Closure of the Suez Canal (1956–1957)
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Closure of the Suez Canal (1956–1957)
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The closure of the Suez Canal from November 1956 to April 1957 was caused by the Second Arab–Israeli war also known as the Suez Crisis in 1956. On 26 July 1956 Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal from British and French investors who owned the Suez Canal Company, causing Britain and France to devise a military operation with the help of Israel to invade the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula and have British and French paratroopers drop in to protect the Suez Canal, but the o
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Part of the 1956 Suez Crisis
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closure_of_the_Suez_Canal_(1956%E2%80%931957)
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2022-08-28T06:20:44Z
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2024-08-28T18:31:03Z
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