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Fawzi al-Qawuqji ( ; 19 January 1890 – 5 June 1977) was a leading Arab nationalist military figure in the interwar period. The British military were impressed by his military acumen when he served briefly in Palestine in 1936 fighting the British Mandatory suppression of the Palestinian Revolt .1 A political decision by the British enabled him to flee the country in 1937. He was based in Nazi Germany during World War II , and served as the Arab Liberation Army (ALA) field commander during the 1948 Palestine War .2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Fawzi al-Qawuqji ( ; 1890–1977) was the field commander of the Arab Liberation Army (ALA) during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War in Palestine , and a rival of the principal Palestinian Arab leader, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem , Haj Amin al-Husseini .
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Fawzi al-Qawuqji ( ; 1890–1977) was Arab nationalism's leading military figure in the interwar period, based in Germany, and allied to Nazi Germany during World War II , who served as the Arab Liberation Army (ALA) field commander during the 1948 Palestine War .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Fawzi al-Qawuqji ( ; 19 January 1890 – 5 June 1977) was a leading Arab nationalist military figure in the interwar period, based in Germany and allied to Nazi Germany during World War II , and served as the Arab Liberation Army (ALA) field commander during the 1948 Palestine War .
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Arab Liberation Army commander (1890–1977) Fawzi al-Qawuqji ( Arabic : فوزي القاوقجي , Turkish : Fevzi Kavukçu ; 19 January 1890 – 5 June 1977) was a Lebanese-born Arab nationalist military figure in the interwar period . He served briefly in Palestine in 1936 fighting the British Mandatory suppression of the Palestinian Revolt . 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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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “field commander of the arab liberation army”. Today it says “arab nationalist military figure in the interwar period”. Read the current article and compare.
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field commander of the arab liberation army
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arab nationalist military figure in the interwar period
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