Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Anwar El Sadat, Hosni Mubarak, Abdel Latif Boghdadi, Abdel Hamid Sarraj, Abdel Hakim Amer, Zakaria Mohieddin, Mahmoud Fawzi, Vice President of Egypt, Hussein El-Shafei, Ali Sabri. Excerpt: Abdel Hakim Amer Abdel Hakim Amer (Arabic: ) (December 11, 1919 September 14, 1967) was an Egyptian military general and political leader. Born in Astal, Samallot, in the Al Minya Governorate in 1919, He served in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, took part in the 1952 Revolution and commanded the Egyptian Army in the Suez Crisis, the North Yemen Civil War and the Six-Day War . Military career After finishing grade school, Amer attended the Cairo Military Academy and was commissioned into the Egyptian Army in 1939. Amer played a leading role in the military coup that overthrew King Farouk in 1952 and which brought General Naguib and Colonel Nasser to power. The following year, Amer was made Egypt's Chief-of-Staff, bypassing four military ranks. In 1956, Amer was appointed commander-in-chief of the joint military command established by Egypt and Syria . He also led the Egyptian forces against both the Israeli and allied British -French forces during the Suez Crisis . In 1964, Amer was made first vice-president to Nasser and deputy supreme commander, with the power to rule for 60 days if the president was disabled or killed. Amer's distinguished career came to a sudden end after Egypt's defeat by Israel in the Six-Day War in June 1967. During the war when he heard about the fall of Abu Ageila to Israel, he panicked and ordered all units in the Sinai to retreat. This order effectively meant the defeat of Egypt. He was relieved of all his posts and forced into early retirement. Arrest, Trial and Death In August that year, Amer, along with over 50 Egyptian military officers and two former ministers, we...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Vice Presidents of Egypt: Anwar El Sadat, Hosni Mubarak, Abdel Latif Boghdadi, Abdel Hamid Sarraj, Abdel Hakim Amer, Zakaria Mohieddin. To get started finding Vice Presidents of Egypt: Anwar El Sadat, Hosni Mubarak, Abdel Latif Boghdadi, Abdel Hamid Sarraj, Abdel Hakim Amer, Zakaria Mohieddin, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
58
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1155504267
Vice Presidents of Egypt: Anwar El Sadat, Hosni Mubarak, Abdel Latif Boghdadi, Abdel Hamid Sarraj, Abdel Hakim Amer, Zakaria Mohieddin
Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Anwar El Sadat, Hosni Mubarak, Abdel Latif Boghdadi, Abdel Hamid Sarraj, Abdel Hakim Amer, Zakaria Mohieddin, Mahmoud Fawzi, Vice President of Egypt, Hussein El-Shafei, Ali Sabri. Excerpt: Abdel Hakim Amer Abdel Hakim Amer (Arabic: ) (December 11, 1919 September 14, 1967) was an Egyptian military general and political leader. Born in Astal, Samallot, in the Al Minya Governorate in 1919, He served in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, took part in the 1952 Revolution and commanded the Egyptian Army in the Suez Crisis, the North Yemen Civil War and the Six-Day War . Military career After finishing grade school, Amer attended the Cairo Military Academy and was commissioned into the Egyptian Army in 1939. Amer played a leading role in the military coup that overthrew King Farouk in 1952 and which brought General Naguib and Colonel Nasser to power. The following year, Amer was made Egypt's Chief-of-Staff, bypassing four military ranks. In 1956, Amer was appointed commander-in-chief of the joint military command established by Egypt and Syria . He also led the Egyptian forces against both the Israeli and allied British -French forces during the Suez Crisis . In 1964, Amer was made first vice-president to Nasser and deputy supreme commander, with the power to rule for 60 days if the president was disabled or killed. Amer's distinguished career came to a sudden end after Egypt's defeat by Israel in the Six-Day War in June 1967. During the war when he heard about the fall of Abu Ageila to Israel, he panicked and ordered all units in the Sinai to retreat. This order effectively meant the defeat of Egypt. He was relieved of all his posts and forced into early retirement. Arrest, Trial and Death In August that year, Amer, along with over 50 Egyptian military officers and two former ministers, we...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Vice Presidents of Egypt: Anwar El Sadat, Hosni Mubarak, Abdel Latif Boghdadi, Abdel Hamid Sarraj, Abdel Hakim Amer, Zakaria Mohieddin. To get started finding Vice Presidents of Egypt: Anwar El Sadat, Hosni Mubarak, Abdel Latif Boghdadi, Abdel Hamid Sarraj, Abdel Hakim Amer, Zakaria Mohieddin, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.