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- 게시일 2022. 03. 18.
- In 1956, an international crisis over control of the Suez Canal put Britain and France into direct conflict with President Nasser of Egypt, a proud Arab nationalist determined to stand up to foreign powers meddling in Egyptian affairs.
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Further Reading on Suez Crisis (as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases):
Blood and Sand, Alex von Tunzelmann (Simon & Schuster, 2016) geni.us/QyoWs
Suez: Britain's End of Empire in the Middle East, Keith Kyle (I.B.Tauris, 2011) geni.us/aqn6AH
The Suez Crisis 1956, Derek Varble (Osprey, 2003) geni.us/ANxBQEE
Suez 1956, Timothy Benson in History Today (Nov 2006)
Suez: The Canal Before the Crisis, Steve Morewood in History Today (Nov 2006)
Nasser, Suez and Arab Nationalism, Michael Scott-Baumann in History Today (Mar 2010)
The First Suez Crisis, Christopher Danziger in History Today (Sep 1982)
The Suez Crisis, by Laurie Milner, BBC website www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/...
Andrew Bacevich reviews 'Eisenhower 1956', London Review of Books (Vol.33 No.12)
Avi Shlaim reviews 'Israel's Border Wars, 1949-56', London Review of Books (Vol.16 No.16)
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This is a series I made back in 2018, re-released as a single documentary, which always seems a more popular format. This is the story of the 1956 Suez Crisis, when the world faced an international energy supply crisis, politicians warned of repeating the mistakes of 1930s appeasement, and a Russian leader was sending tanks into a European capital to crush hopes of greater freedom... The sort of events that until recently, we might have hoped were consigned to history. You can support the channel, get early access to new videos and vote for future topics here: www.patreon.com/EpicHistoryTV
An interesting thing was the fallout from this. The South African port of Cape Town, was absolutely overrun. We had so much business from the companies who had to bypass to alternative routes that for the next 20 years we got masses of income.
we are waiting for WW2
I dont know if it is in the works, or if you'l leven see this comment, but I would love to see some of the pivotal battles of WW2 done by you, like Stalingrad. Thanks for the all the amazing content!
Can we get to see new uploads ? Like history of the German empire or Ottoman Empire? We keep getting history from the BC which has less relevancy than modern 1871+
Great walkthrough of the Suez crisis. My grandpa was one of the Danish UN peacekeeping troops sent there. He'd talk in lengths of both the war itself but also the hospitable people of Egypt.
@iman elkazzaz seems like a better dude than alot of egyptian presidents. still couldnt beat israel tho
@iman elkazzaz مدرستيش عن موقف امريكا والسوفييت وسمعتي عن جلوري اوف ناصر ؟! ولا هي الحاجه في سماع جزء جندي قتل من اهل بلدك شوش عقلك !
@waterconsumer69 No one could beat Israel as long as Europe and US supported it even with a nuclear bomb like what France did
@Ahmed Salama Ali excuses. america didnt fund the israeli military until atleast the 70s, and the amount of money and aid the USA sends and has sent to israel is largely played up. and while yes, europeans did help israel, european aid does not overpower a coalition of however many arab countries.
Edit:
plus, the egyptians were funded by the soviets
@waterconsumer69 you know nothing and I won't waste my time.
as an Egyptian, this is better than studying the whole thing in history class
That's neat and I'm glad my country the U.S supported you guys even though we disagreed on some terms. We Americans may not always do the best things, but we try to when it counts!
@Dino Guy617 how cute
@Dino Guy617Based 🇺🇸💗🇪🇬
@ShakroophIt is cute actually when they help you get rid off the rotten monarchy and British colonialism
@Karl Heinrich Marx being involved or being the cause of every single conflict in the world is even cuter. If there was no "Soviet threat" or risk of Egypt getting closer to USSR at the time, US wouldn't have helped. So don't act like it's an act of love as you commented above.
