Britain and France vs. The World | The Suez Crisis | Part 2

[@TimeGhost]

This episode is pretty much the same as the last, only turned up to 11. Israel continues making gains in Sinai, but they are now aided by British and French air forces that have finally arrived. Meanwhile, Britain and France continue lying through their teeth about any collusion with Israel. The British Foreign Minister will lie to his own Parliament about military collaboration while French ships are supporting an Israeli offensive against the settlement of Rafah. The economic costs of this also become very apparent in this episode. Nasser successfully closes the Canal, and with America in no mood to help, the whole of Europe faces oil shortages. In short, the whole thing is a mess. Don't worry though, Indy will guide you through it. Please read our rules of conduct before commenting: community.timeghost.tv/t/rules-of-conduct/4518

[@percamihai-marco7157]

You've done a mistake in the video. When you show the UN Security Council members (5:44 minute), you show the flag of Peoples Republic of China. But before 1971, the Republic of China (Taiwan) was a permanent member of the UN Security Council.

[@TimeGhost]

@Joshua Condell South Africa left in 1961, and rejoin in 1994

[@People3004]

@@joshuacondell1686 All ex-colonies and Dominons are offered membership upon becoming sovereign nations and Apartheid didnt really start until after the Second World War. It was only really after the sharpeville massacre in 1961 that international condemnation of the regime really got going in both the UN and the Commonwealth. This lead to South Africa having a "vote" to become a republic- if passed they would have to reapply for Commonwealth membership- the "vote" passed and South Africa, due to pressure from other African Commonwealth nations didn't reapply Sources: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid#Commonwealth en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations#Adoption_and_formalisation_of_the_Commonwealth

[@sam_uelson]

\m/ don't even point

[@300biggirl]

@TimeGhost History: Could you do a series on the Hungarian Revolution of October-November 1956? It took place at the same time as these events. The USSR's suppression of the revolution in Hungary did much to disillusion people in the West who thought the USSR was liberalizing after the death of Stalin in 1953 (for example, the Austrian State Treaty of 1955). Thanks.

[@adamgordon-boyle1560]

" A government minister has blatantly lied to parliament" Was this unusual back in the day?

[@Xenin7]

Nope, it wasn't and still isn't.

[@podemosurss8316]

@@Xenin7 *Laughs in Boris Johnson*

[@BSJinx]

Of course, if you really want to despair, remember that in the next election in 1959, the public took out its frustrations by... increasing the Conservative majority from 60 to 100.

[@TimeGhost]

Protocol is usually that such a direct lie should see minister sacked. The Profumo Affair is an example of this. Yes, there is a lot of dishonesty in the British Parliament but these commonly takes the forms of half-truths, exaggerations, deflections etc etc. A brazen lie such as this when there is objective evidence out there which could easily counter it is rarer.

[@podemosurss8316]

@Alexia And WW1, and have a long history of uniting in order to opress Asia together...

[@justinhuang5183]

5:44 The Republic of China Flag (not the Peoples Republic of China flag) should be shown. The PRC wasn't admitted into the UN until 1971

[@TimeGhost]

Thanks for pointing that out. We're working on fixing it now.

[@ArnoldDarkshner99]

I noticed that too. The devil is always in the details.

[@Kabutoes]

What are you talking about I see the ROC flag there

[@justinhuang5183]

@@Kabutoes They just changed it

[@robot-he6nq]

Justin Huang I didn’t know you can edit a video that’s already posted

[@firewave1158]

As a egyptian who studied this crisis thousands of times i am loving this series and its telling me new interesting things

[@TimeGhost]

شكرًا لك ، يسعدنا أنك استمتعت بالعرض! :)

[@mostafamagdy7117]

We aren't taught real history in Egypt tbh

[@tyberfen5009]

As our old friend von Moltke used to say: No plan survives contact with the enemy

[@shashwatsinha2704]

The younger?

[@Liamtheseriousguy]

@@shashwatsinha2704 the elder... the younger one had poor military planning skills

[@ivanadolfopalazuelosmacias8379]

@@shashwatsinha2704 the older, the cool one

[@shashwatsinha2704]

@@ivanadolfopalazuelosmacias8379 so how would you describe the younger?

how do you make god laugh? make a plan.

