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Egypt had the best army in Arab Leauge or was it Transjordania?
I read that the Isrealic forces could not beat the Jordian coprs in the wars.
The Jordanians did very well in 1948, with one of the main problems being the Egyptians, not wanting to admit they had been totally routed by the Israelis and were withdrawing towards the Sinai, told them that they were ready to advance into southern Palestine.
The Jordanians were advised by the Egyptians to advance and prepare to link up with advancing Egyptian forces. Jordanian forces left relatively good positions, weakened their forces in key areas, and made an effort to link up with Egyptian forces that were nowhere to be found.
The Egyptians were about 200-300 miles from where they said there were, running for their lives. Consequently, everything that the Jordanians had achieved they lost, due in no small part to the bogus reports of victory and far-sweeping advances made by Egypt's senior commanders.
At the time of the first Arab-Israeli war, in 1948, the Jordanians had the best officer corps of any of the warring nations/parties. They didn't keep this advantage much beyond that first war.