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Part of Cold War, Arab–Israeli conflict

Suez Crisis

October 29 – November 7, 1956 · Port Said

British-French-Israeli invasion of Egypt in 1956. Israel invaded on 29 October to reopen the Straits of Tiran; Britain and France joined on 31 October to depose Nasser and retake the nationalized Suez Canal. U.S., Soviet, and UN pressure forced withdrawal; the crisis ended Britain and France's ability to act without U.S. consent, and a UN force was stationed on the Egypt-Israel border.

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Key people

Anthony Eden prime minister who ordered the intervention · United Kingdom Gamal Abdel Nasser Egyptian president who nationalized the Suez Canal · Egypt Lester B. Pearson proposed the UN Emergency Force · United Kingdom

Participants

Strength and losses

IsraelUnited KingdomEgyptTotal
Strength 175,000 45,000 90,000
Killed c. 3,221
Civilian deaths 1,000
Killed
Israel c. 189
United Kingdom c. 22
France c. 10
Egypt c. 3,000

Battles 1

Before and after

Followed from
Protocol of Sèvres October 24, 1956

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Opening of the Suez Canal
 
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