This is incredible ! Map visualization and original footage from the fifties and in-depth step by step narration ! What a masterpiece :D
In 1956 I was a cadet in my school CCF unit. At about the time the Suez crisis was developing our CCF contingent was at a 2 week annual "camp" at HMS St Vincent in Gosport. HMS ST Vincent was a shore training unit for cadets and boy seaman presumably prior to their assignment as junior seamen on Royal Navy ships. For the first part of our stay there we were the only boys there to experience the Royal Navy services. This included a naked one length swim of the very cold pool before breakfast. During our stay there we visited HMS Dolphin, a submarine depot where we shown on board on one of the vessels. We also visited a Gunnery practice range where we allowed to operate a shore based anti aircraft gun installation (no ammo!). To aid our experience the marine aircraft section provided a real aircraft "attacking" our position from over the horizon. We were to control the gun to follow this target and "shoot it down". We were not very good at that!. Our term at St Vincent was cut short when all boy seamen from the carriers and support vessels in port were transferred to HMS St Vincent. Boy seamen were not permitted on active service. The ships were preparing to leave on the Suez campaign... On our penultimate day at the camp we had a race to climb the flag mast. The race was to touch the "cap" at the top. I think I won that.. ! I am now 83y.o. and the fond memories remain.
sincerely wish you all the best! you had a full life!
Great story! Greetings from the #Caribbean!
the prophet mohamd said : The Jews split into seventy-one sects, one of which will be in Paradise(Those who are faithful to God and worship Him alone and muslum by the path of Moses until the coming of Jesus ) and seventy in Hell . The Christians split into seventy-two sects, seventy-one of which will be in Hell and one in Paradise(Those who are faithful to God and worship Him alone and muslum by the path of jessus until the coming of mohamed). I swear by the One Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, my nation will split into seventy-three sects, one of which will be in Paradise and seventy-two in Hell.” It was said: “O Messenger of Allah, who are they?” He said: “The main body(Those who are faithful to God and worship Him alone as salafi as al albanian and ibn otheimin ibn timia ibn kaiim ) .........We must follow the truth and not follow the devil and not follow ourselves.
your life will change from doubt and confusion to a good and tranquil life
@ناصر الحق what would mohamed know about two religions that existed 600-800 years before him ?? Lol
@ANGLO-SAXON some from the stories of the prophets, And stories of ancient nations, It was mentioned in the Qur'an,And revelation of wisdom too,It was transmitted to Muhammad from God by Gabriel,And Muhammad passed it on to his companions, Today we even notice other things in the future , such as skyscrapers in the Gulf countries
Fascinating video! Fills in a big chunk of my missing global history knowledge. Thought it would be boring, but it was shockingly interesting. Excellent use of graphics and historical film clips too!
Even though these are reuploads of old videos, I love these "All Parts" videos. They make it simpler and also help Epic History reach more people, the quality is simply insane.
Yes! So much better when they're all in one video! I'll watch the whole thing
yes epic needs support, did you know its only one man editing, making visuals and more?
one guy!
Does it though? Some people are scared by long videos. Anyway both formats have their purpose.
Yeah, im kind of new to the channel and I LOVE the all parts videos. YT keeps track of where I leave off for the longer ones and the all parts videos are more on depth than anything else on YT
Awesome series of world history videos for home-educated kids. My 15 year old son loves these videos. Thank you for these informative videos that truly breathe life into history and keep them coming. We have subscribed and shall keep watching. We would love to see an Epic History TV video, or two, on French Indo-China and the first Indo-China War; our current in-depth world history study.
I'm 14
I'd heard about this conflict, but I never understood how great of an impact it had. Thanks for a great video that made me curious to read up more on the subject
This was unbiased, professionally done, interesting, and entertaining. Very good job, crew!
Little bit too unbiased for my option. I mean he is pretty vocal in his Napoleon videos. But well...
