Saad el-Shazly
Egyptian military officer (1922-2011) · Egypt · Politicians · Died at 88
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Something wrong?Saad el-Din Mohamed el-Husseiny el-Shazly was an Egyptian military officer. He was Egypt's chief of staff during the Yom Kippur War.
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Shazly and his wife on their wedding day
Shazly, the founder of the Egyptian Paratrooper forces.
Shazly (right) with Field Marshal Ahmed Ismail and President Sadat, 1973
Shazly (right) with Ahmed Ismail
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Lieutenant General Shazly during the October War.
Lieutenant-General Shazly (second-from-right) crosses the Suez Canal to visit the battlefront on 8 October 1973, thus being the first officer from the military command to visit the battlefront after crossing.Awards
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Saad el-Din Mohamed el-Husseiny el-Shazly was an Egyptian military officer. He was Egypt's chief of staff during the Yom Kippur War. He is credited with the equipping and preparation of the Egyptian Armed Forces in the years prior to the successful capture of the Israeli Bar-Lev line at the start of the Yom Kippur War. He was dismissed from his post on 13 December 1973.
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