EVENT INFORMATION

5
November
1956

Soviet government threatens intervention during the Suez Crisis

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📅 5 November 1956 📍

As Britain, France, and Israel attacked Egypt after Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, the Soviet Union threatened military action and called for a halt. The episode let Moscow present itself as an opponent of old colonial powers, even as Soviet troops were crushing Hungary’s bid for autonomy.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Gamal Abdel Nasser

Soviet and Egyptian officials

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Egypt

USSR

United Kingdom

France

Israel