Thanks for the great video, it was quite enjoyable. I'd like to add, following the weapon "purchase" by Egypt from Czechoslovakia as you mentioned, in 1955 Israel signed a deal with France and received 61 air-crafts Dassault Mystère and 66 tanks Sherman M4 and other armored vehicles.
Yes, putting it all as one is a more substantial package that's more enticing. Excellent content and channel, I hope people contribute a little from time to time to these creators out there, we're lucky to have so much stuff these days.
This was an underrated series of yours. Glad to see it get some more love
Agreed it's top quality
One of the best history channels I've reached in YT, such an amazing way of learning
This is so awesome. What a wonderful animation, the narration is superb. Love history documentaries of this strong caliber! Bravo
I love your videos and for a non-English speaker your tone and calm voice is more than perfect. Is there any plans to make a docu/series like this but about ww2? I would love to see this by your hand!
This is some incredible work, the voice, the animations...really nice.
It would be interesting to have France's history since the end of the Roman Empire like you did for Russia. Anyway, hats off
France would have remained second fiddle to British dominance - a good thing!
A concise and efficient explanation of a very important historical event. Thank you.
Very good documentary film. Britain was never the same following the Sues crisis of 1956. In fact the crisis changed world history.
It is sad, we in France, choosed the way of Independance while GB became 51st states of US.
@FierJacobin I don't know what gave you that impression. The sad part is that instead of being united against Putin, people still find things to divide us.
@Blondul11 The fact that since Suez Canal Crisis the foreign policy of UK is totally aligned with US one.
@FierJacobin yeah because it makes sense for the UK to do that.
@Blondul11 So being a puppet state "make sense" ?
Although there’s one thing the British did gain from the Suez Crisis…
The creation of the Mini Cooper.
The Suez Crisis caused oil and fuel prices to sky rocket, which made running a car very expensive. Various manufacturers tried to build smaller cars to make increase fuel efficiency, but they were so small that they weren’t popular.
Then Mini came up with a good idea. Instead mounting the engine longitudinally, they mount it transversely. Which in turn allowed them to make the engine bay more compact and make the car big enough to fit four, fully, grown adults inside. And more importantly, it was very fuel efficient. On average the Mini was able to do 56mpg, which is a lot. And to this day, car manufacturers still mount the engines transversely. Not all cars have that, but it’s still a very popular design
Necessity is the mother of invention.
@BIGBLOCK5022006 my father used to say that a lot. 👍
@BIGBLOCK5022006 yes,this is a very old truth,well known around the world,the Greeks used to say "penia technas eirgazetai", which is pretty much the same,but 2500 years older.
Imo, this channel has the best narrator on youtube. He makes the events depicted in these documentaries feel like what they should, and thats major events in world history
Seriously, it's not tiring at all. Best voice ever
Definitely. The ww1 all parts he does is great
Thanks for uploading this! I really
appreciate it from a history nerd 🤓 perspective. I also appreciate you for providing such well documented historical information for younger people to have access to. I have no idea what they teach in Pak schools these days but authentic history is very important. I just subscribed, keep the great content coming 👍In 1956, an international crisis over control of the Suez Canal put Britain and France into direct conflict with President Nasser of Egypt, a proud Arab nationalist determined to stand up to foreign powers meddling in Egyptian affairs.
You must be against israel i guess
@Nepali Short Movies Israel isn't a legitimate state. It's an occupier.
@Ahmed E Palestin were created by GB as a mandate after WW1, like Jordania or Syria and Lebanon with French. So Israel is as legitime as palestin to exist as a state.
A very instructive discussion about the complexities of geo politics and how various actors posture and position themselves in conflicts.
One could definitely apply some lessons to current conflicts. Identifying the real interests, and dispatching with the self serving nonsense and misdirection is a skill in short supply of late.
This is one of the first political stories I remember being conscious of. I found the Pathé News films of the ships in the middle of the desert fascinating. My mum showed me the Suez Canal on a map, after the cinema.
