regional rivals at the time, were both killed during the coup. In 1963 some of the same officers aligned themselves with the Ba'ath Party and overthrew the government of Abd al-Karim Qasim, who was killed by the organizers of the coup. In Syria a coalition of Arab nationalist officers, including Nasserists, Ba'athists and independents, toppled the secessionist government of Nazim al-Qudsi in 1963 and vowed to restore the union with Egypt in the United Arab Republic (1958–1961). In Saudi Arabia during the 1960s the Prince Talal invoked a similar idea, the Free Princes Movement, in an unsuccessful effort to overthrow his country's conservative monarchy. He was exiled to Egypt as a result and was given asylum by Nasser. Then Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi used a similar group to overthrow the Libyan King Idris in 1969. The anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 led by the Free Officers is commemorated as Revolution Day, an annual public holiday in Egypt on 23 July. The name was consciously assumed by the Free Officers and Civilians Movement, led by Brigadier-General Najib al-Salihi who opposed Saddam Hussein. Members This is a list of some of the major officers of the movement: Major General Muhammad Naguib (Border Guards) Brigadier General Youssef Seddik (Infantry) Lieutenant Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser (Infantry) Lieutenant Colonel Anwar El-Sadat (Military Communication) Lieutenant Colonel Zakaria Mohieddin (Infantry) Major Abdel Hakim Amer (Infantry) Major Salah Salem (Artillery) Major Kamal el-Din Hussein (Artillery) Major Khalid Mohieddin (Armoured Corps) Major Hussein Al Shafei (Armoured Corps) General Ali Elbana Major Hamdy Ebeid Captain Abdel Moneim Abdel Raouf (Air force) Wing Commander Gamal Salem (Air force) Wing Commander Abd al-Latif al-Boghdadi (Air force) Squadron Leader Hassan Ibrahim (Air force) Amin Shaker (Military Communication) Mashhour Ahmed Mashhour Aly Mansour (Air Force) Mounier Shash (Artillery) Major General Mohamed Uthman (Infantry) See also Egyptian Revolution of 1952 Egyptian Revolutionary Command Council History of Modern Egypt References External links Armed Conflicts events Data: Egypt Coup 1952 Egyptian nationalists Egyptian revolutionaries Military history of Egypt Rebel groups in Egypt Revolutions in Egypt Egyptian Revolution of 1952