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  • British Reaction to Suez Canal Crisis
    British Reaction to Suez Canal Crisis

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    In an address to the U.N. Security Council on October 31, 1956, Great Britain's Sir Pierson Dixon discusses French and English military operations in response to Egypt's nationalization of the Suez Canal.

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  • Eisenhower on the Suez Canal Crisis
    Eisenhower on the Suez Canal Crisis

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    In October 1956, Britain and France entered into a coalition with Israel, and the three nations launched a military attack against Egyptian forces in the Suez Canal. On October 31, in a speech to the nation, President Eisenhower expresses the United States' opposition to the military action.

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  • Suez Crisis Threatens World Peace
    Suez Crisis Threatens World Peace

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    On February 24, 1956, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles addresses a Senate Committee assembled to discuss increasing tensions in the Middle East centered on Egypt's Suez Canal region.

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On Oct 29, 1956, Israeli armed forces pushed into Egypt toward the Suez Canal after Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized it, initiating the Suez Crisis.

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