Gamal Abdel Nasser2 November 1956
Orders obstruction of the Suez Canal by sinking ships to deny use of the waterway to the invaders.
Egypt · Warfare / Suez War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Orders obstruction of the Suez Canal by sinking ships to deny use of the waterway to the invaders.
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