Robert Anthony Eden Avon, 1st31 October 1956
The UK & France bomb Egypt to force the reopening of the canal with Operation Musketeer, Egypt blocks the canal with scuttled ships in the canal & closes it until 1957
Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The UK & France bomb Egypt to force the reopening of the canal with Operation Musketeer, Egypt blocks the canal with scuttled ships in the canal & closes it until 1957
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