Sinai Campaign

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkb:war
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Suez_Crisis
gptkb:Second_Arab–Israeli_War
gptkbp:casualties 10 French soldiers killed
16 British soldiers killed
231 Israeli soldiers killed
over 1,600 Egyptian soldiers killed
gptkbp:cause nationalization of the Suez Canal
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:France
gptkb:Israel
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:commander gptkb:André_Beaufre
gptkb:Moshe_Dayan
gptkb:Abdel_Hakim_Amer
gptkb:Charles_Keightley
gptkbp:endDate 1956-11-07
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Six-Day_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sinai Campaign
gptkbp:location gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:Sinai_Peninsula
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:David_Ben-Gurion
gptkb:Gamal_Abdel_Nasser
gptkb:Guy_Mollet
Anthony Eden
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Arab–Israeli_conflict
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:First_Arab–Israeli_War
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Suez_Canal
Arab nationalism
gptkbp:result UN intervention
political defeat for UK and France
withdrawal of invading forces
Israeli, British, and French military victory
gptkbp:significance demonstrated decline of British and French influence in Middle East
increased US and Soviet influence in region
establishment of United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF)
gptkbp:significantEvent bombing of Port Said
capture of Gaza Strip
capture of Sharm el-Sheikh
gptkbp:startDate 1956-10-29
gptkbp:UNResolution gptkb:UN_General_Assembly_Resolution_997
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Paratroopers_Brigade
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5