[@legendhun9342]

Ok, so the Soviet union denounced Anglo-French imperialism but they didn't help to fight against imperialism because they were busy doing imperialism...Yikes

[@davestevens6283]

You can always declare you're liberating something, someone, or on a mission from god.

[@jynexe3056]

Gotta love the Soviet hypocrisy :)

[@jynexe3056]

@@markmcelroy1872 This may be just me, but I have a hard time defining eisenhower's actions as imperialist. I guess it depends on how you think of it. I think of it as building an empire, ie, annexing and puppeting foreign countries. The US didnt really puppet countries, nor did it annex. However, if you just define it as exerting influence on a foreign nation, then it would be imperialism. But then that definition means that most countries are imperialistic. Edit: When I say puppet, I mean install a government subservient to the puppeteer government. For example, Iraq would be not considered a puppet because the US installed a interim government, arguably a puppet government, that would establish free elections, creating an independent government. Obviously, that didnt work out but that isnt the point, more about how its done.

[@dukerrr]

sounds like real communism to me

[@firstnamelastname-uw6vq]

How dare those nasty imperialists invade a peaceful Arab country! Shame on them! Now if you excuse me, I have some rebellious Hungarians to deal with.

[@gianniverschueren870]

Oh my Astrid, this is definitely the best tie of this series so far. What a beauty. 4.5/5

[@ramisamman5674]

I wonder what does he need more to have 5/5 ?

[@yourstruly4817]

@@ramisamman5674 Gianni would need to check out Indy's underwear for that

[@ramisamman5674]

@@yourstruly4817 you know Herr Gianna Von Verschueren is hard to be pleased. He rarely gives 4 to whom is not academic. So indy should be very grateful that he got 4.5.

[@yourstruly4817]

@Skrooge Lantay A woman, I think she's Spartacus' wife, could be wrong though

[@gianniverschueren870]

@@ramisamman5674 (spoiler alert) You might want to tune in to the next episode of WWII

[@andreaz9971]

It would be interesting a series about another international crisis happening in the same days, the Hungarian revolution of 1956

[@jeffreypopper9719]

Yes! I was going to say they should do the Hungarian Revolution next, in the same format.

[@pnutz_2]

include the water polo game

[@Chilly_Billy]

Yes indeed. It's an important part of Cold War history that should not be forgotten.

[@freycomm35]

Bold of you to assume it was an "international" crisis. Unlike Suez, the destruction or well being of Hungry has almost zero impact on the rest of the world. It is nothing but a temporary political crisis.

[@andreaz9971]

@@freycomm35 international means that two or more countries are involved.

[@kikufutaba1194]

In my 19years I have never even heard of this part of world history. Thank you very much for presentation and information

[@TimeGhost]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@yksisolttu]

I actually read a little bit about the crisis, but I have already seen that I missed so much of it. Keep educating us ignorant masses so we won't repeat our past mistakes again.

[@LionKing-ew9rm]

Fun fact: Sir Anthony Eden was a graduate of Oriental studies (Persian and Arabic languages specifically) from Oxford. And he spoke Arabic with Nasser as soon as he saw him in a meeting.

[@shashwatsinha2704]

Which Aeabic though.

[@Fr0styIsHere]

Shashwat Sinha how different are different forms of Arabic? Is it like English, where Americans and British people can still understand eachother, but they may use different words/dialects, or would it be completely impossible for people who talk different forms of Arabic to communicate with eachother?

[@BigBoss-sm9xj]

The writing is the same but the pronunciation differs A LOT

[@Sturminfantrist]

@@Fr0styIsHere Yes, my Father had difficulties to understand Al jazeera`s high arabic, hes Algerian born, i think its the same like me (born in lower saxony) having problems to understand bavarian folks, different dialect

[@AbdallaElmedny]

@@Fr0styIsHere Sometimes it can get really hard to understand each other with vastly different dialects, I usually notice that the farther apart the Arabic countries are the bigger the difference in terms of Arabic. I think Tunisian, marrocan and Algerian are quite similar but in contrast while Syrian Palestinan and Libanese Arabic are very similar they are very different from their western counter part. There is however modern standard Arabic which despite the lack of speakers, is used a lot in diplomacy and journalism and is quite well understood across the region.

