Gamal Abdel Nasser1956
Nationalizes the canal after Western financing for the High Dam is withdrawn, prompting British, French and Israeli military action.
Egypt · Government / Government of Egypt. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Nationalizes the canal after Western financing for the High Dam is withdrawn, prompting British, French and Israeli military action.
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