Suez War
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, British History, French History, African History, Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: Egypt, Middle East, Israel, Palestine
- Date: October 29-November 7, 1956
Article abstract: At issue: Egypt’s nationalization of the Suez Canal and interdiction of Israeli shipping in the waterway. Result: British-French occupation of the northern Suez Canal Zone; Israeli occupation of the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip.
Background
Each of the three invading belligerents was differently motivated in initiating the attack on Egypt. Britain, which had just ended its seventy-four-year military control of the Suez Canal, considered the Egyptian nationalization of the waterway on July 26, 1956 (and thus of Britain’s...
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