Suez Canal in History

Refuses to ratify the concessions to the Canal Company made by Said, and the question is referred to the arbitration of Napoleon III, who awarded £3,800,000 to the company as compensation for the losses they would incur by the changes which Ismail insisted upon in the original grant

Opens the completed Suez Canal to international navigation.

Opens the canal under Egyptian sovereignty while operation remains in the hands of the Suez Canal Company.

The Suez Canal is opened by Khedive Ismail Pasha of Egypt and Sudan

Under a Treaty signed with Britain, Britain is allowed to keep the Suez Canal

Signs terms requiring British forces to evacuate the Suez Canal base within twenty months.

Nationalizes the canal after Western financing for the High Dam is withdrawn, prompting British, French and Israeli military action.

Announces that Egypt will not renew the Suez Canal Company's concession when it expires.

Marks the departure of the final British troops from the Suez Canal base.

Nationalizes the Suez Canal Company and transfers its assets and operations to the Egyptian state.

Places the Suez Canal Company under Egyptian state ownership by presidential decree.

Carries out the technical takeover of Suez Canal Company offices for the Egyptian state.

Announces the nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, a joint British-French enterprise that operated the canal.

Leads the Egyptian technical takeover of the Suez Canal Company after Nasser's nationalization order.

Orders measures affecting British and French nationals after the Suez crisis escalates.

Oversees evacuation of British civilians from the Canal Zone during the crisis.

Younis helps keep canal traffic moving after many foreign pilots leave their posts.

Egyptian forces mobilise during the Suez-Sinai Campaign as Israel begins its advance across Sinai.

Faces British and French air attacks during Operation Musketeer after the Israeli invasion of Sinai.

Orders resistance to the Anglo-French assault and blocks the canal during Operation Musketeer.

Britain and France bomb Egypt after Nasser rejects their ultimatum; Egyptian forces block the canal by sinking ships.

Younis oversees Egyptian assessment of canal obstructions and damage after the fighting.

Orders obstruction of the Suez Canal by sinking ships to deny use of the waterway to the invaders.

Nasser's government expands the sinking of vessels and obstructions to block canal navigation.

Restores international navigation after wrecks from the Suez conflict are cleared.

Reopens the Suez Canal under Egyptian administration after wrecks from the invasion are cleared.

The canal reopens after clearance operations, with Egypt retaining control of the waterway.

Closes the Suez Canal after the Six-Day War, leaving the waterway blocked for years.

Announces intensified operations against Israeli forces along the Suez Canal.

Commands Egyptian air defenses that protect the canal crossing from Israeli air attack.

Egyptian forces begin the canal crossing during Operation Badr at the opening of the war.

Orders Egyptian forces to cross the Suez Canal and attack Israeli positions in Sinai.

Commands the Egyptian Second Army during the crossing of the northern Suez Canal sector.

Egyptian commandos and assault troops cross the Suez Canal as the Egyptian offensive begins.

Commands the Egyptian Third Army during the southern Suez Canal crossing.

Takes command responsibilities on the Second Army front during the Israeli crossing crisis.

Reopens the Suez Canal under Egyptian control after postwar clearance and disengagement agreements.

Reopens the Suez Canal to international navigation after clearance and reconstruction.

Presides over the formal reopening of the Suez Canal after eight years of closure.