A Global Flashpoint: Suez Crisis (2/2)

In 1956, an international crisis over control of the Suez Canal put Britain and France into direct conflict with President Nasser of Egypt, a proud Arab nationalist determined to stand up to foreign powers meddling in Egyptian affairs.
Part 2 explores how Britain, France and Israel cooked up a secret plan to invade Egypt, overthrow Nasser and reassert their standing as global powers. But when the international community, and in particular the United States, condemned their actions, the aggressors were forced into a humiliating climbdown. The repercussions for the Middle East and global history were long-lasting and profound.
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[@EpichistoryTv]

As some of you know, back in the day I used to work for the History Channel... until they started making programmes that didn't seem to have that much to do with history. So eventually I decided to set up my own channel here and make the kind of history videos I wanted to watch, and that I hope a lot of you guys will also find interesting. It's still a bit of an experiment, but if you like what I do, you can really help the channel grow just by clicking the like and subscribe buttons (also hit the bell next to the subscribe button to get notifications about new videos), and sharing them with every other history lover you know! And if you're feeling really generous, any little contribution on Patreon really helps keep this show on the road... www.patreon.com/epichistorytv Thanks for reading, hope you enjoy the videos. Toby

[@noelsworld7171]

Epic History TV, can you guys do either the Korean War or the Cuban Missile Crisis? Thanks a lot.

[@rishabhmalhotra8148]

i really like your videos and your channel is only one that i had subscribed.

[@kerbo312]

I am Egyptian and I will learn about the suez crises sometime next month or this one and I want to show my teacher this video but I cannot it's not full so simply put when is part 3 coming out

[@EpichistoryTv]

I'm pleased you want to share the video with your teacher, but there is no Part 3 planned! I am just dealing with the crisis of 1956 from the international perspective.

[@akshatverma8500]

Love your channel Sir! Absolutely amazing. Can you please do a series on the Fall of Soviet Union?

[@IndeeshMukhopadhyay]

Honestly the production and historical quality of your work can easily reach beyond big blockbuster documentaries. Again an excellent video

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Ikr this is genuinely thrilling to watch

[@ThatGuyDownInThe]

@@KomalPatel SO GOOD

[@kaiserkhosrow3724]

Epic History TV is amazing although i am shocked by their historical inaccuracy. The Suez Crisis was solely the Germans' fault. it is always their fault. I can't believe how this obvious fact slipped their mind!!!

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[@crilbusfumperdink3823]

Better than over sensationalized history Chanel docs

[@djghoul6782]

4:55 "Though they had no real plan for what to do once he was gone" Sound familiar? Iraq, Libya, Syria, will the lesson never be learnt?

[@Chase16.]

Yes we must be dumb we never learned our lesson with world war 1 and the great depression

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Then run for president bro

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don't mix realistic conspiracy which was reveled later and was carry on by organised armies with the internet conspiracy!

[@yarpen26]

What "Syria" again? People have been calling for the US to intervene against Bashar (only to inevitably condemn it later down the line, just like Iraq) for so long they forgot the US never ended up actually intervening there to begin with.

[@Jgvcfguy]

The US did take action by supporting rebels (including ISIS from many sources) and bombing Syrian military positions but with Syria and Russia successfully fighting back the rebels it's safe to say the US has lost this secret proxy war.

[@NotTheBomb]

Nothing like having the history channel, except in a KZbin video. Thank you for bringing back the teaching of history, as more people give up on it.

[@justincronkright5025]

The teaching of History... properly!

[@mohamedalhussaini7652]

Just a simple a question why do you think that the West has the the right or even vowed to intervene at the middle east affairs

[@jamesevans4124]

Step 1: Israeli armed forces occupy Egyptian territory Step 2: Britain and France demand ceasefire which they know will be denied Step 3: Overthrow Nasser Step 4:??? Step 5: Profit

[@dodgechance4564]

The whole point was to regain control of the international waterway so that it couldn't be used to blockade vital shipments of oil and other items going into Europe. That was the whole point. I don't think they cared what happened as long as they achieved that.

