The 100 Days That Defined Modern History
The Suez Canal Crisis-1956
Season 1 Episode 3 of 6
In July 1956 Gamal Abdel Nasser, president of Egypt, nationalised the Suez Canal. Israel, Great Britain and France responded. It was one of the great follies of modern history from which the British and French were obliged to timidly withdraw
The 100 Days That Defined Modern History airs on PBS America at 10:50 AM, Wednesday 9 July. (Subtitles.)
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