Gamal Abdel Nasser26 July 1956
Announces the nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, a joint British-French enterprise that operated the canal.
Egypt · Warfare / Suez War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Announces the nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, a joint British-French enterprise that operated the canal.
Leads the Egyptian technical takeover of the Suez Canal Company after Nasser's nationalization order.
Egyptian forces mobilise during the Suez-Sinai Campaign as Israel begins its advance across Sinai.
Britain and France bomb Egypt after Nasser rejects their ultimatum; Egyptian forces block the canal by sinking ships.
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