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Ceasefire

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

3Records
1956Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1956

Anthony Eden6 November 1956

London · Warfare / Suez War

Agrees to a ceasefire after severe American, Soviet and United Nations pressure

Robert Anthony Eden Avon, 1st6 November 1956

London · Warfare / Suez War

Accepts a ceasefire under United States, United Nations and Soviet pressure

Anthony Eden7 November 1956

Suez Canal · Warfare / Suez War

Eden announces that military operations will cease and that United Nations forces will be used

Names involved

Anthony EdenRobert Anthony Eden Avon, 1st

Provenance

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