the suez crisis, 1956
- In 1955 Egypt and Russia align with each other
- 1956 Egypt begins to get arms from Czechoslovakia
- Gamal Nasser begins to threaten Israel
- USA reacts by pulling out of the Aswan Dam project in Egypt
- Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal
- The Israelis attack first under their policies
- They had a secret deal that the Fr and Br would join in once this happened
- This angered the Americans and they threaten to cut off the oil if they did not back out.
- The crisis is resolved by the introduction of UN Peacekeeping force (Lester B. Pearseon's idea)
- Israels economy flourishes under the secure conditions
- Changes the influence of power in the region from British ad French to Russian and Americans
Suez Canal was built by French and British for transportation purposes to give access from Mediterranean to Indian Ocean. USA was building the Aswan Dam in Egypt which would be power for North Africa. Nasser threatens Israel and nationalizes the Suez Canal which caused stress for the US and Arab countries. UN resolved the Suez Crisis by using Lester B. Pearson's UN Peacekeeping force and Israelis were given access to use the canal and their economy flourished. Overall the second war changed the influence of power in the region from British and French to Russian and American (Cold War).
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