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| 1875 | Disraeli, Benjamin |  |
| 27th Nov Suez Canal Purchases 40% Suez canal co shares from the Khedive with a œ4m Rothschild bank loan |
| 1956 | Eden, Robert Anthony | |
| Suez Canal Eden compares Nasser's nationalization of the Suez Canal with the nationalism of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler 20 yrs earlier |
| Suez Canal Issues an ultimatum to Egypt & Israel to withdraw forces from the Suez Canal |
| Suez Canal The Canal owners, Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez, hod a secret meeting between Israel, France & Britain at SŠvres, outside Paris |
| 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 |
| 23rd Sep Suez Canal Submits the Suez dispute to the UN Security Council |
| 30th Oct Suez Canal Egypt turns down the Anglo-French ultimatum for a cease-fire |
| 30th Oct Suez Canal Israel accepts the Anglo-French ultimatum to withdraw 10 miles from Suez |
| 31st Oct Suez Canal British & French planes bomb Egyptian airfields |
| 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 |
| Nov Suez Canal The Allies agree Israel should invade & Britain & France would intervene & instruct the Israeli & Egyptian armies to withdraw 10 miles either side of the canal |
| Nov Suez Canal The USAwill support Britain if it accepts the UN solution, the pound collapses |
| 4th Nov Suez Canal Makes a TV broadcast to the nation appealing for national unity |
| 4th Nov Suez Canal The UN adopts a Canadian resolution to send a UN force, Britain & France abstain |
| 5th Nov Suez Canal the 3rd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment drops at El Gamil Airfield, establishing a secure base for incoming support aircraft & reinforcement |
| 7th Nov Suez Canal Britain says she will evacuate her troops from Suez on the arrival of the UN forces |
| 7th Nov Suez Canal Cease-fire commences after the Russian threat of rockets |
| 7th Nov Suez Canal Eden announces in the Commons UN forces will be used & military operations cease |
| 8th Nov Suez Canal No confidence debate in the Commons |
| 15th Nov Suez Canal The UN forces arrive in Suez |
| 14th Dec Suez Canal Makes a speech in the Commons denying all knowedge of the invasion of Suez |
| 27th Dec Suez Canal The UN fleet begins clearing the canal of scuttled ships |
| 1956 | Gaitskell, Hugh Todd Naylor | |
| 5th Nov Suez Canal Goes on television & calls for Eden's resignation |
| 5th Nov Suez Canal Goes on television & denounces Eden as "utterly discredited in the world" |
| 1956 | Heath, Edward Richard George | |
| 4th Nov Suez Canal Chief Whip during the Suez crisis |
| 1966 | Wilson, James Harold | |
| 18th July Suez Canal It is announced that British forces will withdraw from Suez by the mid 70's |
