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oct 29, 1956 - Suez Canal Crisis

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The Suez Canal Crisis was an invasion of Egypt from Israel. The aims were to regain Western control of the Suez Canal and to remove Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, who had just nationalized the canal. It is important because the US had to step in to help and that considers us.

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oct 29, 1956
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~ 69 years ago