# Suez Crisis (1956)

URL: https://english-history.com/timeline/1956-suez-crisis
Categories: main-event

Britain, France and Israel attacked Egypt after Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal. Within the broader Postwar & Modern UK period, decolonization, welfare institutions, migration, European integration and withdrawal, devolution and social change reshaped the modern United Kingdom. This event is placed at 1956 in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. American and international pressure forced withdrawal, exposing the limits of Britain's independent great-power role.

## Why it matters
American and international pressure forced withdrawal, exposing the limits of Britain's independent great-power role.

Ruler at the time: [Elizabeth II](https://english-history.com/rulers/elizabeth-ii)

## Sources
- [The National Archives — Suez Crisis 1956](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/sessions/suez-crisis-1956/)
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Suez Crisis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Suez+Crisis&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Suez Crisis](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Suez+Crisis)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history)
- [The National Archives — Postwar collection](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/explore-by-time-period/postwar/)