The Suez Crisis, 1956
-Suez Canal built by French and British for transportation purposes
-gave access from Mediterranean to Indian Ocean
-Israelis didn't want Arabs using it
-Egypt and Russia become alliances in 1955
-Egyptians got military arms from Czechoslovakia in 1965
-Gamal Nasser was the military dictator in Egypt
-USA was building the Aswan Dam in Egypt:
-Israelis have first strike policy
-French and British would join with the Israelis under a secret deal
-Americans got angry and threatened to cut off oil
-UN resolved the Suez Crisis by using Lester B. Pearson's UN Peacekeeping force
-Israelis were given access to use the canal and their economy flourished
-second war changes the influence of power in the region from British and French to Russian and American (Cold War)
-gave access from Mediterranean to Indian Ocean
-Israelis didn't want Arabs using it
-Egypt and Russia become alliances in 1955
-Egyptians got military arms from Czechoslovakia in 1965
-Gamal Nasser was the military dictator in Egypt
-USA was building the Aswan Dam in Egypt:
- would be power for North Africa
- pulled out of project
-Israelis have first strike policy
-French and British would join with the Israelis under a secret deal
-Americans got angry and threatened to cut off oil
-UN resolved the Suez Crisis by using Lester B. Pearson's UN Peacekeeping force
-Israelis were given access to use the canal and their economy flourished
-second war changes the influence of power in the region from British and French to Russian and American (Cold War)
Suez Canal was built by French and British for transportation purposes to give access from Mediterranean to Indian Ocean. USA was building the Aswan Dam in Egypt which would be power for North Africa. Nasser threatens Israel and nationalizes the Suez Canal which caused stress for the US and Arab countries.