[@podemosurss8316]

In his memoires "the Last Emperor", the former Emperor of China and then POW Puyi notes that the failure of the British and French in Egypt was deeply celebrated within China, including in the Manchu prison he was. On the New Year celebrations, the prisioners (including himself) made a satirical play about the defeat of the British, based on the British parlamentary statements as read in the press. He played the role of a British labour MP that responded to the government about the shame it had been. The Chinese weren't very fond of "British diplomacy", as they had been screwed up by it several times since 1840.

[@podemosurss8316]

@Sheldon Robertson Well, maybe YOU don't give a fuck, and I don't give a fuck about what an idiotic racist wants to say.

[@el_rod]

I love how you don't say that one is a "good" and one is "bad" in this conflict, but do point out who is an asshole. This is the objectivity i'm looking for.

[@Southsideindy]

Thanks!

[@Haltung]

There is no "good" or "bad" in this conflict the same way there is no such thing in WW2. There was a blatant conspiracy to commit aggression, which Israel, France and the UK then went on to do. The responsible leaders of those countries would have been hanged under Nuremberg principles, if there had been a neutral trial.

[@thebog11]

@@Haltung Both sides committed atrocities in WW2, but the Axis powers were much more aggressive militarily. It's difficult to justify the conquest of nearly all of Europe.

[@Haltung]

@@thebog11 That's the point. There was the bad side in WW2 just as there was in the Suez Crisis and they were the aggressors (Israel, UK and France).

[@Haltung]

@ There are, obviously, that was the point. Britain, France and Israel were the obvious bad guys in this conflict, just like Nazi Germany in WW2. To try and muddy that reality is no more justifiable, than trying to obfuscate the criminality of Nazi Germany in WW2.

[@MrRenegadeshinobi]

At the beginning, I was expecting Indy to say “As night falls and Arabia calls.”

[@michaelwier1222]

I knew of this war, but never the details. Thank you.

[@TimeGhost]

Glad you learnt something new!

[@philguer4802]

I absolutely love the interactions of all the nations,each with its own agenda,the Israelis furious that the promised air strike are punilaterally postponed,the French uncautiously engaging their navy while Britain is nervously sweating about their actions and try to convince both the UN and their own governement that there is no conspiracy whatsoever.

[@MrFaorry]

Indy: "As night falls..." My brain: "Egypt calls?"

[@El_Presidente_5337]

"So what was his name again?" "Umm... Qataf." "Ah ok"

[@sacredkinetics.lns.8352]

Brilliant; like always. The best energetic history teacher ever. 💫👽💫

[@shimarinlogistics6616]

5:43 The Chinese flag is incorrect. The “China” present at the UN Security Council at the time was the Republic of China, not the PRC, hence the ROC flag should’ve been used.

[@TimeGhost]

We've been made aware of this and we're working to fix it. Thanks for pointing it out.

[@marklittle8805]

As a Canadian we have always been taught how we stood against the UK and worked for a UN solution. Eisenhower was a genius in seeing how this would go down and how to solve the mess the UK and France made. I hold the Israel in less contempt because if they didn't have a go at Nasser, one always knows he would have a go at them...

[@easysqueezylemonpeasy610]

This is so interesting. As a young brit, i had no idea about this. Was never even mentioned in school. A big thanks to Indy and the team for bringing to light so many interesting parts of history!

[@easysqueezylemonpeasy610]

@Isaiah Ballin24 Yeah, I agree. The whole curriculum needs to be reworked by people who actually know about each subject. It's a good thing channels like this one exist though!

[@Nmax]

Britain has a long and fascinating history over centuries. Particularly the 19th and early 20th century are very interesting The UK expertly ran a very large empire with complicated agreements over protectorates, dominions, colonies, puppets and vassals

[@Wedgetail14]

Oh, now I get that Statler and Waldorf joke! "Was that Dayan?" "Sure it was. Didn't you recognize her?" "I thought she had a black patch over one eye." "No, no, no. That's her sister - Marsha Dayan!""