[@dodgechance4564]

​@Random Person It was considered a military victory for the British and French, they only lost politically. If it weren't for international pressure, mainly from the United States and the USSR, then they would have succeeded. They just didn't want to get on the wrong side of the two global superpowers. So, I suppose it was embarrassing in the sense that their supposed ally turned on them. But it isn't as if they lost militarily. "Half the world didn' know they'd fallen to second tier status " I think they did. Considering their empires were all but non-existent at that point. I mean if you consider the USSR and the USA to be "first-tier" at the time then I think it was pretty obvious that the UK and France weren't at that level. They were just doing what they considered to be in the best interests of their country and In the end, Egypt didn't end up breaking the Convention of Constantinople, probably in part due to this.

[@nocosa]

Step 4 is put a loyal puppet on the presidency. That has been made many times. Ancient Persians called that satrapies and a more recent example it's Pinochet on Chile by the U.S. So the factor of failure was clearly the fact that it was not in the interest of the states to move the Arabs towards society influence and not that it was morally wrong.

[@SlavicSale]

Ultimatum by austro hungarian empire to serbia... Sound familiar ?

[@mr_ahron]

There was no stage 5. All The idea was only to control in the canal. After the failure for France and Britain side and the susses of Israel open the way to Red Sea... Israel was build a oil pipe line (first plan was for won inters) that use also the European. What actually give a strategy power to Israel. The 6 days war was after Egypt was close the Red Sea path to Israel. U.S. was guarantee Israel the open path. After the failure of U.S. open this path (in 1967) Israel loses the trust in foregone country's to defend Israel. After the U.S. failure to reopen the path, U.S. start support actively with weapons with the idea of power balance between Israel and the Arabs country's (until the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt).

[@Khaoki]

Though I loved the your documentaries about the First Crusade and WW1, among others, this has been by far my favorite. Please do more documentaries about lesser known but critically important events that need a spotlight like this.

[@EpichistoryTv]

Thank you. I'll try to, but there will probably continue to be a mix of famous and lesser known topics.

[@kordellswoffer1520]

@@EpichistoryTv can you do ww2 and Vietnam or Korea. Love your work.

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How am I just finding these... incredible work

[@salokin3087]

Nice work! This is what i'd expect on HBO, CBS or Netflix!

[@nicholaskelly2037]

because it is of the highest quality

[@CharlesDickens111]

No, HBO would add lesbian sex, CBS would rant about how Trump is Hitler and Netflix would use a black transgender body-positive blogger as the narrator.

[@salokin3087]

Charles Dickens Right wing "humor" will always be terrible

[@CharlesDickens111]

Triggered.

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[@moamenabdelkawy5718]

These Suez crisis videos were my first introduction to this channel. I'm an Egyptian and the accuracy is amazing. Gave me much confidence of how reliable your videos are. Thank you.

[@GenkiGanbare]

The Suez Crisis was, strangely, a critical moment in the history of Canada as a defining moment in the formation of its identity on the global scale. Lester Pearson, later to become a charismatic prime minister, was Canada's secretary of state for external affairs and director of Canada's U.N. delegation. Pearson was the one who tabled the idea of an armed "peacekeeping force" to deter Britain, France, Israel, and Egypt from carrying out combat actions against each other; which rescued the botched diplomatic mission and prevented a large scale war. Pearson would win a Nobel peace prize in 1957 for this, set the precedent for international peacekeeping missions, and would go down in history as the "father of modern peacekeeping". Canada would be seen as a "peacekeeping nation" during a time when it was still forming a national identity.

[@henrimourant9855]

It also was one of reasons Canada changed it's flag to this: 🇨🇦 This was because the Egyptians questioned whether the Canadians were actually neutral as the British flag was part of the Canadian flag at the time.

[@sharajaneduco4633]

Somehow, it makes me angry what they did to Egypt. Great video. It definitely shed a light about what's going on the middle east.

[@512TheWolf512]

Modern war is more about trying not to fall victim to sanctions rather than actually fighting and winning battles

[@thomascatty379]

Yeah totally, I guess we're not close of having a new Hannibal, Caesar, Alexander or Napoléon

[@miguelmontenegro3520]

I cant understand why the US was so pissed off. There was no way to degrade relations with the soviets lower than It was.

[@LiterallyYohan]

Miguel Montenegro it would make the Arabs join closer to the soviet bloc, which they don’t want.

