THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
DWIGHT D EISENHOWER AND THE COLD WAR
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Cuban missile crisis
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invasion of South Korea
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blockade of Berlin
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British, French, and Israeli invasion of Egypt
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Detailed explanation-1: -Eisenhower faced his greatest foreign policy challenge: the Suez Canal Crisis, in which Great Britain, France, and Israel attacked Egypt after Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser seized control of the canal.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Suez Crisis began on October 29, 1956, when Israeli armed forces pushed into Egypt toward the Suez Canal, a valuable waterway that controlled two-thirds of the oil used by Europe. In July of that year, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the canal.
Detailed explanation-3: -The catalyst for the joint Israeli-British-French attack on Egypt was the nationalization of the Suez Canal by Egyptian leader General Gamal Abdel Nasser in July 1956.
Detailed explanation-4: -Israel willingly agreed to this scenario since it gave Israel the opportunity to gain control of the Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula, end the Egyptian blockade of the Straits of Tiran, and retaliate against Egypt over its support for Palestinian commando raids on Israel’s western border during the previous two years.