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jan 31, 1956 - Suez Crisis

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- Egypt-USSR arms agreement (from the Lavon Affair) prompts US to cut funding for the High Dam Project, so Nasser then nationalizes the Suez Canal to fund the project
- This prompts the Triparite Aggression involving the French, British, and Israelis
- ends with a UN ceasefire and Nasser looks like a huge winner for exposing Western powers

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jan 31, 1956
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~ 69 years ago