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Fawzi al-Qawuqji
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “field commander of the arab liberation army”. Today it says “lebanese-born arab nationalist military figure in the interwar period”.
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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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field commander of the arab liberation army
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lebanese-born arab nationalist military figure in the interwar period
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