Britain and the suez crisis when and what caused it ?

Answer 1

1956 - Nasser the president of Egypt nationalised the canal which was owned by a french and british company.
The French and British colluded with Israel that Israel would invade Egypt then the French and British would invade to stop the fighting and recover the canal.
The whole thing was a fiasco and Nasser won.

Answer 2

What Caused The Suez Crisis

Answer 3

Britain and France owned the Suez and were Trying to stop the Egyptians from from stealing But the USA sided with the arabs forcing the British to give up their legal claim Now the Egyptians are Loosing Money because the Canal is Not paying for itself it is called Karma

Answer 4

Egypt nationalised the Suez canal. Britain and France deemed it was an international waterway.and invaded to keep it open, mainly for oil from the Arabian Gulf. Cost Sir Anthony Eden his job.

Answer 5

The Suez Crisis (Arabic: أزمة السويس - العدوان الثلاثي; French: Crise du canal de Suez; Hebrew: מבצע קדש‎) was a military attack on Egypt by Britain, France, and Israel beginning on 29 October, 1956.

The attack followed Egypt's decision of 26 July, 1956 to nationalize the Suez canal after the withdrawal of an offer by Britain and the United States to fund the building of the Aswan Dam.

was opened in 1869, having been financed by the French and Egyptian governments. Technically, the territory of the canal proper was sovereign Egyptian territory, and the operating company, the Universal Company of the Suez Maritime Canal (Suez Canal Company) was an Egyptian-chartered company, (originally part of the Ottoman Turkish Empire). During the British colonial era, the Suez Canal was important in the Middle East, for penetrating Africa, and for maintaining control of India. Thus, in 1875, the British government of Benjamin Disraeli bought the Egyptian share of the operating company, thus obtaining partial control of the canal's operations, which it shared with mostly-French private investors. In 1882, during intervention in Egypt, the United Kingdom took de facto control of the canal proper. The canal was strategically important, because it was the ocean trade link between the UK and its colonies in India, the Far East, Australia, and New Zealand. In its entirety, the area was strategically important to North Africa and the Middle East.

The Convention of Constantinople (1888) declared the canal a neutral zone under British protection. In ratifying it, Egypt agreed to permit international shipping to freely pass through the canal.

The Suez Canal proved its strategic importance during the Russo-Japanese War when the Japanese entered an agreement with the British. The Japanese launched a surprise attack on the Russian Pacific Fleet, based at Port Arthur. When the Russians sent reinforcements from the Baltic, the British denied access to the canal. This forced the Russian fleet to steam around the entire continent of Africa, giving the Japanese forces time to regroup and solidify their position on the areas.

The importance of the canal as a strategic center was apparent during both World Wars; in the First World War, the British and French closed the canal to non-Allied shipping, in the Second World War, it was tenaciously defended in the North African Campaign.

Full Story here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_crisis

Answer 6

I'm going to say that nationalizing it was a mistake. It being so old, it can't service a lot of the current ships, so oil doesn't move through there as much as it used to. Egypt owns it, so upgrading it is their problem, and it probably won't happen. Were it a business, they could get investment from big oil for it.

Invasions and war and sovereignty issues aside, it's just not a smart thing for a government to own.

Answer 7

Dels replies covers it.I was on standby for the Suez invasion but it never happened and we were stood down.1956 ,i think it was.NASAR did the right thing for his country,but whether we agreed or not we would have still had to go in when ordered to.