His ascendance ended 2, years of rule by foreigners, and his independent policies won him respect not just in Egypt but throughout the world.
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Live TV. This Day In History. With this intention we could all serve this cause. Lampson submitted an ultimatum to King Farouk to pressure the monarch—under threat of forced abdication—into assigning a pro-Britain government led by Moustafa El-Nahas. The king immediately submitted with no objections. Nasser recounts that nothing stayed the same since that day. But what can we do when we have so weakly surrendered after that shameful event. Actually, I think the British were only trying to intimidate us, but if they had felt that some Egyptians were willing to fight and sacrifice, they would have withdrawn like a whore.
As for the army, this event had a great impact on the officers who started talking about sacrifice and dignity instead of women and amusement.
They were filled with remorse because they had not taken action nor sacrificed their blood for the nation. Some tried to take action aiming to revenge, but it was too late! Anyhow, this blow managed to awaken the slumbering spirit within some bodies and taught them that there was a national dignity they had to fight for. It was a lesson—but a hard one! On 9 September , Nasser was promoted to the rank of yuzbashi or Captain and on 7 February he was appointed as an instructor at the Military Academy.
During that time he read books by great military writers such as Liddel-Hart, Clausewitz, and political writers such as Cromwell and Churchill. Nasser was introduced to her family through his paternal uncle, Khalil Hussein. Tahiyya played an influential role in his life specially during preparations for the revolution and the formation of the Free Officers Movement. She took full responsibility of their small family—at the time composed of Hoda and Mona—when he was fighting in the Palestine War.
She also helped him hide weapons when he was training Egyptian commandos to fight against the British military base in the Suez Canal in and At that time we were a small group of faithful friends trying to execute our ideals to serve a common goal. Following the decision in September to divide Palestine, the Free Officers met and decided that it was time to defend the Arabs and support the opposition in Palestine. The following day, Nasser met the Palestinian mufti who was a refugee living in Egypt, and proposed to train the opposition forces and to fight with them.
The mufti declined the offer, saying he could not accept it without the approval of the Egyptian government; but they also refused. As a result, Nasser applied for leave so he could join the opposition.
However, before any decision was taken, the Egyptian government officially asked the army to participate in the war. Accordingly, Nasser left to Palestine on May 16, after being promoted to major. Not just that, but in the middle of the battle, the engineering weaponry was asked to build a chalet for King Farouk in Gaza!
It seemed that the Higher Commandment was concerned with occupying the largest possible area irrespectible of its strategic value and whether it would influence our chances of winning the battle. I was extremely annoyed with those officers who had no idea about fighting and battlefields but merely conducted the war from their offices. The Faluga was then besieged, an event I personally witnessed and saw how the Egyptian forces continued to resist the Israeli occupants even though they greatly exceeded them in number.
The battle ended on February 24, as a consequence to the truce imposed by the United Nations. Nasser was injured twice during the Palestine war and transported to the hospital. Upon his return to Egypt, Nasser realized that the real battle was there- for he found out that during the time he was fighting in Palestine, the politicians were busy heaping up profits of the corrupt weapons they cheaply bought then sold to the army.
This is the same panel that later became the Security Council in , On May 8, , Nasser was advanced to the rank of Major. Following the violent events that took place in the beginning of , the Free Officers started thinking of assassinating leaders from the old political system as a solution to the current situation. They stared with General Hussein Serri Amer, one of the officers involved in serving the royal palace. However, their efforts failed and he escaped death. That was the first and last time for Nasser to become involved in such attempts and the Free Officers all decided to revert to other more positive approaches to attain radical changes.
With the recruitment for the revolution, the Free Officers started secretly circulating some brochures which called for re-organization of the army, supplying it with appropriate weapons and training instead of squandering on parades and parties. During that time the scandal of the corrupt weapons started spreading, along with other economic scandals in which the wafd parliament was involved.
On January 26, , protestors set fire to Cairo as a response to the massacre of police officers by British forces that took place in Ismailia in which 46 officers were killed and 72 wounded. The fire evolved but the authorities did not take any action except in the evening after the fire had destroyed buildings- leaving 12 thousand people homeless, with total losses reaching 22 million pounds.
The Free Officers decided to submit their nominations which were headed by General Mohammed Naguib who was elected as president by the majority despite the fact that the elections were cancelled by the king.
However, after realizing that they were supported by the army, Nasser decided to advance the time of the revolution which was supposed to take place in Accordingly, the army started moving on the night of July 23, occupying the building of High Commandment in Kubri Alkuba, and arresting the leaders who were discussing how to deal with the Free Officers. Following their success, Mohammed Naguib started heading the revolution after Nasser abandoned the position on August 25, All these left their impact on the army and led to our defeat in Palestine.
