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Airborne Phase Released

Great Britain · Warfare / Suez War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1956

Charles Keightley5 November 1956

Cyprus · Warfare / Suez War

Keightley authorises the airborne assault phase that places British and French paratroopers around Port Said and Port Fuad.

Names involved

Charles Keightley

Provenance

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