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===Arab Liberation Army===
===Arab Liberation Army===
On August 1947, Fawzi al-Qawuqji threatened that, should the [[United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine|United Nations Partition Plan]] vote go the wrong way, "we will have to initiate total war. We will murder, wreck and ruin everything standing in our way, be it English, American or Jewish".<ref name="morris2008p61"/> In early March 1948, Qawuqji arrived in Palestine from [[Damascus]] at the head of several hundred Arab volunteers. He crossed the [[Allenby Bridge]] with his troops on March 6, 1948 and a day later he brought also some motorized troops into Palestine before the non-reacting British troops.<ref>De Reynier, Jacques. ''À Jérusalem un drapeau flottait sur la ligne de feu'' (1950) p.37</ref>
In early March 1948, Qawuqji arrived in Palestine from [[Damascus]] at the head of several hundred Arab volunteers. He crossed the [[Allenby Bridge]] with his troops on March 6, 1948 and a day later he brought also some motorized troops into Palestine before the non-reacting British troops.<ref>De Reynier, Jacques. ''À Jérusalem un drapeau flottait sur la ligne de feu'' (1950) p.37</ref>


The [[Arab Liberation Army|ALA]]'s first major operation was to launch an attack on the settlement of [[Battle of Mishmar HaEmek|Mishmar HaEmak]] in April 1948. The Haganah and [[Palmach]] counter-attacked and the ALA were routed. In October 1948 the last of the ALA forces were driven out of the [[Galilee]] in [[Operation Hiram]] and Qawuqji escaped to Lebanon. After the end of the war he moved to Syria and lived in [[Damascus]].
The [[Arab Liberation Army|ALA]]'s first major operation was to launch an attack on the settlement of [[Battle of Mishmar HaEmek|Mishmar HaEmak]] in April 1948. The Haganah and [[Palmach]] counter-attacked and the ALA were routed. In October 1948 the last of the ALA forces were driven out of the [[Galilee]] in [[Operation Hiram]] and Qawuqji escaped to Lebanon. After the end of the war he moved to Syria and lived in [[Damascus]].

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Fawzi al-Qawuqji
Fawzi al-Qawuqji in 1936.
Native name
فوزي القاوقجي
Born(1890-01-19)January 19, 1890
Beirut, Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire
DiedJune 5, 1977(1977-06-05) (aged 87)
Allegiance
Service/branchArab Liberation Army
Years of service?-1948
Battles/wars

Fawzi al-Qawuqji (Arabic: فوزي القاوقجي; 1890–1977) was the field commander of the Arab Liberation Army (ALA) during the 1948 Palestine War.

Biography

Until World War II

Qawuqji was born in 1890 in Beirut, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire.[nb 1] An Arab nationalist, he served as an officer in the Ottoman Army during World War I.

After Syria became a French Mandate, Qawuqji joined the French-Syrian Army and received formal training at the French École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr. During the rebellion of 1925–1927, he deserted the French Army to join the rebellion, leading the uprising in Hama in early October 1925. Qawuqji remained an outlaw thereafter.[3]

Qawuqji fought against the British in the Mandate of Palestine during the 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. He was in the Kingdom of Iraq during the Rashid Ali coup of 1941 and, during the subsequent Anglo-Iraqi War, he again fought against the British. When the Rashid Ali regime collapsed, Qawuqji and his irregular forces were targeted for destruction by the Mercol flying column and were chased out of Iraq. While still in Iraq, a British plane strafed and almost killed him.[4] After entering Vichy French-held Syria, Qawuqji made his way to Nazi Germany to recuperate.[5][6]

Qawuqji remained there for the remainder of World War II, and married a German woman (his third wife). In 1945 he was captured by Soviet forces, and held prisoner until February 1947.[7]

Arab Liberation Army

In early March 1948, Qawuqji arrived in Palestine from Damascus at the head of several hundred Arab volunteers. He crossed the Allenby Bridge with his troops on March 6, 1948 and a day later he brought also some motorized troops into Palestine before the non-reacting British troops.[8]

The ALA's first major operation was to launch an attack on the settlement of Mishmar HaEmak in April 1948. The Haganah and Palmach counter-attacked and the ALA were routed. In October 1948 the last of the ALA forces were driven out of the Galilee in Operation Hiram and Qawuqji escaped to Lebanon. After the end of the war he moved to Syria and lived in Damascus.

Published works

See also


Notes

Footnotes
  1. ^ According to Basheer Nafi, Qawuji was born in Tripoli, Libya, in 1887.[1] According to Time Magazine, Qawuji was born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1895.[2]
Citations
  1. ^ Nafi, p. 226
  2. ^ Time, I Have Returned
  3. ^ Lyman, p. 21
  4. ^ Time, I Have Returned
  5. ^ Lyman, p. 21
  6. ^ Lyman, p. 87
  7. ^ Time, I Have Returned
  8. ^ De Reynier, Jacques. À Jérusalem un drapeau flottait sur la ligne de feu (1950) p.37
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References

  • Lyman, Robert (2006). Iraq 1941: The Battles for Basra, Habbaniya, Fallujah and Baghdad. Campaign. Oxford, New York: Osprey Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 1-84176-991-6. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Nafi, Basheer M. (1998), Arabism, Islamism and the Palestine question, 1908-1941: a political history, Garnet and Ithaca Press, ISBN 0-86372-235-0

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