Jan 3, 2010

Salem on History | Egypt Attempts to Nationalize the Suez Canal

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Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Military History
Subcategories: Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Nationalism, Human Rights
Curriculum: African History, Middle Eastern History
Geographical Location: Egypt, Middle East
Date: October, 1956

Article abstract: Colonial and Western-superiority attitudes reasserted themselves when Great Britain and France, in concert with Israel, invaded Egypt in the wake of Nasser’s nationalization of the Suez Canal Company.

Summary of Event

On July 26, 1956, Gamal Abdel Nasser, president of Egypt, announced that Egypt was nationalizing the Suez Canal Company. His declaration that evening, during a speech in the port city of Alexandria, surprised the world. It also set in motion a train of events that soon led to a coordinated British, French, and Israeli...

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Salem on History | Egypt Attempts to Nationalize the Suez Canal

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Summary of Event

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