Following the war, with coalition of the sources of corruption, traitors were conspiring against the army and assigning corrupt or ignorant leaders hoping that Egypt would remain without a defensive army.
In view of that, after purifying our souls, we started appointing men whose abilities, manners and nationalism we trust- something that should be highly revered by all Egyptians. As for the officers who are currently held in custody, I assure you that they are safe, no harm shall afflict them and they will be released at the right time.
I assure all Egyptians that the whole army is now acting in favor of our homeland guided by our constitution and not motivated by self-interests. I also take this opportunity to request all citizens not to allow any traitors to resort to violence or vandalism- for this will not be in the best interests of the nation.
Any action of the sort will be met with unprecedented penalty, and the traitor will be severely punished by both the police and the army. Finally, I assure all foreigners that the army is fully responsible for their safety and well-being. May God grant us success. On the 26th of July, three days following the Revolution, King Farouk was forced to exile after abdicating the throne to his son Ahmad Fuad.
On 18 June, an issue was decreed by the Revolutionary Council whereby the constitutional monarchy was cancelled and Egypt was announced a Republic with Mohammed Naguib as President- in addition to his position as Prime Minister which was held by him from 7 September, One month later, however, he renounced the latter position which was taken over by Zakaryia Mohei- Eldin.
Council Statement to cancel the monarchy. In February, Mohammed Naguib resigned after having several disputes with the members of the Revolutionary Council. On the 25 th of March , Nasser was voted once again to the position of president in an election with no other candidates.
The Soviets contacted Nasser in May of to inform him that Israel may be preparing to attack Syria. Israel stated that a closure of the Straits of Tiran there would be considered an act of war. On the 22 nd of May, Nasser ignored this warning and closed the straits.
This singular action could perhaps be considered one of his greatest mistakes. Things were quiet… For a while. A defense pact was signed with Jordan and the Iraqi army deployed in preparation for what may occur. By the 8 th of June, only three days later, the Sinai Peninsula had been seized by Israel, which it this time decided to keep.
That very same day, Nasser announced his resignation. In shock and horror, hundreds of thousands poured into the streets to demand he continue as their leader. Nasser reversed his decision the following day. Whether this was a calculated move or a genuine surprise at the loyalty he maintained, we can only speculate.
The war had done for Jewish people and Zionism what the Sinai conflict had done for Arabs and Arab nationalists all those years prior. Their folly had only served to rescue their greatest enemy. He toppled an attempted coup and reconsolidated power, but there was no doubting that his influence had been crushed from its earlier peak.
Conflict with Israel continued on a much lower scale, often through intermediaries such as the PLO, until an agreed ceasefire on August 7 th , after which Nasser ordered the moving of numerous SAM missiles to the border of the ceasefire line.
It was inevitable under these conditions that conflict would start up again… It was only a matter of time. After the conclusion of an Arab League summit on the 28 th of September , Nasser suffered a heart-attack. At 6pm of the same day, he passed away at age His death came as an enormous shock as his health situation had been kept a secret from the public, despite two prior heart-attacks in previous years. He was still the man who dragged Egypt out of its semi-feudal backwater.
He was still the man who faced down Britain, France and Israel! His funeral procession through Cairo began on the 1 st of October and five million mourners formed a ten-kilometer funeral procession. It very may well have been the largest funeral in history. Many foreign diplomats and heads of state attended, with Muammar Gaddafi reportedly fainting twice from sheer emotional distress at the loss of what he saw as such a great inspiration.
There was crying in the streets and thousands poured out in cities across the Arab world to march in devotion to their leader, with 75, marching through Jerusalem itself. While a united Arab world was never seen, the spiritual unity of millions of Arabs was felt across it on that day. To this day, Nasser is upheld as an Egyptian hero and an inspiration to countless political movements across the Arab world.
While his followers undid many of his political policies and have indeed turned Egypt into a much different place, he remains an enduring figure that stands tall in the hearts and minds of many. Given the context of Egypt before he came along, many may well feel that he gave Egypt its dignity back. Whether that would have been a good thing or a bad thing, I leave up to you….
This is the context. What comes next is the ideology of his namesake, Nasserism! See author's posts. Nasser: The Pan-Arab Leader. Flag of the Wafd Party. Palestinian refugees. Gamal Abdel Nasser. Nasser greeted by adoring crowds in Nasser at the Bandung Conference.
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