[@chaosXP3RT]

@@miguelmontenegro3520 They didn't want Arab nations to become allies with the USSR. If they did, it would threaten US oil in the Middle East

[@wankertosseroath]

Six Day War please! Amazing content and still relevant today. This is the kind of history we need to understand to tackle the ongoing problems in the middle-east so peace may resume. Thank you!

[@kyle18934]

@@Madhattersinjeans German tanks in ww2 were built to last, to the determent of the Germans in ww2 due to their required quality and price of material

[@hebamohamed2739]

As an Egyptian, everytime I remember that 120 thousand Egyptian farmers died in the making of the canal, and then we had to go through multiple wars to get it back, I hate the fact that countries could destroy others for their own sake

[@LKF-yb5dr]

Could Egypt fund it by itself without western’s money? No. Why so many workers died? Why your goverment didnt care more about safety? Nothing is onesided....

[@ELHADI4040]

@@LKF-yb5dr because our government was betraying us for the sake of English colonization and Ottoman empire. Egypt can be a successful country if the west stops planning devilishly against us. They are afraid that Egyptian can lead the world again someday like ancient times or get them a brave man like Nassir who still have supporters in Egypt and outside Egypt till now.

[@ELHADI4040]

You are right. They make plans to destroy countries like our country before thinking about doing anything for their countries. It's like a mission.

[@chrisigoeb]

The British and the french had all right to do so. They paid for the whole thing it was theirs. You cant simply go and say "well this is ours now"

[@maxanderson9293]

@@chrisigoeb the British and the French forced them too work, and the money has exploited form colonies as well. So technically belongs to them.

[@HistoryMarche]

Watched part 1 and 2 a few times by now :) When is part 3 coming out?

[@EpichistoryTv]

There's no Part 3! I'm moving on to other topics - Magellan and Drake's circumnavigations of the earth coming up next..

[@HistoryMarche]

First you "heart" my comment, then you tell me there's no part 3. Cruel... cruel... :D

[@EpichistoryTv]

Gives with one hand, takes away with the other..

[@anuragvaishampayan4477]

HistoryMarche im You Big Big Fan love you HistoryMarche ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@SG-je2qg]

There could be a part 3 now

[@tahoun71]

RIP NASSER THE EGYPTIAN LEADER AND HERO FOREVER ❤❤❤

[@spicyLEGO]

USSR and USA standing together for something common...what a time to be alive!

[@1up225]

I Love you epic history, the best history channel!

[@rooboy114]

Great balanced doco on the Suez Canal crisis.

[@SuperDeeyay]

Excellent way to introduce people to the Suez crisis and stress the importance of this event.

[@JamesBond-ns8di]

Your one of the few yt channels that doesn't tell history from one side. You tell it from all the sides.

[@EpichistoryTv]

Thank you.

[@JamesBond-ns8di]

Epic History TV no thank you

[@maggyhamada2560]

My parents are from Port Said. They were very young when this war took place and their whole families had to migrate to Sohag, Egypt and live there until the war was over.

[@sarashajirnis8199]

Korean war would be a great topic

[@alwaysdisputin9930]

it was epic - US jets beating USSR jets, US pilots getting tortured by USSR. USA keeping it secret to avoid public outrage leading to WW3. USA & UK nearly winning but then China poured over the border

[@HsienKoMeiLingFormerYANG]

Spanish war (1936-1939) is underrated topic.

[@Essah15]

There are several decent documentaries on the korean war, you can find them here on youtube

[@kooroshrostami27]

agree 100%, it is often refered to as "The forgotten war", people know very little about it, but in fact it was a very bloody war, and more importantly, one which took several turns. It would make for thriller of a documentary. This guy is perfect at that, making a well informed, unbiased documentary which makes you feel you are watching a dramatic movie at the same time.

[@jungkookiekutter657]

Bosnian-Serbian war I think would be the best topic

[@jesshu22]

You are wonderful, Epic History Channel. Hats Off to all the people associated with the channel. Please make videos like this more frequently. You have my gratitude.

[@EpichistoryTv]

Thanks! But it's just one guy which is why the videos won't get much more frequent.

[@mali15j]

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Epic History TV Wow.. It amazing for only one guy doing all this... I am still a student and have not enough to contribute in the form of money. Please do tell if I could contribute in any other form. 🙏 Love from India.

