The Suez Crisis (TRIH eps 717-718)
1956–1957 · Resource
A series on the Suez Crisis of 1956: Anthony Eden and Gamal Abdel Nasser, the nationalisation of the canal, the secret pact with France and Israel, the invasion of Egypt and the humiliating retreat that marked the end of Britain as a great imperial power.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1956
- Cuban Revolutionary War (1953)
- Suez Crisis (1956)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- US Civil Rights Movement (1954)
- Korean War (1950)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)
- Berlin Airlift (1948)