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ROUTE CONNECTING ASIA AND

Suez crisis begins: The aftermath of the Suez crisis:

Following the nationalisation of the Suez Canal, on After the Suez Crisis, the United States and the Soviet
October 29, 1956, the Israelis opened fire. British and Union began to play a more significant part in world
French military forces joined them two days later. The politics, which caused Britain and France—once the
three nations' armies were initially planned to attack centres of enormous colonial empires—to see a decline
simultaneously, but the British and French troops were in their importance as major world powers. After pulling
delayed. The British and French soldiers arrived at Port out British troops, British Prime Minister Anthony Eden
Said and Port Fuad later than expected but eventually resigned two months later. In the burgeoning Arab and
established control of the region around the Suez Canal. Egyptian nationalist movements, the crisis elevated
But by holding back, they had allowed the Soviet Union, Nasser to great hero status. Israel was once more given
which was also dealing with a worsening situation in permission to ship products via the Straits of Tiran,
Hungary, time to react. Beginning in 1955, the Soviet although not being given the authority to use the canal.
Union began providing armaments to the Egyptian After the Six-Day War in June 1967, Egypt again closed
government from Czechoslovakia to establish a the canal ten years later. The Suez Canal served as the
presence in the region. Later, after the United States battleground between the Egyptian and Israeli troops for
refused to finance the project, the Soviets assisted over ten years.
Egypt in building the Aswan Dam on the Nile River for -Paresh Singh Kandel
securing a better economical stance.