The nationalization of the Suez Canal sparked a bold military gamble by Britain, France, and Israel. But global outrage, especially from the U.S. and USSR, turned the crisis into a turning point in ...
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The Suez crisis that shattered Britain’s imperial illusion
After Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal, a secret plan draws Israel, Britain, and France into a fast moving intervention. This episode follows Operation Musketeer, the pressure from the U.S. and the ...
Here’s What You Need to Know: In 1956, the sun had already set on the British and French imperiums, even if they couldn’t admit it to themselves. The war began with ...
As the second London conference on the Suez crisis convened last week in the chandeliered conference room of London’s Lancaster House, U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles faced a roomful of ...
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