[@Chilly_Billy]

Please do a presentation on the Hungarian Uprising that occurred simultaneously with the Suez Crisis. It's an important part of Cold War history that should not be forgotten.

[@agactual2]

I'm getting the impression that this event was less uniquely bizarre and brazen than it seems when looking back. This was just the British and French imperial way of doing things, as they had for 200+ years but by the 1950s, they were no longer powerful enough to force everyone to turn a blind eye to what they were up to.

[@Dessienewshoes]

Excellent video. Excellent series. As Indy gets more intense towards the end of the video I wanna see him stand up and thrash the place and walk off. You guys r awesome

[@cwovictor3281]

Oh, and a PSA regarding the comments: there's been a surge of spambots and malware recently. If you see someone posting a timestamp longer than the video itself, abusing heart and kissing emojis, with an avatar of a...scantily-clad lady, don't interact with it at all. No, not even to sass the bots. You'll get infected with something. TimeGhost has a good history of moderating its comments, so I ask whoever's in charge to deal with those as well.

[@TimeGhost]

We are taking care of it, don't worry

[@warwickeng5491]

I've noticed it's become more rampant accross youtube in general, it doesn't just affect TGH's comment section

[@miskapiska2188]

Wait so i cant report these scammbots or i wil get affected with a virus or malware

[@cwovictor3281]

@@miskapiska2188 You probably can.

[@miskapiska2188]

@@cwovictor3281 oh shit

[@laurenceingram7314]

Damn, thought it was my name at the end there. Good to know there's more than one Laurence in the Timeghost army!

[@yourstruly4817]

"That name sounds like royalty, are they royalty?"

[@Monatio79]

Yes, we're royalty.😊

[@ethanz8318]

Loving the Indy crescendo more and more.

[@iamnolegend483]

EthanZ Yes. Me too. And I’m learning something too.

[@TimeGhost]

Thanks guys :)

[@Iosef426]

Thank you for this nicely put masterpiece series. 👌

[@forthrightgambitia1032]

A kind of sidebar video on the situation on Hungary would be pretty nice here.

[@michimatsch5862]

The fact that France and Great Britain go through with this plan kinda goes to show imo that they still hadn't completly let go of colonial ambitions.

[@joma5721]

michimatsch I mean, that’s pretty obvious from their actions in Southeast Asia, where both fought wars to hold onto colonial “possessions.” Or the fact that France holds onto its former African colonies to this day, in all but name. Google the CFA Franc. It’s a common currency in the Francophone nations of Central and West Africa, and is considered a form of ‘monetary imperialism’ for the enormous control afforded to France over the monetary policy of the Central Bank of West African States and the Bank of Central African States. They were dragged out of the imperial era kicking and screaming

[@alaindumas1824]

@@joma5721 The African nations using the Franc CFA have been doing it because they considered having a stable currency tied to the French Franc or now the Euro advantageous. The choice is controversial. A devalued local currency would make their products more competitive on the world markets. It is a tough choice, but it is their choice hence it is not colonialism or imperialism. They have seen African despots running the printing press and leading to a worthless currency, while the ruined economy undergoes de facto dollarization and don't want to risk taking that route. Other independent nations have made similar choices. Montenegro uses the Euro. Ecuador the US $ since 2000.

[@Arag0n]

@@alaindumas1824 sure, but the reason France collaborates with it is to remain a player, voice and influence in the area, able to manipulate politics whenever necessary, which goes to support the point that French government still has colonial ambitions even if they have given up the military path

[@alaindumas1824]

@@Arag0n You don't understand the implication of your theory. If the franc CFA is a sign of colonial ambition, the fact that independent African countries, including former Spanish and Portuguese colonies which came on board in the 1980s, chose to use the currency means that these Africans still have the colonized mindset.

[@Arag0n]

@@alaindumas1824 which both can be true. African nations can still see themselves as needy of a foreign power for stability and a foreign power can see itself as wanting to play that role for prestige and influence.

