Britain and France cast U.N. vetoes against U.S. and Russian cease-fire proposals, and prepared to land troops by the Suez Canal. British newspapers reported an Anglo-French armada steaming toward ...

A British Royal Navy carrier group, led by HMS Ark Royal, and a United States submarine, were among 12 warships to pass through the Suez Canal Saturday on their way to Kuwait, according to canal ...

In 1956, a brilliant diplomat named Lester B. Pearson led Canada into middle power respectability when he pulled the world back from the brink of war in the Middle East. In 1956, the first large ...

At the end of October 1956 the British, French and Israelis invaded Egypt and took control of the Suez Canal. The American government was furious that they had taken that action without the ...

Opened in 1869, the canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea. It provides the fastest crossing between the Atlantic and Indian oceans.