Norman Lash
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Norman O. Lash a British
police officer seconded to the Jordanian
Arab Legion
. On 15th of May 1948, Brigadier Norman Lash was handed the field command of the operations of the Arab Legion
in Palestine.
He appointed Abdullah el Tell
to lead the offensive on Jerusalem during the 1948 war, the war for which he was criticised by many British officials for being the field commander of an Arab army. A representative of the British chief of staff, described Glubb Pasha, and his two senior aids , Norman Lash and Ronald Broadhurst as "Soldiers of fortune of British nationality" during the 1948 war.
Ironically, he was also criticised by Arab officers, as being more of a politician than a military leader.
He negotiated the Jordanian-Israeli armistice agreement, that resulted in what came to be known as the green line.
Norman Lash reached the rank of Major General, and was retired from Jordan's Arab Legion
on April 1st, 1951. He was replaced by Brigadier Sam Sidney Arthur Cooke of the Lincolnshire Regiment. According to Ma'an Abu Nawwar, an Arab officer in the Arab Legion
Norman Lash had less experience as a soldier, compared to his successor Cooke.
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police officer seconded to the Jordanian
Jordan
Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
Arab Legion
Arab Legion
The Arab Legion was the regular army of Transjordan and then Jordan in the early part of the 20th century.-Creation:...
. On 15th of May 1948, Brigadier Norman Lash was handed the field command of the operations of the Arab Legion
Arab Legion
The Arab Legion was the regular army of Transjordan and then Jordan in the early part of the 20th century.-Creation:...
in Palestine.
He appointed Abdullah el Tell
Abdullah el Tell
Abdullah el-Tell, served in the Transjordanian Arab Legion during the 1948 war in Palestine rising from the rank of company commander to become Military Governor of the Old City of Jerusalem...
to lead the offensive on Jerusalem during the 1948 war, the war for which he was criticised by many British officials for being the field commander of an Arab army. A representative of the British chief of staff, described Glubb Pasha, and his two senior aids , Norman Lash and Ronald Broadhurst as "Soldiers of fortune of British nationality" during the 1948 war.
Ironically, he was also criticised by Arab officers, as being more of a politician than a military leader.
He negotiated the Jordanian-Israeli armistice agreement, that resulted in what came to be known as the green line.
Norman Lash reached the rank of Major General, and was retired from Jordan's Arab Legion
Arab Legion
The Arab Legion was the regular army of Transjordan and then Jordan in the early part of the 20th century.-Creation:...
on April 1st, 1951. He was replaced by Brigadier Sam Sidney Arthur Cooke of the Lincolnshire Regiment. According to Ma'an Abu Nawwar, an Arab officer in the Arab Legion
Arab Legion
The Arab Legion was the regular army of Transjordan and then Jordan in the early part of the 20th century.-Creation:...
Norman Lash had less experience as a soldier, compared to his successor Cooke.