[@charlessawyer6953]

The suspense for part 3 is killing me.

[@avnrulz8587]

Leon Uris wrote a novelization of this in 'Mitla Pass'. Spent a year there (Sinai) in 1990 with MFO. Wrecks from the wars still there.

[@hojoj.1974]

Excellent channel, highly recommend.

[@TimeGhost]

Thank you so much!

[@arnear_vds]

Tbh i never have heard about this conflict before. Its nice to learn it here.

[@MovieGuy]

I want after you finish to cover the Suez Crisis, you would cover the 6-day war. It will be interesting. Love your channels.

[@MovieGuy]

@@markmcelroy1872 I would love see them cover those to. Like in a timeline of the conflict: the 6-day war then the Yom-Kippur war, the Lenanese war. I would love also see them cover the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. It can be very intresting, but is very long. In short every historical event they will cover it great.

[@657449]

No one wants an Archduke Francis Ferdinand event that cascades into a world war. This could have.

[@canadious6933]

@Sheldon Robertson Not entirely correct. They did pose a real threat to western Germany, Italy and France. However anything outside of their puppet states and Europe and of course Iran and maybe Turkey was pretty safe.

[@danreiter698]

Indy, You and your content are awesome. A minor correction; your pronunciation of Moshe Dayan’s name as “Moishe” would be correct in Yiddish, but in Hebrew it’s off. Just Mōshé as it appears in English would be more faithful to how he pronounced his name.

[@bobg9]

Maybe im spending too much time on 4chan, but at this point this pronounciation sounds borderline openly racist to me.

[@TimeGhost]

Cool. Thanks. Shame we already shot the whole series but I'll remember that.

[@cobbler9113]

I can't help but think that if Britain and France ever get together , it is either for a very, very good cause or one that's extremely dastardly. Also, I think I heard somewhere that Eisenhower later regretted backing Nasser over this. Is there evidence for this or did he remain resolute on the issue?

[@mohammedelshrief2687]

Yep, it's always either be heroes and stop the Nazis or make China addicted to drugs 😂

[@4Before4]

when have they ever fought together for a good reason ? , if you mean ww1 or ww2 then they were not fighting on moral basis .

[@caorusso4926]

Just imagine what they do today just below our nose

[@b1laxson]

Imagine if instead of the Hundred Years War the Kingdoms of France and England had actually united and you wouldn't even get the USA as there would be no external support for the 1770s rebellion. Add the Commonwealth such as Canada and India to have USA-England-France-Canada-India-More as global hegemony. Would there be enough risk from Russia to have even had the competitive drive for the Space Race and Moon Landings to have even happened?

[@cobbler9113]

B1 Laxson It says a lot that we English in the end preferred the Scots and the Irish to the French after that...

[@jeffreycoulter4095]

Wow. Indie has us on the edge of our seats

[@StickWithTrigger]

enjoying this series keep it up

[@TimeGhost]

Thanks! :)

[@richardglady3009]

Great video. Thank you.

[@mattpatton8887]

You guys are awesome! Please do something like this with the Rhodesian Bush War!

[@mattpatton8887]

@Sheldon Robertson You're right - I suppose we should ignore history that is politically inconvenient.

[@mattpatton8887]

@Sheldon Robertson That's why public education sucks. Thank God for LCMS schools, right?

[@thebog11]

@@mattpatton8887 Toxic comment sections are arguably bad for the channel because people will be turned off by them. I would like to see them cover it, I'm sure it would be fascinating.

[@Bobby-fj8mk]

Great series. How about another one covering the 1967 six day war and the 1973 Yom Kippur war?

[@del-cerro-bellavista]

That guy Eisenhower was cool!

[@ariebrons7976]

there's a famed chant: nasser's dead, his wife's sick (and so on, can't remember the rest) also the ballad of the boots (hamagafaim shel baruhh) where they sing about the aftermath of the war, through the eyes of a crazed man who bought second hand boots (left by the egytian millitia) and rages over their dissapearance the next night, frantically searching them and finding 'em in the arms of another man, he proceeds to shoot the man, and then the man appologises, the song ends with baruhh 'sewing the boots straight to his bones' (i think that's a refference of army boots being verry thight)

[@dinnokoluh]

The intro is lit

[@AureliusLaurentius1099]

Egypt:The world will decide your fate. Britain:I am the world. Egypt:Not anymore. Britain:Its treason then...

