The Crossing of the Suez, Revised Edition

Third printing,of the original work by General Saad Shazly Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed forces during the Arab Israeli war of 1973, including three new chapters.

The Crossing Of The Suez is an inside look by the Egyptian Chief of Staff at events leading up to and including the 1973 Arab Israeli war. The book gives a day to day account of the war, the capture of the Bar Lev line, the subsequent split between the political and military leadership and the aftermath of the Israeli penetration through Egyptian lines

The new chapters are a response to the many questions and various opinions about the war and the book since its first publication 1980

General Shazly’s founded the paratroopers in Egypt in 1954 and was commander of the first paratrooper battalion in the Egyptian army. In 1960 he headed the first United Arab Forces in the Congo as part of the United Nations forces. He was Defense Attaché in London 1961-1963; Commander of Special Forces 1967-1969; Commander of the Red Sea Districte 1970-1971

On May 16, 1971 he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces, a post he held until December 12,1973.