WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Panama Canal
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Suez Canal
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Red Sea ports
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Strait of Hormuz
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Detailed explanation-1: -After World War II, Egypt pressed for evacuation of British troops from the Suez Canal Zone, and in July 1956 President Nasser nationalized the canal, hoping to charge tolls that would pay for construction of a massive dam on the Nile River.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Britain and France worried that Nasser would use control of the Suez Canal to jeopardize shipments of oil and other goods that were transported through the avenue.
Detailed explanation-3: -On July 26, 1956, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser announced the nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, the joint British-French enterprise which had owned and operated the Suez Canal since its construction in 1869.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Suez Crisis was provoked by an American and British decision not to finance Egypt’s construction of the Aswan High Dam, as they had promised, in response to Egypt’s growing ties with communist Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union.