Fawzi al-Qawuqji | |
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![]() Fawzi al-Qawuqji in 1936 | |
Native name | فوزي القاوقجي |
Born | Tripoli, Ottoman Empire (present-day Tripoli, Lebanon) | 19 January 1890
Died | 5 June 1977 Beirut, Lebanon | (aged 87)
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Service/ | Arab Liberation Army |
Years of service | 1912–1949 |
Rank | German Army Colonel (WWII) |
Commands | Arab Liberation Army 1948–1949 |
Battles/wars | |
Awards | Iron Cross, Second Class |
Fawzi al-Qawuqji (sometimes spelled Fauzi el-Kaukji - Arabic: فوزي القاوقجي; 19 January 1890 – 5 June 1977) was a Lebanese-born Arab nationalist military figure in the interwar period.[1] He served briefly in Palestine in 1936 fighting the British Mandatory suppression of the Palestinian Revolt. [2] A political decision by the British enabled him to flee the country in 1937. He was a colonel in the Nazi Wehrmacht during World War II, and served as the Arab Liberation Army (ALA) field commander during the 1948 Palestine War.
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