jan 1, 1956 - Suez Canal Crisis

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Arab nationalist General Gamal Nasser precipitated an international crisis by seizing and nationalizing the British- and French-owned Suez Canal that passed through Egyptian territory; threatened Western Europe’s supply line to Middle Eastern oil; Britain, France, and Israel carried out a surprise attack against Egypt and retook the canal; Eisenhower got mad

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