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Suez Canal Crisis
History of Egypt
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| | 1956 | 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 relationship with the China is the result of the Bandung Conference in 1955 where Nasser had asked the Chinese to use their influence on Russia to supply arms |
| 29th Oct Suez Canal Egyptian forces are mobilized during the Suez-Sinai Campaign |
| 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 |
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