<P> The Suez Crisis or the Second Arab -- Israeli War also named the Tripartite Aggression ( in the Arab world ) and Operation Kadesh or Sinai War ( in Israel ) , was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel , followed by the United Kingdom and France . The aims were to regain Western control of the Suez Canal and to remove Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser , who had just nationalized the canal . After the fighting had started , political pressure from the United States , the Soviet Union , and the United Nations led to a withdrawal by the three invaders . The episode humiliated Great Britain and France and strengthened Nasser . </P>
<P> The Suez Crisis or the Second Arab -- Israeli War also named the Tripartite Aggression ( in the Arab world ) and Operation Kadesh or Sinai War ( in Israel ) , was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel , followed by the United Kingdom and France . The aims were to regain Western control of the Suez Canal and to remove Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser , who had just nationalized the canal . After the fighting had started , political pressure from the United States , the Soviet Union , and the United Nations led to a withdrawal by the three invaders . The episode humiliated Great Britain and France and strengthened Nasser . </P>
when did britain go to war with egypt
when did britain go to war with egypt
1956
1956