[@pieterfischer9638]

One thing you forgot to mention, when the canal was blocked all that economy and shipping had to pass again via Cape Town. That was a huge economic stimulus to the apartheid gov, with multitudes of offices being opened by foreign companies. The This did not last a few months... it took years to properly re-open the canal for use.

[@Budisa35]

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[@ralphdempsey2874]

Superb documentary; the perfect balance of fact and intreague. I can't wait to see more of your work!

[@Nick_Hammer]

this whole situation was so bizarre that even when nasser got tipped off to the impending attack he refused to believe it could be true because the british would have to have gone mad to risk losing everything(oil, arab allies, international standing, economic stability) over the canal, which egypt and britain seemed near a deal on anyway.

[@infernocanuck]

What I absolutely adore with your channel, and is rare to find nowadays, is a simple presentation of the facts. There is no personal opinion, no political spin, no theorizing what "might have happened". That is what teaching history is all about: To show what happened so we can learn from it, not USE what happened to spin a certain point of view.

[@MedhatNagy.]

The Egyptian local resistance to the invaders was neglected and underestimated here especially in port said also the israeli losses in the war weren't mentioned

[@josephstalin2829]

One of your best series. This makes me think of my grand mother. She was walking in the streets when she stumbled on the pavement. She had her leg broke and it was then that she realised that she was old, that she was a grandmother, and she couldn’t do anything she wanted anymore. That’s what happened to Britain and France: they stumbled across the canal and realised they were old. But I think you could have talked a bit more about the French: what were they doing? Were they in the canal? In Cairo, trying to kill Nasser? It would be interesting to know. You should do more little conflicts of the XX century, like the 6 day War or the Greco Turkish War of the twenties. But something that I would really like to see would be the Algerian war of independence. It seems like a massive conflict that completely ended colonialism. (Also love your analysis at the end, it was formidable)

[@augustin5611]

It's totally stupid. France and Britain were and still are powerful countries and their plan would have worked perfectly if the US had backed them as an allied. Eisenhower later stated that his biggest mistake was not backing France and UK because, in the end, Nasser was always going to side with the Soviets. The damage to French-US relationship can still be felt and the whole tthing have weakens the US influence on Europe as Germany and others said it was the proof that US could not be trusted in real time of nuclear threat. Plus, the soviets saw what happened and crushed the Hugarian uprising, knowing very well that US would never do anything to defend Hungary because they didn't even support they closest allies.

[@KermitFrazierdotcom]

Joseph Stalin ☆ There is an Excellent Video of the Algerian Revolution. Very Informative on their use of Cels & Restricting Knowledge of the Organizations Leaders in case of Capture & Torture.

[@shawnv123]

yes

[@DivKay4]

Zero dislikes. That’s proof that you’ve done something right. This is really amazing.

[@mrpalaces]

4.??? 5. Profit

[@zakback9937]

mrpalaces 4 find a suitable puppet which would accept our demands and in return our Military protection for his regime. Simple.

[@kooroshrostami27]

4. is install a puppet who will reign Egypt in the allies' interests and effectively transform Egypt into a vassal state. Just the way it has been done with Lybia, Chile, Iraq, the list goes on.

[@adamalmasri4898]

Thank you from Alexandria.Egypt

[@robinledesma2683]

I love the content, sounds, and visuals of the video! It was a great summary and your conclusions and analysis in the end of the effects and lessons make this video your best yet!

[@cbrtdgh4210]

Fantastic to see such great historical documentaries again. There was definitely an absence of it for quite a while. What a great decision to start this channel!

[@connordunne6548]

Excellent documentary!!! I knew nothing about the Suez Crisis until now and I found it fascinating. I really like how you also explained the political consequences of the crisis too. Can't wait for more videos!

[@LuisAldamiz]

1956: the year that Europe discovered it mattered no more.

[@rishabhmalhotra8148]

i really loved the way of story telling and the animations are used in these videos. thank you epic history channel for such knowledge and facts.

[@CyberFerretGaming]

I'm so glad you use this narrator, i've heard him before back when history channel actually had documentaries and he was always a favourite.

