‘Wrong on every count’: How the Guardian reported the 1956 Suez crisis
The military conflict in Egypt involving the UK, France and Israel that ended with a humiliating exit for the two European nations. On 26 July 1956, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser announced the nationalisation of the Suez Canal Company, the joint British-French enterprise which had owned and operated the canal since its construction in 1869.
The military conflict in Egypt involving the UK, France and Israel that ended with a humiliating exit for the two European nations. On 26 July 1956, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser announced the nationalisation of the Suez Canal Company, the joint British-French enterprise which had owned and operated the canal since its construction in 1869.
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