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Suez Crisis

Egypt · Government / Government of Egypt. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1956Date range
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Chronological records

1956

Gamal Abdel Nasser1956

Suez Canal · Government / Government of Egypt

Nationalizes the canal after Western financing for the High Dam is withdrawn, prompting British, French and Israeli military action.

Names involved

Gamal Abdel Nasser

Provenance

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