Suez Crisis
1956 · Event
Britain, France and Israel invade Egypt; US-Soviet pressure forces withdrawal. End of British imperial confidence.
On these timelines: The Suez Crisis, Master, United Kingdom (combined), North Africa, England
More from The Suez Crisis
- Nasser nationalises the Suez Canal (1956)
- Anglo-French-Israeli invasion of Egypt (1956)
- The Protocol of Sèvres (1956)
- Anglo-French paratroopers land at Port Said (1956)
- America pulls the plug on the pound (1956)
- UN ceasefire ends Suez Crisis (1956)
- America withdraws the Aswan Dam loan (1956)
- Eden resigns, broken by Suez (1957)
Around 1956
- Berlin Airlift (1948)
- Cuban Revolutionary War (1953)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- US Civil Rights Movement (1954)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Korean War (1950)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- The Beatles (1960)