) provides an excellent historical overview of the regional and international relations leading up to the Six Day War, including a quick timeline of major events from 1948-1967, such as the Suez Crisis in 1956, the Rotem Crisis in 1960, the Samu Incident in 1966, and Israelis many reprisal operations in response to fedayeen incursions throughout the 1950s and 1960s. The video also discusses the dynamic between the Arab nations, the role of large international powers, such as the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Nations, the immediate catalysts for the war, and the major events and outcomes of the Six Day War.