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Explain the Key
Features of 1956 War
- British Government thought that the Suez
Canal attack was a threat to the common
wealth and for oil to pass through.
- Boost to Arab Nationalism and
Nasr. He planned to unite Arab
World under his leadership.
- Every British and French asset was
seiged and properly was attacked
and destroyed in Arab world.
- It was a massive blow to British and French
prestige and influence. They ignored the UN
charter. US relationship suffered.
- The British and French said that they were intervening and
that 200 warships bombarded Port Said then landed 22,000
troops. Port Said was blocked by sunken ships.
- British and French planes began to bomb the Egyptian
air force destroying most of Nasser's planes. On 1st
November 1956 the UN called for ceasefire.
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