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| 1956 | Alliance Nasser, Gamal Abdel |  |
| April Nasser signs a military Alliance with SaudiArabia |
| 1956 | Aswan Dam Nasser, Gamal Abdel | |
| Aswan Dam The USA& Britain had agreed to help pay for the Aswan Dam but cancelled after Egypt had bought tanks from Communist Czechoslovakia & befriended China |
| 26th July Aswan Dam The nationalization of the Suez Vanal is announced in order to raise revenue for the construction of the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River |
| 1956 | Bombing of Nasser, Gamal Abdel | |
| 31st Oct Suez Canal The UK & France bomb Egypt to force the reopening of the canal with Operation Musketeer, Nasser then sinks all 40 ships in the canal & closes it until 1957 |
| 1956 | Conference of London Nasser, Gamal Abdel | |
| 16th Aug London Nasser boycotts a London Conference on the Suez |
| 1956 | Constitution Nasser, Gamal Abdel | |
| April Nasser assumes personal power with the support of the army |
| April Cairo Promulgates the new Constitution |
| 1956 | Diplomacy Nasser, Gamal Abdel | |
| April Nasser signs a military Alliance with SaudiArabia |
| 1956 | Martial Law Nasser, Gamal Abdel | |
| April Nasser assumes personal power with the support of the army |
| April Nasser defeats a Coup & declares martial law |
| 1956 | Muskateer Nasser, Gamal Abdel | |
| 31st Oct Suez Canal The UK & France bomb Egypt to force the reopening of the canal with Operation Musketeer, Nasser then sinks all 40 ships in the canal & closes it until 1957 |
| 1956 | Nationalization Nasser, Gamal Abdel | |
| 26th July Suez Canal Nasser announces the nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, which operated the vital trade route to the east, in which British banks & business held a 44% stake |
| 26th July Suez Canal The nationalization of the Suez Vanal is announced in order to raise revenue for the construction of the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River |
| 1956 | President Nasser, Gamal Abdel | |
| 24th June Appointed President of Egypt, 1st term |
| 1956 | Rule of Sinai Nasser, Gamal Abdel | |
| Sinai After the Suez crisis Egypt gains the Sinai |
| Sinai The UN guards the Sinai on the Egyptian side of the border after the war |
| 1956 | Rule of Suez Canal Nasser, Gamal Abdel | |
| Suez Canal Nationalizes the Suez Canal prompting military action from France, Britain & Israel |
| Suez Canal The USA& Britain had agreed to help pay for the Aswan Dam but cancelled after Egypt had bought tanks from Communist Czechoslovakia & befriended China |
| 4th June Suez Canal Announces Egypt will not renew the Suez Canal Company's concession after 1968 |
| 13th June Suez Canal The last British troops leave their Suez Canal base |
| 26th June Suez Canal Siezes the canal under a decree outlawing the Suez Canal Company |
| 2nd Aug Suez Canal British & French Nationals leave Egypt |
| 9th Aug Suez Canal British families are airlifted out of the canal zone |
| 1956 | Unification Nasser, Gamal Abdel | |
| Feb Cairo Egypt unites with Syria |
