# Canonical recap data for Suez Crisis Ends (1957)
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slug: suez-crisis-ends
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1957/suez-crisis-ends"
title: Suez Crisis Ends
subtitle: The international crisis over Egypt's seizure of the Suez Canal concluded, marking the decline of European imperial power in the Middle East.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1956-10-29
endDate: 1956-11-07
datePrecision: day
year: 1957
decade: 1950
country:
name: Egypt
slug: egypt
summaryShort: The Suez Crisis, also known as the second Arab–Israeli war, the Tripartite Aggression in the Arab world and the Sinai War in Israel, was a British–French–Israeli invasion of Egypt in 1956. Israel invaded on 29 October, with the primary objective of re-opening the Straits of Tiran and the Gulf of Aqaba as the recent tig
summaryLong: The Suez Crisis, also known as the second Arab–Israeli war, the Tripartite Aggression in the Arab world and the Sinai War in Israel, was a British–French–Israeli invasion of Egypt in 1956. Israel invaded on 29 October, with the primary objective of re-opening the Straits of Tiran and the Gulf of Aqaba as the recent tightening of the eight-year-long Egyptian blockade further prevented Israeli passage. After issuing a joint ultimatum for a ceasefire, the United Kingdom and France joined the Israelis on 31 October, seeking to depose Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser and regain control of the Suez Canal, which Nasser had nationalised earlier in the year.
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heroImageCredit: Royal Navy official photographer · via Wikipedia
importance: 80
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis"
  title: Suez Crisis
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: The Suez Crisis, also known as the second Arab–Israeli war, the Tripartite Aggression in the Arab world and the Sinai War in Israel, was a British–French–Israel
wikidataQid: Q49101
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- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260701141805/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis"
  capturedAt: 2026-07-01
  label: Suez Crisis
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis"
