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feb 6, 1956 - Trouble in the Suez

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Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal in an attempt to fund the Egyptian Aswan Dam, causing France, Israel, and Great Britain to invade Egypt. Their forces left Egypt under United States pressure to do so

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feb 6, 1956
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~ 70 years ago