Saad el-Shazly

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Saad el-Din el-Shazly
Nickname(s)	(The Golden General )
Born	(1922-04-01)1 April 1922 Shubratna, Basyoun, Gharbiya, Kingdom of Egypt
Died	10 February 2011(2011-02-10) (aged 88) Cairo, Egypt
Allegiance	Egypt  Kingdom of Egypt  United Arab Republic  Egypt
Service / branch	Egyptian Army
Years of service	1942–1973
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	Commander of the first Paratroops Battalion in Egypt (1955–1959) Commander of the United Arab forces in UN mission to Congo (1960–1961) Military attaché in London (1961–1963) Commander of the 2nd Infantry Division (1965–1967) Commander of the Special forces Corps (Commandos & Paratroopers) (1967–1969) Commander in chief of the Third Field Army (1970–1971) Chief of staff of the Egyptian armed forces (1971–1973)
Battles / wars	World War II 1948 Arab–Israeli War Suez Crisis Six-Day War North Yemeni Civil War War of Attrition Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing (WIA) Yom-Kippur War
Awards	Order of the Sinai Star Order of the Nile (after death)

Saad el-Din Mohamed el-Husseiny el-Shazly (Arabic: سعد الدين محمد الحسيني الشاذلي, IPA: [sæʕd edˈdiːn elħoˈseːni eʃˈʃæzli])‎ (1 April 1922^[1] – 10 February 2011)^[2][3] was an Egyptian military officer. He was Egypt's chief of staff during the Yom Kippur War.^[1] He is credited with the equipping and preparation of the Egyptian Armed Forces in the years prior to the successful capture of the Israeli Bar-Lev line at the start of the Yom Kippur War. He was dismissed from his post on 13 December 1973.^[4]