OCCUPATION FORCE

Occupation Force by unknown

Press photo with caption dated 28 JULY 1952: “Alexandria, Egypt, Egyptian troops erect tents at Alexaandria’s Saad Zagloul Square, as army units move into the city to prevent disorders following the abdication of King Farouk. After a six-hour ultimatum from ‘Strong Man’ Gen. Mohamed Naguib, the King left the country in exile aboard his yacht. Farouk’s seven-month-old son has been proclaimed King Fuad II”

Norbert Schiller Collection/United Press Photo/unknown photographer

Pictured scanned from original 18cm X 23cm silver gelatin print

Copyright: Unknown

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