Suez Crisis
1956 invasion of Egypt by Israel, the United Kingdom, and France
The Suez Crisis was the invasion of Egypt by Israel, the United Kingdom and France to regain control over the Suez Canal and remove then Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, who nationalized the Suez Canal Company and Egypt's oil industry.
| Suez Crisis | |||||||||
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| Part of the Cold War and the Arab–Israeli conflict | |||||||||
 Damaged Egyptian military vehicles in the Sinai Peninsula | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Israel United Kingdom France |
 Egypt | ||||||||
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| Strength | |||||||||
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175,000 45,000 34,000 |
90,000[1] | ||||||||
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Israel:
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| 1,000 civilians killed[3] | |||||||||
Before 1956, the Suez Company owned the Suez Canal, a private corporation mostly owned by British and French investors. In 1956, Egyptian President Nasser nationalized the Canal. In other words, he took it away from the Suez Company and put the Egyptian government in control. Israel, the United Kingdom, and France invaded Egypt.
References
change- ↑ A Military History of Modern Egypt: From the Ottoman Conquest to the Ramadan War. 2006. p. 251.McGregor 2006, p. 251
- ↑ "Casualties of Mideast Wars". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 8 March 1991. p. A7. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Varble 2003, p. 90
- ↑ Zuljan, Ralph. "Armed Conflict Year Index". OnWar.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ↑ Schiff 1974, p. 70.
- ↑ Schiff 1974.
- ↑ "Invasion of Egypt!". Israel – The Suez War of 1956: U.S. newsreel footage. Event occurs at 0:30–0:40. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021.
Sources
change- Bromberger, Merry and Serge Secrets of Suez Sidgwick & Jackson London 1957 (translated from French Les Secrets de l'Expedition d'Egypte by James Cameron)
- Doran, Michael. Ike's Gamble, Free Press. Oct.2016.
- Pearson, Jonathan. (2002) Sir Anthony Eden and the Suez Crisis: Reluctant Gamble (Springer, 2002). online
- Schiff, Zeev (1974). A History of the Israeli Army: 1870–1974. Straight Arrow Books. ISBN 978-0-8793-2077-5. OCLC 1188936. OL 5068460M.
- Shlaim, Avi. "The Protocol of Sevres, 1956: Anatomy of a War Plot." International Affairs 73#3 1997, pp. 509–530. online.
- Smith, Simon C. ed. Reassessing Suez 1956: New perspectives on the crisis and its aftermath (Routledge, 2016).
- Troen, S. Ilan. "The Protocol of Sèvres: British/French/Israeli Collusion Against Egypt, 1956." Israel Studies 1.2 (1996): 122-139 online.
- Varble, Derek (2003). The Suez Crisis 1956. London: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-8417-6418-4.
- McGregor, Andrew (2006). A Military History of Modern Egypt: From the Ottoman Conquest to the Ramadan War. Praeger. ISBN 978-0275986018.
Other websites
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Suez Crisis.
- Israel's Second War of Independence, essay in Azure magazine.
- A Man, A Plan and A Canal Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine by Arthur L. Herman
- Sinai Campaign 1956
- Canada and the Suez Crisis
- July 2006, BBC, Suez 50 years on
- Suez and the high tide of Arab nationalism International Socialism 112 (2006)
- Detailed report on the Suez campaign by Ground Forces Chief of Staff General Beaufre, French Defense Ministry archive (French)
- Bodleian Library Suez Crisis Fiftieth anniversary exhibition
- Suez index at Britains-smallwars.com – accounts by British servicemen who were present
- 26 July speech by Gamal Abdel Nasser (French translation)
- Speech by Gamal Abdel Nasser Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine (Original text in Arabic)
- The short film The Middle East (1963) is available for free download at the Internet Archive
- Newsreel film, British Prime Minister's broadcast Archived 7 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine at Britishpathe.com
- Blue Vanguard (1957), National Film Board of Canada film for the United Nations about its role in restoring peace after the Suez Crisis (60 min, Ian MacNeill, dir.)
