The Development of the Jordanian National Guard in the 1950s
Shaul Bartal
10 October 2024Long Read
King of Jordan, Hussein I, with John Bagot Glubb, inspecting the parade of the Arab Legion, Amman, Jordan, 2 May 1953. It was necessary for the Legion to establish the National Guard in order to convince the population that it was not abandoning it to the
The Jordanian National Guard was developed in the 1950s to repel Israeli attacks before the Suez Crisis in 1956.
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