Reminds me of the war documentaries on the history channel I used to watch as a kid when I would visit my grandpa. The quality of this is amazing.
I remember once the creator of this channel said in a comment that he used to work for the History Channel. I think it was on one of the videos of Alexander the Great series.
I remember back in the old days when the History Channel actually had history, far and fading memories. 😅
@J B same applies to the Discover channel, and Science channel.
@LaDabe
Ah yes, back in the day when candy bars were 25¢.
Amazing narrative and enormous quality, As a history fan this channel is gold. I'll subscribe. :)
Fantastic history documentary!!!
Thank you for assembling such great footage, and narration!
One of the rare moments when the US and USSR agreed on something
Brilliant. What more can I say. Superb rendition of this event in history. I was 10 years old and remember it vividly in New Zealand.
Excellent documentary, well edited, great pace, while still remaining informative.
My late aunt was a schoolteacher at the time of the War of the Tripartite Aggression. Even before the war broke out, all the schoolteachers and the secondary school students capable of bearing arms in her Cairo district-males and females-had undergone a military education course, including live firearms instruction using the Lee-Enfield bolt-action rifle. They were taught range estimation, windage estimation, and shooting at moving targets. They were also taught grenade-throwing, how to prepare and best use Molotov cocktails, and things of that nature. It was a very comprehensive course.
Once the war broke out, teachers and students who had passed the course were issued rifles and ammunition to keep in their homes, in the event that the foreign invaders reached Cairo. They were expected to provide assistance to Egyptian Army, National Guard, and Police units in their area as needed. In the event that there were no local Army/NG/Police officers that they could receive orders from, they were ordered to resist invading forces at their own initiative, to the best of their ability, for as long as possible. After the war ended and the threat had receded, the teachers and students returned the firearms and ammunition back to the authorities.
Nearly 40 years after the war, when I was just a teenager, I owned a 4.5mm (.177 caliber) air rifle. My aunt had just told me about the military training that she had received in her twenties. I asked her to show me. May Allah be my witness, she proved that she had forgotten nothing from that military training course. Even on a gusty day, she was able to estimate windage like a pro, and even with that weak air rifle of mine, was able to hit consistent groups on the target from both standing and kneeling positions, even at the extreme range of the rifle. Just imagine, a dignified lady, in her late sixties, in a hijab and long dress, having a great time scoring bullseyes, proud that she hadn’t lost her touch even after almost 4 decades, and telling me that she wished that she had a real rifle, so she could teach me how to shoot for real. Truly, it was such an impressive moment, and I’ll never forget this memory of my late aunt. May Allah have mercy upon her soul and grant her Paradise!
Ameen 🤲
271828 : It’s no fairytale.
Concept of paradise is worse than hell.
Allahu Akbar
Your late aunt sounds badass
It is the first time he entered this channel and I marvel at his incredible format of narrating and explaining the subject, he has a like.
There is a small editing error at minute 14:51 that put the flag of the Kingdom of Egypt, when it had already become a republic.
Thank you for telling this story. Brazilian Peacekeepers who went there with the Danish troops are heroes for us. A famous brazilian soul music singer called Toni Tornado was from the "Batalhão Suez".
i didnt know this interesting
😂😂😂
Very well done documentary! Would be great if there also would be a similar coverage of the 6-day war and the Yom Kippur war. Are there any plans for that?
Super informative and non-bias documentary on the crisis. Well made and done.
I really like this documentary, it really shows how important politics are in a war. Even though the British and French had a very decisive military victory, they weren't able to secure political support, and paid the price for it.
The similarities this piece of history has with the news today is remarkable, it’s like history repeating itself.
It is, coincidences not likely.
Yes, but it’s ok because it’s the west
People are people so why should it be that we get along so awfully.
It does..
A narrow focus on just the political/military view. There were other significant effects.
