Point 2 of 6 — Lesson 25: The Revolution of 23 July 1952 – Factors, Events and PrinciplesQuestion bank: 0 questions (0 with pictures)
02The Free Officers organisation
From the beginning of the 1940s the Egyptian army was exposed to a number of political influences that drove its nationalist officers, especially the young ones, towards political work.
Because army lawsforbade soldiers from engaging in politics, political work inside the army took a secret character, so that the officers would not fall under the penalty of the law.
Theaffair of 4 February 1942 made the officers feel their dignity had been insulted, and they held several meetings at the officers' club in Zamalek.
Thedefeat of the army in Palestineand the exposure ofthe scandals of the royal regimecreated ashared intellectual bond among a large number of young nationalist officers of different political trends.
This national bond was the foundation on which Bakkbashy Gamal Abdel Nasserbuilt theFree Officers organisation after the return of the Egyptian army from Palestine.
In a few years Nasser gathered the conscious national vanguardof the army's officers — men who believed thatthe army is not a guard for the king but for the nation.
Nasser's plan and that of his colleagues was to strip the army of its loyalty to the king so that its loyalty would be to the people.
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