[@pjbutton3396]

The quality of your videos never fails to impress. Thank you for making history as interesting and compelling as it should be

[@Youssef-iq4wq]

I love Russia's reaction to all of this, they're like "Everyone stop or I'll use Nukes"

[@botivarparvelious5569]

I love the fact you show history as it is with out political agenda

[@einsatzgruppenful]

I honestly learned so much watching this a second time round, i had no idea how important or what an impact and what major global effects this specific event had on the region and world amazing video thank you!

[@frost587]

This video was just great! Even documentary TV channels couldn't have done better.

[@ruinnaimperii4686]

I thought this was an international news channel. Your quality of making videos is fantabulous.

[@saqlainsiddiqui7170]

The Soviet-Afghan war please. During this time the US funded the Mujahideens to counter the Soviet expansion, which worked but, ended up creating the Taliban.

[@tengokuro]

YES! all the yes to this!

[@Dischingo]

Well technically you are not wrong but also you are not right the Taliban was formed to counter the infighting between the various mujaheddin groups and the mujaheddin fought against the Taliban backed by the Saudi Wahhabi and the support of Pakistan which was unsurprisingly backed by America. So yes the Mujaheddin led to the Taliban but not in the context you mean.

[@amrutkarsaurabh7398]

Pakistani army created taliban with by using us war aid

[@LuisAldamiz]

It was not a "Soviet-Afghan war", as in Sovietistan against Afghanistan: it was an Afghan civil war impelled by the USA, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia against independent and progressive Afghan governments who were incidentally close to the USSR. Only after the US-backed Talibans and US-created and controlled Al Qaeda were already threatening the legitimate government, and on its request, did the USSR intervene. So it should be described if anything as "the US war against Afghanistan by proxy islamo-fascist militias".

[@Jamie-kg8ig]

How do you explain all of those Soviet troops in the country with high tech weaponry if it wasn't an invasion. Especially considering Soviet war crimes, like going into villages and slaughtering everyone.

[@RWMoortgat]

This is my favourite channel! One specific compliment: your graphics keep improving with every video and look absolutely amazing. Thanks for the fantastic content, excited for what's next! :)

[@TimeTraveler22]

Wow this channel is amazing, so refreshing to see an unbiased view of history. This is the type of history that should be taught in the education system.

[@MrMastera]

Perfect, as always!

[@mali15j]

Epic history. Dude, your an inspiration to me that one man is doing all this. Heres my suggestion for you for proactively doing things now. You can ask from your viewers who cant contribute in financially(eg if they're students), to contribute in other ways that might be time consuming for you, say in animation or soundtracks or in any other form of contributions etc. You have alot of followers and most of them LOVE YOUR WORK and YOU. And am optimistic that you will find people who can help you in your videos and projects without pay.

[@mali15j]

the other channel Kings and General found a guy i guess who helped him with his animation software and made his life easier. I would love to see more of your work tho. Two thumbs up sir!

[@casctober20]

love all of your content, your voice is so encapsulating and the quality of your vids are on par with the best of the best

[@lopezmario4633]

Bravo!! Beautifully made video. My congratulations to the team behind all of this.

[@lewissosa5769]

As soon as I see that new post notification, everything else goes aside, Epic History before everything else lmao

[@jackkenny6376]

nowitzki Gamer agree

[@illiminatieoverlordgurglek140]

Wow, this is some 'old style' quality. I thought it was an upload of one of those classic 1980's/90's documentaries. Back when the BBC and the History channel still made them. I really don't know why they stopped doing that. In any case, I clicked the living hell out of the like and subscribe buttons! Keep up the awesome work man!

[@EpichistoryTv]

Thanks!

[@MomentsInTrading]

This was really good and interesting. Other than the name of the conflict, I knew none of this. Well made!

[@ASH9366]

This channel is best in KZbin at History knowledge 👨‍🏫👨‍🎓👨‍🏫

[@VladTevez]

Trivia: When French troops reached Cyprus for the imminent attack, EOKA (the anti-colonial organization fighting against British) warned them not to interfere. The French soldiers, indeed, remained in their camps and were not touched

[@roynettle6864]

EOKA was a Greek Cypriot nationalist guerrilla organisation that fought a campaign for the end of British rule in Cyprus, for the island's self-determination and for eventual union with Greece

[@VladTevez]

+roy nettle Have I said something different?

