Suez crisis Flashcards
(10 cards)
Nationalises
July 26th 1956
July to october
Event: Britain, France, and Israel secretly plan a military response (Protocol of Sèvres).
Isreal invades
October 29, 1956
Event: Israel invades Egypt (Operation Kadesh), moving toward the Suez Canal.
British Bomb egyptian airfeilds
October 31, 1956
Event: Britain and France bomb Egyptian airfields under the pretext of separating the warring sides.
Sells currency
October 30th -Nov 2nd
Buy 45 million currency resrve
Maintain 1=2.80
Paratoopers
November 5th-6th
660 British
490 french paratroopers
Un ceasefire
November 6, 1956
Event: Ceasefire declared under U.S. and U.N. pressure.
Impact on arms rave
Khruschev beileves threatening nukes ends it
=August 21st 1957 -icbm
-October 1st 1957 - sputnik one
Threatens Nuclear attack
November 25th 1956
Impact UK
Humiliation
Less trade
Petrol rationing was introduced in December 1956, lasting until May 1957
