The 1956 Suez Crisis came to a head on 5/6th November, when British and French paratroopers dropped onto targets around the Egyptian cities of Port Said and Port Fuad, at the mouth of the Suez Canal. Amphibious landings followed the next morning. But the two colonial powers, secretly working with Israel to destroy President Nasser’s government, quickly found themselves diplomatically isolated. Find out what happened next, and the deep historical background to the Suez Crisis, in our two-part doc

41K views · 692 reactions | Operation Musketeer: British Army & the Suez Crisis, November 1956  In November 1956, Britain, France and Israel launched a co-ordinated invasion of Egypt to seize control of the strategic waterway known as the Suez Canal. In this video, I detail the role played by the British Army and Royal Marines in this invasion; codenamed Operation Musketeer. By Liveth For Evermore | The British Falkland Islands & British Military | Facebook

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