[@roynettle6864]

Not at all i was just adding greater detail to add a better understanding for the next person to come along and read you're comment

[@VladTevez]

+roy nettle 👍

[@flamingeonak0974]

Why they didnt just do pease with the canal in egyptian control but british and french ships could cross cheaply

[@chriscryer7087]

How how times have changed now it is the US who always veto any resolution condemning Israel

[@Jgvcfguy]

and it's now the UK and France condemning some US intervention in the area. (The US backed Saudi Arabia attacking Yemen)

[@leonardwei3914]

Too bad the U.S. didn't condemn UK and France's intervention and overthrow of Qaddafi in Libya, only to have to supply them with bombs and airstrikes when they ran low during the campaign.

[@LuisAldamiz]

Excellent observation. A lot of things seem to have changed between 1956 and 1967: in 1956, the USA condemned and hushed off Israel, in 1967 the USA was attacked by Israel (USS Liberty attack, 34 killed) and reacted by pretending nothing had happened. Yet there was no obvious reason why the USA should have tolerated such outrage by a tiny rogue state like Israel with no external support other than the USA and its NATO allies. So something had indeed changed in that decade, what exactly? One clue may well be that AIPAC was founded in 1963.

[@gordonwoper5003]

yes yes Trump is Jewish. His wife and daughter. and certainly his son-in-law ! They are everywhere. Even under your bed. Terrible for you@@christopherenriquez6267

[@gordonwoper5003]

News to me that NATO supported Israel ! If its a "rogue" state its bloody rich now for a very small country of 9 million. You will be justly upset to read it has a GDP close to $400BN, amongst the highest per capita and life expectancy in OECD & growing at 4% pa ! Dare I mention that self sufficient in food and gas and even now exporting to Egypt & Jordan. Still they are rogue which allows you to sleep better

[@3xj704]

Thank you Epic History TV for such good quality uploads. Keep it up

[@istiyaq37]

Please make videos on Korean conflict and Vietnam war. I'm sure there is alot within these conflicts people don't know. Outstanding job explaining the Suez Crisis. Your channel is a gem for history lovers.

[@ryzziktrognesou1]

Another French reaction was to heavily commit to obtain the Nuclear bomb after that blow to their international prestige. Great video :o Just discovered your channel, I really do appreciate the work and espacially the fact that you link in the description the bibliography that you used to put it together. Thumb up :)

[@docterpolitico2991]

AWESOME MAN, Can you do more episodes on the Cold War! SECOND

[@yathusanthulasi]

Georustus Mapping hi

[@docterpolitico2991]

Hello Yathy!

[@westpointsnell4167]

Don't do that ,the Russians will come in and start crying

[@obayal-raslan8403]

as always an brilliant narrative and an excellent understanding of the historical events , with extraordinary exhibition and music and commentary the best history channel without a doubt

[@ResistanceQuest]

This is my all-time favorite history programming on any network. Keep it up :)

[@ISawABear]

@epichistoryTV i feel as though you could have thrown in a word or 2 about Lester B Pearson, Canadian Prime Minister who helped organize the UN Emergency Force. Considering that he won the Nobel Peace Prize i really don't think it would have been a stretch to mention him.

[@wehttam2112]

Thank you! That's what I've been trying to say!

[@Junokaii]

I didn't realize that Canada had such a role.

[@EpichistoryTv]

Fair enough criticism. Apologies to all Canadians who feel hard done by, but it is not easy to compress these extremely complex events into a 14 min video.

[@ISawABear]

No no fair enough, though from a business perspective the more people you can appeal to the better right? also emphasizes GB's second power status if even one of her "colonies" (sorry, Quebec background) chose to side against her.

[@richardtaillon1616]

Coming to this channel late but with lots of love and support. I do have to chime in that exclusion of Canadian involvement is sad only for Canadian's who are already familiar with our history. Unfortunately most people today don't realize this was the event that gave Canada it's Peacekeeping identity and was the reason for our modern Nation flag.

[@sinanayaz]

"You done goofed" -Dwight D. Eisenhower

[@alecblunden8615]

I suspect it was Dulles and Eisenhower who goofed big time - due to their insane desire to destroy the Empire whatever the consequences, for others, of course. Regime change in 1956 Egypt could only have helped the Middle East question in the 21st century and, frankly, even the US should have known they would be better off with Brits acting as the World's policemen than ham fisted Yanks and their know nothing politicians.

