Was Suez Doomed To Fail?

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In 1956, Britain, France and Israel launched a secret plan to invade Egypt and seize back control of the Suez Canal. But the Suez Crisis would end in humiliation and expose the limits of British power. Discover why the Suez Crisis happened, how Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anthony Eden became locked in confrontation, and why the invasion changed Britain’s place in the world. TIMECODES 00:00 The Secret Plan to Invade Egypt 01:02 Why Was the Suez Canal so Important? 02:51 The Rise of Nasser 04:54 Why Did the Suez Crisis Happen? 07:06 The Crisis Begins 08:06 What was the Protocol of Sèvres? 09:20 The Invasion Begins 11:40 How Did Things Go Wrong? 13:19 The Reason Britain Backed Down 16:03 What Happened After Suez? VISIT US Discover IWM Duxford: https://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-duxford FILM LICENCING Explore and licence the film clips used in this video: https://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/collections/_p2nryP2O FOLLOW US x.com/I_W_M instagram.com/imperialwarmuseums facebook.com/iwm.london tiktok.com/@imperialwarmuseums CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTIONS National Liberation Army Soldiers (8) by Zdravko Pečar / Museum of African Art, Belgrade on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. Gamal Abdel Nasser in Belgrade, 1962 by Stevan Kragujević on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0 Egyptian Soldiers by Zdravko Pečar / Museum of African Art, Belgrade on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. Soldiers in IDF armoured cars by IDF Spokesperson's Unit photographer on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0

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