Suez War

The Suez War was a conflict between the United Kingdom and the United Arab Republic in 1956. The conflict began after the UAR under President Nasser attempted to nationalise the Suez Canal and finally rid Egypt of British influence. The British response was swift and saw the Arab military be utterly humiliated, it has been argued that this war put an end to hopes within the Arab world of a union being formed, as the defeat of Nasser's forces led to the rise of nationalist and Ba'athist forces throughout the republic.
At the wars end the British forced Egypt to cede the territory around the Suze Canal, and it was reformed into the Suez Canal Territory.
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