The Suez crisis, though a blow to British power in the Near East, did not mark its end. Britain intervened successfully in Jordan to put down riots that threatened the rule of King Hussein in 1958 and in 1961 deployed troops to Kuwait to successfully deter an Iraqi invasion.

Historical Map of the Eastern Mediterranean (7 November 1956 - Suez Crisis: In July 1956 President Nasser of Egypt nationalized the Anglo-French owned Suez Canal. Incensed, the United Kingdom and France engineered an invasion of Egypt with Israel to retake the Canal, but were immediately met with international condemnation.

Jul 21, 2006 · Has China's housing bubble burst? Maps showing the strategic importance of the Suez Canal and how the crisis unfolded.

Feb 14, 2025 · The Suez Crisis was an international crisis in the Middle East that was precipitated on July 26, 1956, when the Egyptian president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, nationalized the Suez Canal. The canal was owned by the Suez Canal Company, which was controlled by French and British interests.

Feb 27, 2025 · Suez Canal, sea-level waterway running north-south across the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt to connect the Mediterranean and Red seas. It separates the African continent from Asia, and it provides the shortest maritime route between Europe and the lands lying around the Indian and western Pacific oceans.

Aug 24, 2023 · Egypt prevented Israel from using the Suez Canal, motivating Israel to wrest the canal from Egyptian control. As Israeli forces pushed toward the canal in autumn of 1956, a trap was sprung by Britain and France against the Egyptians.

Apr 26, 2015 · When the pan-Arabist government of Egypt decided to nationalize the Anglo-French owned Suez Canal, Britain and France responded by engineering an invasion of Egypt with Israel - a recently formed Jewish state that Egypt had threatened to destroy.

Historical Map of the Eastern Mediterranean (7 November 1956) - Suez Crisis: In July 1956 President Nasser of Egypt nationalized the Anglo-French owned Suez Canal. Incensed, the United Kingdom and France engineered an invasion of Egypt with Israel to retake the Canal, but were immediately met with international condemnation.

May 10, 2024 · The Suez Canal crisis, also known as the Suez Crisis, occurred in 1956 and involved Egypt, Israel, the United Kingdom, and France. The crisis was triggered by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser's decision to nationalize the Suez Canal, which had been operated by a joint British-French company.

Dec 18, 2020 · Suez Canal Crisis Following the end of World War II, and as more and more British colonies in the region began to gain independence, Egypt tried to wrestle control of the canal from the British. In 1951, the Egyptians withdrew from the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian Treaty.