The push for supertankers came about as the world realised that reliance on the Suez Canal was potentially suicidal and so it made sense to develop ships that could fetch oil economically when going around Africa.
Air transport was also given a boost for similar reasons.
but in reality steadily the canal was widened to accommodate all by the very largest ships. You insinuate that traffic around The Cape increased after Suez using larger tankers. Only briefly while the Canal was unblocked. It still retains its global importanc and air transport has not effected its popularity.. Oddly yesterday it was reported the Panama Canal was closed with hundreds of which on both ends waiting for passage through. The cause probably Climate Change drought !
The ripple effects of this invasion, being felt well into today, are mind blowing.
I love that you fellas are covering this and the aftermath of 1956. Here in the US, our history classes commonly don't cover anything in Europe between December 1915 and August 1960.
Except flashes of WWII.
Just the bits where the US gets involved
What do you mean? You spend an entire trimester on ww2
…or anything outside of the USA!! 😂😂😂
Truly fascinating and informative. Almost looks like WW3 could've started over this and we barely hear about it
I had an Egypian friend mention this. It's really messed up we don't talk about this in the US more. I was never told about this, but this video changed my whole perspective on what has happened in the middle east. Great video overall.
The suez crisis isn’t really talked about in American history classes because it creates a narrative that the modern school system is against: the US isn’t an objectively good or bad state, it’s a state run by hundreds of democratically elected people with varying agendas, leading to decisions that are both morally bad and good. The modern school system would prefer you think that the U.S. is evil and terrible, except for fighting the Nazis(the Japanese and Italians don’t matter because Japan makes anime and Italy is a good vacation spot🤪🤪). I’m not here to make a absolute political statement that all American school are indoctrinating students to hate the U.S., because that isn’t true, there are some great school districts that are in the middle, and there are some school districts that teach a false narrative that American is the world’s superhero and that it’s never done bad, but it’s undeniably true that the general direction that the school system is taking is towards a “hate the U.S.” narrative,
What relevance would this have to school students in the US? They are barely taught AMERICAN history, I'd say that kinda takes priority, considering that most Americans can barely name all US states...
My grandfather fought israel in egypt and our city got bombed when my father was a teenager
Thanks for uploading this! I really
appreciate it from a history nerd 🤓 perspective. I also appreciate you for providing such well documented historical information for younger people to have access to. I have no idea what they teach in schools these days but history is very important. I just subscribed, keep the great content coming 👍
melvin
You guys should do a documentary on the Cuban missile crisis and other lesser known events. This was great.
Very good. Thank you for producing and sharing. A reminder that although there are a fair number of paranoids in our societies there is also the historical fact that conspiracies are a real occurrence. Let's hope for the future. Current events are very disturbing and I'd rather not live in "interesting times."
Amazing documentary! Well done. This KRclip channel deserves a millions of viewers.
History is stuff that happened to people you don't know long before your time. Except when it isn't.
My dad was there. He was a technician on Canberra bombers, he had a pet gecko while he was in Egypt, and a bullet hit his locker in the barracks one night.
I was less than a year old at the time, but years later, wished I had talked to him more before the inevitable...
Do you think he was right or not, but this question is wrong. He is ordered to do this and fight a war for his country to win something, and he did not know that he would die in this war in the end. I do not know whether I grieve for this or not because I am from Egypt, but it is really sad, but also What these soldiers did to the people of my country at this time makes me say, as you did to me, I will do.. and ask your father for mercy from God
@♪ِAhmed There are two issues here:
1: Politics - this is what caused the war (Egyptian politics) and also ended the war (US politics)
2: God - With no god, most wars would be unlikely. (This is more historical than current, but old views are hard to shake off)
All of the Middle-East is a hotbed of opinions, and ever since 1948, an extremely polarised area. There is no peace - you have my sympathy...