[@Historyfan476AD]

To be honest in the long Run it likely cost the USA more. Because Egypt became a soviet ally anyway and most of the middle east and Arab world. Britain and France two key allies became less trusting of the USA and less willing to back them up. Plus weakening two allies likely did not help the balance of power between NATO and Warsaw pact. Plus it made US allies doubt it's commitment to their alliance or if they are even on their side really. Britain later did not offer aid during Vietnam war, and Britain had won it's won Vietnam in Indonesia against communist rebels who acted like the Vietcong. So that would have been very helpful. It did permeant damage French-American relations throughout the rest of the cold war. The French went and made their own nukes rather than rely on the US arsenal for protection, Later France pulled out of NATO and refused to aid the US in many future events. It also made France no longer trust the Americans at all. To be honest while stopping the invasion might of been morally right, it still did do some damage in the long run to the US effort to win the cold war.

[@siddhu122koya]

Well done dude.... Quality of this video is second to none...

[@azntbooi]

I really can't believe this kind of content is possible on youtube. Great stuff!!!!

[@wotwot6868]

This almost looks like Germany with their Danzig or War ultimatum. Very good well-balanced non biased look at this history. Thumbs up. Sucks that the arab nations did not come to aid Libya, they didn't listen to Gaddafi's call to action, reminding them of what happened to Saddam. And now they're being picked one by one.

[@kareem6222]

@Random Person is this comment funded by israel?

[@squaredup1800]

Great video as always! I've always viewed Nasser as a larger-than-life figure. If only the Arab world had someone like that today...

[@Ealdorman_of_Mercia]

I watched all your videos about Alexander the great and Napoleon Bonaparte. I consider myself now as a master of war! I especially enjoyed Napoleon's documentary, what a brilliant tactician!

[@grae1987]

Ahh that faded audio of a news presenter mentioning the war on Iraq was a perfect touch to end the video.. love your work, Jooga

[@dennismccrary7639]

I lived in Baghdad in 1956, my father, an officer in the US Army, was stationed at the US embassy. I remember Iraqi soldiers being stationed at our house to protect us from mobs protesting what was happening at the Suez canal. I was nine years old.

[@user-ui3pw1ys3k]

Iraq supported Britain in 1956 .

[@ThatBigFail]

It's easy to criticise Nasser because of the Western view of ihm. Even i was sceptical of him. But after learning more about him in these videos, i have come to respect him more.

[@notbadsince97]

Nasser was pretty great kzbin.info/www/bejne/iomXg35ul89ljZI

[@Earbly]

I know people that lived under Nasser, it was not a great time.

[@LuisAldamiz]

I respect Nasser politically but I don't think he was that great: he failed to consolidate the United Arab Republic (with Syria and Yemen, and later also Sudan I believe) because the Egyptians treated their partners as quasi-colonies, as second tier members (it's quite ironic that the the more radical Panarabists were the ones to separate from the UAR, because they wante Arab Union and not submission to Egypt), he also failed to actually defeat his enemies in any instance and I don't see why a large nation like Egypt would not have been a match against a small state like Israel a decade after this episode. Something he did not well enough or rather he did bad enough, what exactly? I'm not that knowledgeable but I suspect he sinned of arrogance and lack of serious planning.

[@iDm0Nd]

@@LuisAldamiz en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdel_Hakim_Amer

[@LuisAldamiz]

@@iDm0Nd - Good hint, TY. I was not aware of this guy. Still there's also a hint in the article that blames Nasser for accepting the rule by personal trustee as "fief" of whole sectors of power, in this case the military.

[@jackkenny6376]

This video was excellent and well made, very interesting! Well done as always Epic History, I’m already on the edge of my seat waiting for the next video!

[@Elomere]

thank you for posting all these great videos! brilliant!

[@delta3039]

Nice to see some important Canadian history

[@trapezeable]

This is the level of conspiracy that you would think you're reading in a Tom Clancy novel, it's probably where he got his inspirations from lol. Oh! and in Egypt, it's known as the Tripartite Aggression.

[@jamesmayerful]

I'm sure it takes a lot of work for just one of these videos to be uploaded, but I could binge watch these documentaries all day long!!!

