Suez Crisis
1956 CE
When Egypt nationalised the Suez Canal, Britain, France, and Israel invaded. U.S. and Soviet pressure forced a humiliating withdrawal, marking the end of British and French imperial pretensions and…
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1956 British–French–Israeli invasion of Egypt
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Suez Crisis
1956 CEWhen Egypt nationalised the Suez Canal, Britain, France, and Israel invaded. U.S. and Soviet pressure forced a humiliating withdrawal, marking the end of British and French imperial pretensions and establishing the U.S. and USSR as the sole superpowers.
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