15 May 1948Palestine WarMahmoud el-Nokrashy Pasha
Commits Egyptian forces to the war following the end of the British Mandate in Palestine.
Historical records for Egypt in 1948, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Commits Egyptian forces to the war following the end of the British Mandate in Palestine.
Is assassinated by a member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Receives serious wounds during the Battle of Faluja
Daninos develops a proposal for a much larger storage dam upstream of Aswan.
Heads a group of officers dedicated to Egyptian nationalism
Israel gains more land than had been allocated to it by the United Nations Palestine resolution of 1947
Heads a group of officers dedicated to Egyptian nationalism
During the 1948 Arabi War, Egypt holds Gaza and its surrounding area and occupies the city after the war. After the Armistice with Israel Egypt retains the Gaza Strip
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