PBS

The Suez Crisis – 1956

In July 1956, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, prompting a response from Israel, Great Britain and France. Britain and France had assembled impressive invasion fleets ...
CNN

Why the Suez Canal is so important – and why its blockage could be so damaging

But the canal remained under British control until Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized it in 1956, sparking the Suez Crisis that drew threats of invasion from Israel, France and Great ...
The Conversation

Suez canal: what the ‘ditch’ meant to the British empire in the 19th century

Jon Parry received funding from the Leverhulme Trust for the research for a book on Britain and the Middle East, which is scheduled for publication in early 2022. The week-long blockage of the Suez ...