[@dannythomson5239]

great documentary, the British carrier in the med was HMS Eagle, my father Bill Thomson was helmsman of the carrier at the time, side note he was British all forces boxing champion winning his championship fight on the flight deck of the Eagle.

[@JeetKuneDoBelgrade]

Such a shame that we cant download your beautiful soundtrack.

[@angusyang5917]

Fun fact: Notice Moshe Dayan is wearing an eyepatch? It was shot out by a Vichy French sniper during World War II when he was serving in Syria.

[@eastercompany]

Thank you for educating me on a vital piece of history i had never even heard about before and making it as enjoyable to learn as watching an episode of game of thrones

[@norsie45]

top class documentary, looking forward for more historical documentaries!

[@Budisa35]

Can you do the Yugoslav crisis and civil war? That is a very interesting topic in my opinion.

[@LuisAldamiz]

I'll give you an advance anecdote a Montenegrin liberal (center-right) politician told us back in the day: In the years before the war he had a friend from the US embassy, which he suspected could be a CIA agent, and just few months before the collapse-cum-war happened they had the following conversation: -- I fear your country has become geostrategically irrelevant -- said the American diplomat. -- I'm glad to hear that -- replied the Montenegrin. -- Honestly, I wouldn't be happy if my country would become irrelevant -- objected the American ominously.

[@paci4416]

Thank you for this. I'm from israel and we don't talk much about this war so I learned a lot from these videos.

[@CRAZY42448]

paci4416 אולי בגלל שהיינו החברה שאפשר להאשים?

[@paci4416]

גם, וגם בגלל שהמלחמות האחרות יותר מעניינות את הציבור הישראלי

[@gordonwoper5003]

who said that? Dyan wrote a book on the subject. Countless books have been written about it in English, French and Hebrew. Maybe the problem lies with you and not a sufficient worldly education. Do you ever buy books at Steimatsky book shops or visit a local library ?

[@user-fx2oo3bi9c]

Long live Egypt 💙💙💙 From India

[@Fedmyhead1965]

Thanks for the upload,my Dad served in Egypt before the crisis,so a little insight as to problems he faced :-)

[@bp837]

8:32 Slight error there: Romania vehemently opposed the Soviets' intervention in Hungary's revolution, so there shouldn't be any tanks coming from Romania on the map.

[@rykim514]

Wow didn't know how much the end of this crisis has shaped the current world we live in. France takes the lead for everything in the EU while Britain still keeps a close relationship with America.

[@DrPol1]

This was a brilliant 2-part series.

[@mohammedmaqsoodahmed3102]

Wow man your way of explanation is very clear; Thank you epic history looking forward for more new videos

[@l3anditor]

Am I the only one who keeps hearing NASA?

[@LuisAldamiz]

Nope, they mean Nasser, which I pronounce /nasser/ and not /nasa/ but British English (and some other dialects) is that way.

[@abdovitamins6331]

I hear it like you NASA and I was confused as a non native speaker , that I repeated the vedio , even in subtitles it is written NASA 😂😂😂

[@aaronvolbeda233]

lol

[@skeptic781]

@@LuisAldamiz mostly English accents, not all British accents

[@LuisAldamiz]

@@skeptic781 - Fair enough.

[@MrMasterCGO]

Into my heart on air that kills From yon far country blows: What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those? That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, The happy highways where I went And cannot come again.

[@najmjabbar7589]

I just found out about this channel right now and I think I'm going to binge-watch every video on it.

[@sridharsubramonyan]

Brilliant 2 part series. Excellent narration!

[@GamesGirlsMovies]

Can you guys do an episode on algeria when it was colonized nd the war for independence i rly find that interesting

[@zakback9937]

Interesting and horrific too.

[@notbadsince97]

The movie was also good

[@tankwfw]

This pretty much ended Britain's role as a superpower

[@danny90099]

Yep the world realize at that time they just USA 's bitch

[@y0Milan]

@@danny90099 i suppose thats why they helped the usa in the vietnam war right?

[@wingsfan1450]

That ended in 1945. Went to war for Polish independence to hand it over the Soviets.

[@harrypjotr4075]

Tragic

[@KDH-br6hy]

@@y0Milan they didn't help it was just US

[@GoreGazzim]

What a fantastic video. Well researched and explained. So happy that I found this stunning channel.

[@javathechava26]

now that's how history should be presented...good video!