Republic & After · event 2 of 14

1956

Suez. Nasser nationalises the canal; Britain, France and Israel invade and are forced to withdraw under American and Soviet pressure. Nasser emerges as the leading figure in the Arab world.

The Republic & After era

  1. 1952
  2. 1956
  3. 1961
  4. 1967
  5. 1971
  6. 1973
  7. 1981
  8. 1988
  9. 2005
  10. 25 January 2011
  11. 2013
  12. 2015
  13. 2021
  14. 2020s

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