“ Suez Crisis—Account for the failure of the British expedition to Suez.”

The Suez crisis preludes to 1948 when the United Nations established the State of Israel on a land claimed by both Jews and Arabs. During that time, Anthony Eden was the Prime Minister of Britain. Britain at that point had already dominated Egypt and stationed nearly 70,ooo troops which led to a “ constant tension between the 70,000 British and the Egyptians.” (Childs, p.64) Although Britain enjoyed the right to maintain defense forces in the Suez Canal Zone, Egyptian nationalists constantly demanded that Britain evacuate the area, which eventually happened “under the Anglo Egptian agreement of 1954.” (Childs, p.65) In 1656 all British troops were withdrawn from Egypt. After King Farouk of Egypt was overthrown the coup brought an Arab nationalist General Nasser into power. Nasser hoped to carry this revolution beyond the borders of Egypt and into the entire Arab world. This essay will examine the failure of Britain in Suez crisis, which attributed to many factors.
In 1955, as ...