[@TheHahanicevideo]

Great series, i assume that many are like myself and don't know much about this event. Looking forward to more!

[@TimeGhost]

Thanks for the support! KZbin can be a really powerful tool for education.

[@TheHahanicevideo]

TimeGhost History I've been watching alot more on this channel and man, this is very high production value and i'm a big fan, will join the patreon as soon as my monetary situation allows it. I'm usually more of a "german historian" type of guy if you understand what i mean but your presentation and passion really makes your content something else. Är också väldigt nöjd med att du gillar Sverige och samarbetet med Sabaton som Lawrence of Arabia var nog den bästa musikvideon jag sett av Sabaton och jag har varit ett fan av dem sedan jag var 10 år gammal.

[@scherlocker1]

Haha Indy is my favorite history teacher

[@TimeGhost]

You are not alone.

[@egyptIloveyou]

Loving this series! Keep up the good work

[@TimeGhost]

Thanks!

[@andresp1582]

You are awesome love these outros.

[@TimeGhost]

Thanks!

[@kennykentus2919]

So good! Looking forward too much.

[@TheMrMitosis]

another excellent episode

[@mohamedsewilam4134]

My grandfather was injured in one of the air raids but he managed to survive.

[@mohamedsewilam4134]

@Sahil C technically not what if my da was already born before my grandfather got injured

[@tormundgaint1022]

Good job👍

[@vonstreckerz]

Holy crap this is riveting !!

[@TimeGhost]

Glad you like the presentation style :)

[@stargazer4683]

GOAT YT channel

[@CeruleanChurch]

I feel like the only thing missing from Indy's set is heavy cigarette smoke

[@57575756]

I would love to see a series about the dissolution of the British Empire starting during WW2 and ending in 2000 with the return of Hong Kong. I've always had trouble wrapping my mind around this.

[@nirfz]

I thought HongKongs return was 1997...

[@57575756]

@@nirfz You are 100% correct, July 1, 1997 not sure what I was thinking.

[@Searly255]

I second this, although the quick explanation is that its easier to grant independence than see your colonies fall to revolutions during the cold war. It was also far too expensive to police so many nations, after WW2 the much richer US had replaced the empire as the worlds police. Which is probably a good thing as i couldnt have seen Britain putting up a hard fight against communism.

[@jamiegray6931]

@@Searly255 Britain was constantly fighting communist guerrillas during 50s and 60s, the mau mau uprising and the Aden emergency are 2 examples.

[@BigHenFor]

Simple. A global empire needs money to maintain. After 2 World Wars, Britain was broke and in debt to the USA. As a condition of making those loans, the US insisted on the breakup of the Imperial Trading system which was a closed system, that excluded American goods. Also, the Americans would not support rebuilding of the military infrastructure needed to maintain the Empire. So, to save itself, Britain had to agree,as the coffers were bare after 2 World Wars in 30 years. The Empire was a not the economic powerhouse it had been. Since the middle of the 19th Century other states had caught up technologically and had had their imperialist expansions. That with the failure to economically develop many of its colonies like India effectively, meant there was no fat to feed on. To maintain the empire enough to stave off the expansion of communist influence was a stretch too far. The Americans had leverage and used it. So, the Empire was relinquished gradually, and focus was shifted to rebuilding the British economy with the help of American inward investment. Ford, General Electric, and other American companies setup production plants in the UK to service from there the growing postwar economy on the Continent. The extent of American power and influence over Britain is hardly discussed unless one is looking at economic history. The US used his economic power aster World War II to create new markets for its goods, and to exert more control over key resources over the globe, and the global economy. The Bretton Woods Conference saw the US put into place a global free trade system that suited economies like its own, and disadvantaged developing economies, and any one not inside that system. Not only that but, by replacing Sterling with the US Dollar as the global reserve currency, the US commandeered the economic benefits that once Britain had enjoyed. The loss of Hong Kong was inevitable, as it was leased from China, and it would not renew the lease. The Digital Revolution made it possible for the Banking Sector to run its affairs without needing a presence in the region. So, why stay?

