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The Suez Crisis and War of 1956 involved the collusion between the British, French and Israelis to seize Egypt's Sinai and the canal. The immediate outcomes were political condemnation by the US, USSR and the UN forcing the immediate Anglo-French withdrawal (and later Israeli in 1957). It caused political aftermath the allied governments involved, and is regarded as ending Britain superpower status. The Suez Crisis also set in place the circumstances that would culminate in the 1967 June War where Israel recaptures the Sinai, and the 1973 Yom Kippur War when Egypt attempted to retake it.
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The Suez Crisis took place from October 29, 1956 to November 7, 1956 between Israel and Egypt. The Israeli losses amounted to 257 people, and on the Egyptian side, somewhere between 1,600 and 3,000 troops died. The civilian death total was 1,000.
Ferdinand de Lessups is responsible for the construction of the Suez canal. The Suez Canal was constructed in 1859.
The Whiskey Rebellion.
the Suez Canal