Fonte immagine: arabpress.eu
On July 23, 1952 a military coup led by 13 officers under the direction of Lieutenant-Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser took the country by surprise while the King and the government had moved their offices for the summer from Cairo to Alexandria. Within 24 hours they took over control of the country and choose as their nominal leader Major-General Muhammad Naguib. He was a highly respected officer who had fought in the 1948 war against Israel and was wounded in battle three times. They also chose another respected political figure, Ali Maher Pasha, to be the designated prime minister. As the revolutionary forces surrounded the Royal Palace in Alexandria to force the King’s abdication, in favor of his young six-month-old son Crown Prince Ahmed Fuad, the credibility that Ali Maher Pasha and Major-General Naguib brought to the process...
