60 Hour War

Western bought aircraft in a Sinai airfield, beginnings of the 60 Hour War.

Participants| * Arab Republic of Egypt
* Republic of Turkey
* State of Palestine (Gaza Strip)
* Syrian Republic
* Saudi Arabia
* North Yemen

Commanders and Leaders| * Gamal Adbel Nasser
* Celal Bayar
* Samahiyil Muhhamad Hayid
* Shukri al-Quwatli
* Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
* Ahmad bin Yahya

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**The 60 Hour War** or the **2nd Arab Israeli War** was a conflict between Israel, and a coalition of Arab nations led by the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Republic of Turkiye. The war was dubbed the 60 Hour War due to lasting exactly 60 hours, from April 24th, 1956, at midnight, to April 27th, 1956, 12:00pm. The war kicked off with Egypt's Operation Cynosure, resulting in Islamic aerial supremacy throughout the war. Despite the brief timeframe, it was a very impactful war, leading to the West's domination of the Middle East, and the formation of MECS.

## Background and Pre-War

### Background

Following the 1st Arab Israeli War, Egypt had a desire to reclaim its international prestige, and destroy Israel once and for all. Egypt wished to undermine Israel's place as the West's candidate in the Middle East, and ultimately destroy the state of Israel in favor of Palestine. The Nasser government of Egypt would go on to perform feats in political maneuvering in an attempt to enact this plan.

## Pre-War Events

### **The beginnings of Egyptian Political Maneuvering**

Egypt first began talks with the UK and France about nationalizing the Suez Canal, which British and French shareholders largely owned. Eventually, the colonial powers would agree to let Egypt nationalize the canal in return for military access and shareholder compensation, but most importantly the French and British agreed to not intervene in any conflicts against Israel. Egypt next looked to the US for support, and the US agreed to provide Egypt with American guns.

### The Turkish Alliance

Egypt then looked up North for support amidst the recent Turkish-Syrian tensions. Egypt would secretly take the side of Turkey and gain their support but would keep quiet in order to not remove the Syrians from being a potential ally. This would ultimately lead to the two forming an unlikely alliance in the upcoming war.

### Arms Deals with the West

Egypt's final move was to secure arms deals with the West. Seeing as the United States was keen to supply the Egyptians with guns, Egypt secured a purchase of 10 B-29 Super fortresses as well as 30 P-80 Shooting Stars. Egypt was then able to buy the two O-Class destroyers Obedience and Obdurate from the United Kingdom which would eventually become the ENS Luxor and ENS Aswan respectively. Egypt sent out a request to France to buy 10 Dassault Ouragans, however this would not go through until after the war due to the French government's hesitation, and sympathy for Israel.

## The Conflict

### **Consequence**

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