<P> The Convention of Constantinople in 1888 declared the canal a neutral zone under the protection of the British , who had occupied Egypt and Sudan at the request of Khedive Tewfiq to suppress the Urabi Revolt against his rule . The revolt went on from 1879 to 1882 . As a result of British involvement on the side of Khedive Tewfiq , Britain gained control of the canal in 1882 . The British defended the strategically important passage against a major Ottoman attack in 1915 , during the First World War . Under the Anglo - Egyptian Treaty of 1936 , the UK retained control over the canal . The canal was again strategically important in the 1939 -- 1945 Second World War , and Italo - German attempts to capture it were repulsed during the North Africa Campaign , during which the canal was closed to Axis shipping . In 1951 Egypt repudiated the treaty and in October 1954 the UK agreed to remove its troops . Withdrawal was completed on 18 July 1956 . </P>
<P> The Convention of Constantinople in 1888 declared the canal a neutral zone under the protection of the British , who had occupied Egypt and Sudan at the request of Khedive Tewfiq to suppress the Urabi Revolt against his rule . The revolt went on from 1879 to 1882 . As a result of British involvement on the side of Khedive Tewfiq , Britain gained control of the canal in 1882 . The British defended the strategically important passage against a major Ottoman attack in 1915 , during the First World War . Under the Anglo - Egyptian Treaty of 1936 , the UK retained control over the canal . The canal was again strategically important in the 1939 -- 1945 Second World War , and Italo - German attempts to capture it were repulsed during the North Africa Campaign , during which the canal was closed to Axis shipping . In 1951 Egypt repudiated the treaty and in October 1954 the UK agreed to remove its troops . Withdrawal was completed on 18 July 1956 . </P>
when was the suez canal taken by egypt
when was the suez canal taken by egypt
18 July 1956
18 July 1956