I was living in Cairo shortly before all this blew up and had to make a fairly brisk exit under armed escort.There were 4 of us and at Cairo airport we were told there was a Comet departing but with only 3 seats and one in the jump seat.My Dad declined and we caught a Brittania out a few hours later. We found out later the Comet had blown up en route !!!
Lord protection...
I lived in Cairo for three years (2008 - 2011). Loved it. Love the people.
The way the ending was tied up into the consequences was the most crisp explanation i have ever seen! Kudos!
Underappreciated historic episode! Thanks
thanks for posting this. I enjoyed it. It's an important piece of history, and this was a good explanation.
A wonderful channel that deserves all respect, appreciation and pride. Accurate and useful information in a sophisticated and beautiful manner. I wish you lasting success. I have the utmost respect and admiration for your great honor for these wonderful works. I hope you success
Amazingly clear and informative. Really enjoyed this. Thanks Epic History!
A very interesting and eye opening history lesson.
I learned more from this documentary in 27 minutes…than I have learned in the school 😃
Thanks for making this. This video fills in the some of the missing pieces in my understanding of the history of the middle east.
Superbly created documentary with perfectly paced unrushed narration.
This is truly amazing and unbiased documentary. You should make a series about the Cold (Proxy) War between the USA and USSR.
It cool to see some modern history in this channel, I really appreciate it , keep up the good work
How did I just find out about this channel. What a hidden gem!
lado
More stuff like this please, excellent break down!
Wow this documentary has the level to be on TV. Very good quality , congrats !
It was on the bbc. During the 60s.
Never knew about British and French involvement in this, thanks for making this video 👍
not just British and French but Israeli as well.
For once the 2 world superpowers came together and both said “hey guys that’s not cool”. I’m glad Eisenhower also knew he had to put away the “protect your allies” mentality and to put his foot down.
My neighbor worked for one of the people that helped in construction of the dam when she was in college in the 60s. (An architect I think) She was surprised I knew about it, or the crisis. I'm not surprised. I don't recall ever hearing more than the name in school prior to my college world history class. Even then, they were only mentioned when briefly discussing who Nasser was with no further details given. I would be surprised if they even mention it at all pre college anymore here in the U.S.
In my experience, even at a private high school in the US, it wasn't mentioned in the slightest. The first time that I had even heard of it was when I found the documentary on Epic History TV's channel before the single video version was released.
I built the canal , I own about 69% of it
I went to school in England for 6 years and it was never taught or spoken about ever. I think it was a deep sense of national embarassment.
I remember hearing about it in A.P. U.S. History
What a great video. You make perfect use of the technologies of narration, graphics, images, and music.
So well put together! Hats off, and my gratitude 🙏😃👋❤️
My grandad was called up by national service (I’m from north London England) in his younger adult ages. I do have his medals and it is very fascinating hearing what happened when he was there. Thanks for this video 💙
bo'ohw'o'wo'er
He was fighting for evil
Great video. Short documentary that was very precise and gets straight to the point.
Thanks, that was very interesting.
PS 20:17 Kudos for not editing out the revolving lens change. That was a nice historic touch.
amazing video, so concise and well edited, it's almost a crime not to pay for it !
I'll send you my account if you really wanna pay 😂
Thanks! Love all that you guys do.
Excellent storytelling. No need for movies when history is more captivating.
Wish I had the chance to see this video year ago before me studies on 20th Century British Foreign Policy at University. Be nice to have an overview of the subject in advance.
a very clear documentary. Slow pace no rush and interesting, 10/10
Great video as always! I'd be really interested in countries history ✨😎‼
I think this is the best history channel on KRclip. Because somehow i take in all the info so much better than on other channels and it has such quality and is very interesting.
Definitely. There are so many good ones out there, but these guys have got the edge. They are Quality over Quantity.
@AiakidesMythos Exactly i totally agree. The art, the sound and slow pace of the video really is quality over quantity.
Mark Felton is the best for me
Congratulations for this!!! Your work is so much important to humanity.
