Victor Hvozd: The Suez Crisis of 1956

Lessons for Ukraine: it is better to learn from someone else’s mistakes than from one’s own and to learn from experience. But until we take some knocks, nothing will come of it.

Praemonitus, praemunitus.

 

One of the main sources of income for Egypt is the Suez Canal. No wonder 65 years ago there was a danger of a nuclear war between the Soviet Union and Western countries — France and Great Britain. And all after the President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser suddenly decided to nationalize the strategic waterway. Secrets of the Suez Crisis, what were the interests of the Soviet Union there, and the parallels with the annexed Crimea…

 

The first part of this story (in Ukrainian):

geopolitical situation in the Middle East, preconditions of the Suez Crisis, how Britain and France reacted to Nasser’s privatization of the Suez Canal, the role of Israel in waging war, the United States against the hostilities. Political, economic and military components of preparations for war between Britain, France, Israel and Egypt.

 

 

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