the Suez Crisis 1956

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lead to

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Suez war or also called the Second Arab-Israeli war

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built in

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1860s by British and French

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British troops

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70,000 British troops in Canal zone

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ships through it

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15,000 a year

1/3 of them British

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canal essential for Britain

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had military bases in east

-depended on oil supplies from the Persian Gulf

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British oil reserves

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wouldn’t last longer than 6 weeks without

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Egypt felt

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• it was an example of British imperialism

- they thought they could only be independent when Britain left

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Egyptian’s blamed

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Farouk and his government

• believed the government to be corrupt and manipulated by the British
• for the defeat of 1949

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revolution

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1952- coup overthrew the government

1953- Egypt became a republic and General Naguib became President

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Egypt and Britain

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• Britain withdrew their troops from the zone as they wanted to remain friends with Egypt
• needed Egypt as an ally against the soviets as it was strongest, most developed Arab country

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Nasser and arms

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September 1955 announced an arms deal with Czechoslovakia

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Israel attacks into Egypt

Answer 12

February 1955

Israel attacked Gaza and killed 35 soldiers

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western control

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believed to control him as they were paying for the Aswan Dam

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Aswan Dam

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US and Britain withdrew support after Nasser recognised communist china

• Nasser responded by nationalising the Suez Canal in July 1956
• Nasser became a hero of the arab world