I was watching a live TV show of a parade in Cairo. A truck pulled up to the grand stand and several rebel soldiers jumped out and fired into the stands. Anwar Saddat, Nassar's successor, was killed. One Egyptian military officer had his arm shot off. Since it was live, they didn't have time to edit out the blood and guts. I'll never forget it.
@Abdo Gawad -- I said it was live on TV.
Many members of my family also watched it live on TV. It was so shocking some of them even fainted.
Excellent presentation! Much appreciated!
Extremely well-done, balanced summary of the Suez "crisis" (dumb imperial invasion).
Very interesting and well produced episode
Excellent work! Many thanks to you for all your efforts.
Very well done. Get to watch the whole thing in one go 👏
Great video! Very well told
Very well done and very informative
Great video, pure class as always! Could you consider doing a video about the formation of Israel and the origins of the Palestine/Israel conflict?
That would be an excellent video! A lot of people have many misconceptions. It’s also good that he had a proper map of Israel in this video unlike other channels
@Pershing it would only be good if it was completely unbiased and didn't pick a side.
would you want a documentary about the nazi state/german jew relationship to not pick a side?
真的太精彩了，感谢Epic History TV的制作。
I appreciate how you give the political context in each region for events. Ie why the Egyptian population wasn't supportive of the monarchy anymore and why America didn't support this. It is amazing for people who weren't alive during this time. I am american and our education is extremely vague on the cold war. Basically just "we almost had nuclear war with the Russians". Kind of talk about Korea. We learn a TAD about Vietnam War. The more I learn about my countries actions and negligence in other regions in the world, the more I understand why its not in our textbooks.
I concur, being an American we didn't hear a peep taunt to us about this issue or anything close to it by any teacher or instructor. A tiny bit about the Cuba Missile crisis but not clearly defined. You can clearly see why moves were made on both sides from the video. The game of politics is always sticky, and it seems like a Vietnam scenario, where the west was the aggressors and not the other way around. I actually understand more on the Israeli point of view with the Egyptian blockade in place disrupting their trade south. This was the time France and England were losing their colonies worldwide.
By your own logic, the US would have never shut up about the Suez Crisis since the US took a part in ending colonialism and thus was on the "right side of history" in this case. The US doesn't celebrate much of its own achievements in world history, and often focuses on specific critical moments for US history and the collective psyche. The Suez Crisis, to be blunt, had little effect on either. Don't be obtuse and act like this is some conspiracy to ignore the US' bad actions -US history wouldn't focus so much on Native American ethnic cleansing and US mistreatment of minority groups if that was the case.
@Stephen Jenkins I would agree, I wouldn't say the US just ignores the terrible things our country has done through history most people are aware, but I would also say our history books don't go that into detail on anything we do. Most of the history I've learned has been through my own research and curiosity.
'The United States was not consulted in any way about any phase of these actions, nor were we informed of them in advance, as it is the manifest right of any of these nations to take such decisions and actions, it is likewise our right if our judgement so dictates, for we *do not accept the use of force as a wise or proper instrument for the settlement of international disputes* ' - Dwight D. Eisenhower
*stunned silence*
*replay*
Ike, you're a comedian. Funniest thing I've heard in a while. The world's most violent country, with the largest military, engaged in the most conflicts, constantly at war since its very creation, with 750 (official) military bases and troops in 150 countries, and that's just the ones that are publicly acknowledged (minus the many black sites). Hilarious, hypocrisy award goes to you sir
Oh, and since when is any other sovereign nation obligated to inform you of their plans before they carry them out? That's the point of allies, you implicitly trust them, they don't need to hold your hand whenever they want to do something...
@cxld fashion Nothing hypocritical about this stance. Like at all. Cry harder for imperialism, if you want, but if you want US support that means you need to fill it in when you wanna do something rash and expect support.
Well made video and great narration my brother. Thank you.
