Saad el-Shazly
Military Commander
1922 – 2011
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Who was Saad el-Shazly?
Saad Mohamed el-Husseiny el-Shazly was an Egyptian military commander. He was Egypt's chief of staff during the October War. Following his public criticism of the Camp David Accords, he was dismissed from his post as Ambassador to Britain and Portugal, then sent into exile in Algeria.
He took part on the Egyptian side of the 1973 October War, also known as the Yom Kippur War, being the mastermind of the successful Egyptian attack on the Israeli Bar-Lev line of defence.
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- Born
- Apr 1, 1922
Basyoun - Nationality
- Egypt
- Education
- Egyptian Military Academy
(1939/02 - 1940/07)
- Egyptian Military Academy
- Died
- Feb 10, 2011
Cairo
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on July 23, 2013
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