Fawzi al-Qawuqji

Fawzi al-Qawuqji
Fawzi al-Qawuqji
	Fawzi al-Qawuqji in 1936
Native name	فوزي القاوقجي
Born	19 January 1890; Tripoli, Ottoman Empire
Died	5 June 1977 (aged 87); Beirut, Lebanon
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire (1912–1918); Arab Kingdom of Syria (1918–1920); French Mandate of Syria (1920–1925); Syrian rebels (1925–1927); Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz (1927–1930); Palestinian Defense Society (1936–1939); Golden Square (1941); Nazi Germany (1941–1945); Arab Liberation Army (1948–1949);
Branch	Arab Liberation Army
Years of service	1913–1949
Rank	German Army Colonel (WWII)
Commands	Arab Liberation Army 1948–1949
Battles / wars	First World War Mesopotamian Campaign; Battle of Beersheba; ; Franco-Syrian War; Great Syrian Revolt 1925 Hama uprising; ; Ikhwan Revolt; 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine; Second World War Middle Eastern theatre 1941 Iraqi coup d'état; Anglo-Iraqi War; Syrian Campaign; ; ; 1948 Palestine war Battle of Mishmar HaEmek; ; First Arab-Israeli War Operation Dekel; Operation Hiram; ;
Awards	Iron Cross, Second Class

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.