S1E3:The Suez Crisis - 1956
The 100 Days That Defined Modern History
11 Apr 202348 minTV-PG
Contains Violence.
In July 1956, Egyptian president Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, prompting a response from Israel, Great Britain, and France. By the end of the crisis Britain and France had assembled impressive invasion fleets in the Mediterranean, but soon had to withdraw. It remains one of the great follies of modern history from which these nations saw their global powers diminished.
