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Sterling Crisis

United States · Warfare / Suez War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1956Date range
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Chronological records

1956

George Magoffin Humphrey6 November 1956

Washington · Warfare / Suez War

Uses American financial leverage as Britain faces a sterling crisis during the Suez intervention.

Names involved

George Magoffin Humphrey

Provenance

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