Egyptian Armed Forces
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The Egyptian Armed Forces are the military forces of the Arab Republic of Egypt. The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces directs Egyptian Army forces, the Egyptian Navy, Egyptian Air Force and Egyptian
Illustration of the Battle of Konya.
Egyptian soldiers during the Anglo-Egyptian War.
Egyptian infantry form honor guard, 1926
King Farouk I inspecting soldiers in 1942
Egyptian Army
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The Egyptian Army, officially the Egyptian Ground Forces, is the land warfare branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces. Until the declaration of the Republic and the abolition of the monarchy on 18 June 19
Egyptian Armed Forces
…Air Force and (d) Egyptian Air Defense Forces. The Chief of Staff directly supervises army field forces (armies and districts), without any separate Egyptian Army headquarters. Since the 1952 Egyptian revolution that led to the overthrow of the monarchy, Egypt's military has centralized Egypt's governance and…
Members of the Free Officers gathered after the revolution. From left to right: Zakaria Mohieddin, Abdel Latif Boghdadi, Kamel el-Din Hussein, Gamal Abdel Nasser (seated), Abdel Hakim Amer, Muhammad Naguib, Youssef Seddik and Ahmed Shawki
Egyptian army in Sanaa in 1962
Egyptian soldiers on the east bank. Notice the carts. Pulled by two men, these transports greatly assisted in the movement of weapons and matériel on the east bank, while no vehicles had yet crossed.