Robert Anthony Eden Avon, 1st25 January 1952
Anti-British riots follow British forces seize the police HQ at Ismailia
Great Britain · Warfare / Suez War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Anti-British riots follow British forces seize the police HQ at Ismailia
Submits the Suez dispute to the United Nations Security Council
Israel accepts the Anglo-French ultimatum to withdraw 10 miles from Suez. Egypt turns down the Anglo-French ultimatum for a cease-fire
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. British & French planes bomb Egyptian airfields
The United Nations adopts a Canadian resolution to send a United Nations force, Britain & France abstain. Makes a TV broadcast to the nation appealing for national unity
Paratroops land to recover the canal Eden says is vital if Britain is not to starve
The 3rd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment drops at El Gamil Airfield, establishing a secure base for incoming support aircraft & reinforcement
Eden announces in the Commons United Nations forces will be used & military operations cease. Cease-fire commences after the Russian threat of rockets. Britain says she will evacuate her troops from Suez on the arrival of the United Nations forces
Sent to Washington to gain support for a collapsing £
No confidence debate in the Commons
The United Nations forces arrive in Suez
The US will support Britain if it accepts the United Nations solution, the pound collapses. The Allies agree Israel should invade & Britain & France would intervene & instruct the Israeli & Egyptian armies to withdraw 10 miles either side of the canal
Makes a speech in the Commons denying all knowledge of the invasion of Suez
The last Anglo-French forces leave Port Said
The United Nations fleet begins clearing the canal of scuttled ships
Eden compares Nasser's nationalization of the Suez Canal with the nationalism of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler 20 yrs earlier.
The Allies agree Israel should invade & Britain & France would intervene & instruct the Israeli & Egyptian armies to withdraw 10 miles either side of the canal.
The Canal owners, Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez, held a secret meeting between Israel, France & Britain at Sevres, outside Paris.
The US will support Britain if it accepts the United Nations solution, the pound collapses.
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