Saad el-Shazly Military person
Saad Mohamed el-Husseiny el-Shazly (Arabic: سعد الدين محمد الحسينى الشاذلى, IPA: [sæʕd edˈdiːn elħoˈseːni eʃˈʃæzli]) (1 April 1922 – 10 February 2011) 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 is credited with the successful capture of the Israeli Bar-Lev line at the start of the 1973 war. He was dismissed from his post one week into the conflict.
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| military command | Chief of staff of the Egyptian armed forces Commander of the Infantry Forces (1965–1966) Military attaché in London (1961–1963) Commander of the United Arab forces in UN mission to Congo (1960–1961) Commander of the first Paratroops Battalion in Egypt (1954–1959) Commander of the Special forces (Commandos & Paratroopers) (1967–1969) Commander in chief of the red sea military zone (1970–1971) |
| service start | 1940 |
| service end | 1973 |