First Closure of the Suez Canal (oct 29, 1956 – apr 10, 1957)

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The closure of the Suez Canal from November 1956 to April 1957 was caused by the Suez Crisis, also known as the Second Arab–Israeli war, in 1956. On July 26th, 1956, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal from British and French investors who owned the Suez Canal Company, causing Britain and France to devise a military operation with the help of Israel to invade the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula and have British and French paratroopers drop in to protect the Suez Canal, but the objective was to take the canal back. The United States and Soviet Union condemned the invasion and de-escalated the situation by early 1957.

Around 66% of oil that Europe consumed at the time came through the Suez Canal from mostly Arab States.

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