Fawzi al-Qawuqji

Fawzi al-Qawuqji
Fawzi al-Qawuqji
	Fawzi al-Qawuqji in 1936
Native name	فوزي القاوقجي
Born	19 January 1890; Tripoli, Ottoman Empire; (present-day Tripoli, Lebanon)
Died	5 June 1977 (aged 87); Beirut, Lebanon
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire (1912–1918); Arab Kingdom of Syria (1918–1920); French Mandate of Syria (1920–1925); Syrian rebels (1925–1927); Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz (1927–1930); Palestinian Defense Society (1936–1939); Golden Square (1941); Nazi Germany (1941–1945); Arab Liberation Army (1948–1949);
Service / branch	Arab Liberation Army
Years of service	1912–1949
Rank	German Army Colonel (WWII)
Commands	Arab Liberation Army 1948–1949
Battles / wars	First World War Mesopotamian Campaign; Battle of Beersheba; ; Franco-Syrian War; Great Syrian Revolt 1925 Hama uprising; ; Ikhwan Revolt; 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine; Second World War Middle Eastern theatre 1941 Iraqi coup d'état; Anglo-Iraqi War; Syrian Campaign; ; ; 1948 Palestine war Battle of Mishmar HaEmek; ; First Arab-Israeli War Operation Dekel; Operation Hiram; ;
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.

^ The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives, by Gilbert Achcar, (NY: Henry Holt and Co.; 2009), p. 92: "Arab nationalism's leading military figure in the interwar period ... served as a commander in all the Arab national battles of the period."
^ Matthew Hughes, Britain's Pacification of Palestine: The British Army, the Colonial State, and the Arab Revolt, 1936–1939 Cambridge University Press, 2019 pp. 20, 98

[Achcar-1] The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives, by Gilbert Achcar, (NY: Henry Holt and Co.; 2009), p. 92: "Arab nationalism's leading military figure in the interwar period ... served as a commander in all the Arab national battles of the period."

[2] Matthew Hughes, Britain's Pacification of Palestine: The British Army, the Colonial State, and the Arab Revolt, 1936–1939 Cambridge University Press, 2019 pp. 20, 98

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