Die Suezkrise 1956

Abstract

The Suez crisis 1956 The following paper deals with the Suez crisis 1956. It will elaborate on the political situation and developements in the middle east, especially in egypt, which led to a military confrontation between the European colonial powers Great Britain and France together with the new State Israel and Egypt under the leadership of the panarabic anticolonialist Gamal Abdel Nasser. Furthermore the procedures of the military and the diplomatic contention will be adumbrated, as well as the consequences. Also the acting of the two superpowers United States and the Sowjetunion and their influence on the Suez conflict will be shown.