Suez Crisis

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:international_relations
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Second_Arab–Israeli_War
gptkb:Tripartite_Aggression
gptkbp:casualties 10 French soldiers killed
16 British soldiers killed
231 Israeli soldiers killed
over 1,600 Egyptian soldiers killed
thousands of civilians killed or wounded
gptkbp:causedBy nationalization of the Suez Canal by Egypt
gptkbp:commander gptkb:David_Ben-Gurion
gptkb:Gamal_Abdel_Nasser
gptkb:Guy_Mollet
Anthony Eden
gptkbp:endDate 1956-11-07
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Six-Day_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Suez Crisis
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:France
gptkb:Israel
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_Nations
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:location gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:Gaza_Strip
gptkb:Sinai_Peninsula
gptkb:Suez_Canal
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive international media attention
gptkbp:precededBy nationalization of Suez Canal (1956)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Arab–Israeli_conflict
gptkb:Cold_War
decolonization
nationalization of Suez Canal
gptkbp:result UN Emergency Force deployment
UN intervention
military victory for Israel, UK, and France
political defeat for UK and France
withdrawal of invading forces
gptkbp:significance gptkb:first_deployment_of_United_Nations_Emergency_Force
marked decline of British and French influence in Middle East
rise of US and Soviet influence in Middle East
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:treaty
Anglo-French intervention
Israeli invasion of Sinai
bombing of Egyptian positions
closure of Suez Canal
pressure from US and USSR
gptkbp:startDate 1956-10-29
gptkbp:UNResolution gptkb:UN_General_Assembly_Resolution_1000
gptkb:UN_General_Assembly_Resolution_1120
gptkb:UN_General_Assembly_Resolution_997
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gamal_Abdel_Nasser
gptkb:John_Foster_Dulles
gptkb:Six-Day_War
gptkb:United_Nations_General_Assembly
gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Larry_Burrows
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4