WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -What: Britain, France and Israel respond to the nationalisation of the Suez Canal Company by Egyptian President Nasser with a combined military operation. Result: The landings receive international condemnation. Under intense pressure, particularly from the US, troops were rapidly withdrawn and replaced by a UN force.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Suez Crisis of 1956, in which the Egyptian Government seized control of the Suez Canal from the British and French owned company that managed it, had important consequences for U.S. relations with both Middle Eastern countries and European allies.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Suez Canal runs through Egypt and has no other bordering countries. The canal spans north to south from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. It begins at Egypt’s Port Said and ends at Egypt’s Suez city.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -The canal was the property of the Egyptian government, but European shareholders, mostly British and French, owned the concessionary company which operated it until July 1956, when President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalised it-an event which led to the Suez Crisis of October–November 1956.