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Vertical map of the Suez Canal in Egypt, showing its route from Port Said on the Mediterranean Sea in the north to Suez on the Gulf of Suez in the south. The map highlights the existing canal, the new canal channel as of August 2015, major lakes such as Lake Timsah and the Great Bitter Lake, and nearby cities and infrastructure including railroads and drainage canals, with the Sinai Peninsula to the east. An inset locates the canal within Egypt. British soldiers stand in front of a large crowd of civilians waiting for food distribution in the Arab quarter of Port Said, Egypt, with damaged buildings and rubble in the background.
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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - Suez Canal Crisis. Nov 12, 2026
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Suez Crisis: Operation Musketeer. Jul 22, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jul 19, 2026
Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - The 1956 Suez War. Oct 22, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - The Suez Canal Crisis, 50 Years Later. Aug 25, 2025
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Nightlife - What was the Suez Canal Crisis all about? Jun 20, 2025
Add new Web site: CORE - Failures in American Diplomacy: The Suez Crisis, 1956 (PDF). Apr 25, 2025
Questions and answers added. Mar 13, 2025
Add new Web site: The National Archives - Spotlight On: Suez Crisis. Feb 14, 2025
Add new Web site: Imperial War Museums - Why Was The Suez Crisis So Important? Feb 11, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - Assignment - The Suez Crisis. Dec 17, 2024
Add new Web site: Digital Commons at DePaul - Suez 1956: International Crisis and the Role of Law. Oct 22, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Michigan Press - The 1956 Suez Crisis. Mar 27, 2024
Add new Web site: Gresham College - The Suez Crisis, 1956. Jan 03, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Suez Crisis. Nov 14, 2023
Add new Web site: The Loyal Edmonton Regiment Museum - Suez Crisis. Sep 05, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - The Suez Crisis of 1956. Jul 06, 2023
Add new Web site: International Monetary Fund - Was Suez in 1956 the First Financial Crisis of the Twenty-First Century? Jan 05, 2023
Add new Web site: Ohio State University - Origins - The Suez Crisis (1956). Nov 10, 2022
Add new Web site: National Army Museum - Suez Crisis. Aug 25, 2022
Corrected display issue. Sep 10, 2020
Media revised. May 12, 2020
Corrected display issue. Aug 22, 2018
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Suez Crisis, 1956 War. Sep 07, 2016
Add new Web site: U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian - The Suez Crisis, 1956. Sep 07, 2016
Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - America And The Suez Crisis. Aug 09, 2016
Media added. Apr 12, 2016
Video added. Aug 25, 2010
Added new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Suez Crisis. Jan 30, 2009
Added new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Suez Crisis. Jan 30, 2009
Added new Web site: ThinkQuest - The Suez Crisis of 1956. Jan 30, 2009
Added new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - America And The Suez Crisis. Jan 30, 2009
Added new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Suez Crisis. Jan 30, 2009
Article revised and updated. Nov 17, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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