Suez Canal

Prior to the British, French, and Israeli Invasion, the State Department already had a few objectives as concerns Egypt. They wanted to prevent a second Arab-Israeli War and they wanted to keep the Suez Canal in European hands since its nationalization could have a negative impact on the passage of freight (and petroleum) from the Persian Gulf to Europe and the Americas. In 1956, Nasser, President of Egypt, decided to nationalize the Suez Canal. It was in retaliation that the British, French, and Israelis invaded Egypt in an attempt to compel Egypt to return the Canal to European control.

US President Eisenhower's response was to attempt to negotiate a compromise where Egypt would be allowed to maintain control over the Suez Canal provided that they paid the British compensation for the nationalization and did not restrict trade (meaning that they would follow the Constantinople Convention of the Suez Canal of 1888). However, Eisenhower was opposed to any military action in the Middle East and compelled the British, French, and Israeli forces to withdraw from sovereign Egyptian territory. These events led to the Eisenhower Doctrine, which pledged that the US would distribute economic and military aid and, if necessary, use military force to contain communism in the Middle East.

Egypt

Part of the River Nile and the whole Suez Canal are in Egypt. They are not connected together.

to my knowledge it was closed during the 'six day war' by Britain.

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Africa and Asia.

Cold War Alliances

Africa

The year is 1956 with the help of their allies: Great Britain, and the United States.

The duration of Opening of the Kiel Canal is 18.0 seconds.

State Governments

It was made to make it easier for ships to cross Africa when coming to and from red sea and med, England and Israel think they own it even though it is property of Egypt. They then started a war over it after Egypt stopped traffic on the canal in 1956 and the Jews again started a war over it in 1967 which lasted until 1973, all because they were barred from using Iranian waters up til 1975!

The Jews are currently doing this on the Gazans.

Le Grand Souterrain in France at 5677 meters, then the Standedge in England at 5210 meters

The Mediterranean and the Red Sea.

well they got more trade and things they needed so they got it :)

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The Suez Canal was first built over 2,000 years ago. In 1859, the Suez Canal was built again, by the Universal Suez Ship Canal Company, and took 10 years to build. The first ship to pass through the canal did so on 17 February 1867; Giuseppe Verdi wrote the famous opera Aida for this ceremony. The canal made is possible to easily transport goods across the world. The canal also allowed Europeans to travel to East Africa, and this area was soon controlled by European powers. The success of the canal encouraged the French to start building the Panama Canal. After the Six Day War in 1967, the canal remained closed until June 5, 1975. A UN peacekeeping force has been stationed in the Sinai Peninsula since 1974, to avoid more wars. About 15,000 ships pass through the canal each year, which is about 14% of world shipping. Each ship takes up to 16 hours to cross the canal. Retrieved from "http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal"

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Egypt owns the Suez Canale!!!!!!!

Normally, ships or vessels are gathered as a group before they are allowed to cross the Suez Canal. It only means that it takes couple of days for ships to finish crossing the entire canal. In some instances, it may take 4 to 5 days since each ship must maintain an average speed in accordance to their convoy.

It was the Suez Canal, which was a short cut between the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean, leading to India, Australia and Asia.

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Canal connecting Russia from the white sea to the Baltic

British Prime Minister Disreali bought enough shares to gain controlling interest in the canal

According to United Nations figures, 53 Canadians were killed during peacekeeping operations as part of UNEF 1, the Suez Canal operation of 1956-1957. This was the bulk of the 100 fatalities of that mission.