I appreciate the information gained whilst watching this video. I am disturbed, though, that Canadian Prime Minister Pearson is not mentioned regarding the start of the United Nations, that for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 1956. Also, particularly since my father was one of the soldiers, it saddens me that it does not define the Canadian troops in Rafa as the contingent present for one year 1956 to 1957 as UNEF. Though his troops were present as peace keepers, my father lost an innumerable number of colleagues who were shot by Arabs. He himself remembers when in Rafa two particular events. One day, a large contingency of Egyptians stood on hills as he in his scout car were on No Man’s Land. Weapons were pointed at the two soldiers. My father pointed his weapon at the commanding officer and my father’s Lance Corporal had the Bren gun ready to fire. The soldiers disappeared as quickly as they appeared. The following day, however, hundreds of Egyptian soldiers appeared on the surrounding hills. Weapons were fired for close to an hour. The two Canadian soldiers were as close to the ground as possible in order to live. It seems that they were sending a message. Also, as they did not kill the two Canadian soldiers, it was a firm message. Almost seventy years later, my father remembers those moments so vividly. His experiences were but two of endless moments faced that year as UNEF. Many Canadians were buried in Rafa. Many Canadian soldiers did not come home. Even so, my father knows that our Canadian Forces members of the contingent 1956 to 1957 fulfilled their part in ensablons a No Man’s Land middle zone and peace for a duration.
Suez was a commendable UN peacekeeping initiative. Mike Pearson was a key architect, and Canadian servicemen as UN peacekeepers dedicated themselves generously and courageously.
Yes. So very well stated. Thank you so much for your words of agreement and knowledge.
Canadians are often forgotten for their important contributions. It's a shame, really. We aren't mentioned nearly as much as we should.
Thank you , C Graton for your comments. As a Canadian, I feel the same way. Was in grade 4 at the time and our teacher was so proud that Mr Pearson won the Nobel Peace prize, although that was several years before he was PM. My father was in the RCN ( navy) at the time . He was part of the contingent preparing the carrier, HMCS Magnificent for Suez deployment as a peacekeeping ship. I went with him one Saturday and still remember the endless rows of bunk beds set up on the hanger deck, and all the AA guns were removed from their mounts.
I think that the reason is that the Egyptians believed that the Canadians, the New Zealanders, and the Irish were part of the occupying British army, and even their clothes were exactly like the clothes of the British, so those unfortunate events occurred
What a beautiful documentary. Thanks for sharing.
A very insightful documentary. A slight correction : Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser became president of Egypt in 1954, not in 1956, after he toppled president Mohammed Naguib.
Thank you. Nasser took power in 54, but did not formally become President until elections of June 1956
@Epic History TV he organised the Free Corp in the Army. When asked why he never became President. He replied I was too young. About the 1952 Revolution.
Addicted to this channel, so glad I found it.
The narrator of this channel is among the best I have ever heard. Not since the days of the history channel in its prime have I heard someone as good.
Great production all round as well.
Totally agree.
this is the history channel
Yes excellent. But then you should listen to Sir Laurence Olivier narrate The World at War. Then you will find the best
You will change your opinion if you watched the Arabic version of
"WORLD WAR 2 DOCUMENTARY apocalypse "
A wonderful video, especially explaining the struggle of my people and my country to the text
What I like the most about viewing this type of video. It is how one little action in the past can lead to a huge impact in the future. It is like chaos theory showing its face
This is an Excellent Channel! Perfect for History lovers as well!
Thanks for your great efforts, but I think that your video should consist of all stages until reaching the current stability situation for the canal after 1973 war
My dad was serving on a US aircraft carrier stationed at Piont Moses in 1956 during the Suez Crisis so the United States had military assets indirectly involved in the crisis.
I had a professor in school who served in US navy at that time and told me the THird(?) fleet had ships -- he was on one-- that sailed in front of the British and French invasion forces to harass them and slow them down