[@robotslug]

This was a spicy one!

[@indianajones4321]

Awesome series

[@archstanton6102]

My father was there with Royal Navy as part of National Service.

[@julianaguirre7249]

Eisenhower asking Britain and France: "are we the baddies?"

[@TheDirtysouthfan]

More like, "Are you the baddies? Yes. Yes you are".

[@vaclav_fejt]

@@TheDirtysouthfan Mitchell&Webb reference.

[@morewi]

You should make a video on the Hungarian uprising

[@marinazagrai1623]

As someone else suggested, a documentary about the Soviets running into Budapest and (this would be my suggestion) "Velvet Glove" mission into the Czech Republic, when the population tried to rebel against the Soviet Communist influence (this was the MO of the Soviets).

[@michimatsch5862]

Someone being asked to step down after causing a war seems a bit tame.

[@BADRBOY]

Here's hoping for Jules Jamal and the rest of the Syrian navy officers fighting with Egypt to be referenced in one of the videos in the series

[@محمودعلى-ض6غ6ج]

تحيا الجمهورية العربية المتحدة

[@BADRBOY]

@@محمودعلى-ض6غ6ج فاليحيا الوطن الاكبر

[@nunodiogo5745]

"Oil tankers now have to travel all the way through Africa from the Indian Ocen" Portugal: Oh, oh its beautifull

[@HS-su3cf]

So, will TimeGhost History do a series on the Hungarian uprising?

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

The title seems to be 1800's come back

[@devendrabaskey1]

Intro is lit.

[@mammuchan8923]

And Eisenhower is thinking to himself the only thing more frustrating than a stubborn enemy is ones stubborn and rogue allies

[@bellumpraeparet]

A geopolitical prelude to crises in the Strait of Hormuz.

[@stephenconroy5908]

Very happy that the UK opposition party is included in this video. I've seen the Labour Party's internal notes, memos, and minutes from the time. They saw right through the deception by Eden, and had next to no qualms about opposing the government despite the tradition of bi-partisanship in matters of war. Really controversial stuff at the time, with the Conservative government and supportive newspapers accusing Labour of not "backing our boys" (the Manchester Guardian sided with Labour). Not that the Tories were blind to the suspect excuses of Suez, either. Eden's days were numbered...

[@TotallyNotRedneckYall]

"Dulles flies to New York..." heh

[@bob-wo3ir]

Fun Fact: Today Israel helps Egypt to fight ISIS in the Sinai peninsula. Israeli jets on the Sinai peninsula with Egypt approval. How time have change.

[@weltvonalex]

@criticalx bla bla bla bla IsRaElS CriMeS bla bla do you even listen to the things you say?

[@ronm47]

@@criticalx989 I guess both Israelis and Egyptians are lucky that your government is not as stupid as you.

[@Darkdaej]

Can't wait to see how much time in this series will be dedicated to Canadian PM Lester B. Pearson. The man is idolized here as the man who created Peacekeeping...and is pretty much credited for ending the Suez Crisis. Honestly I don't know enough about what really happened, but I got a feeling his role wasn't as important as what we keep hearing about...

[@JustSomeCanuck]

He's responsible for proposing the basic idea of the United Nations Emergency Force and working with the UN Secretary General to get it created. I'm sure Indy and the crew will explain it better than I can. Also, at the time he was Minister of External Affairs, not yet Prime Minister.

[@Darkdaej]

@@JustSomeCanuck Damn I don't know my own country's history properly. I was sure he was PM at the time, not just Foreign Minister. Then again it's actually difficult to get accurate History here. The English language sources are biased against the Francophones and the French ones are biased against the Anglophones...And often sources from outside the country don't understand this cultural dichotomy and end up missing a lot of context. (Have fun trying to get the true history of the 1837-1838 rebellion...it's a mess of political propaganda) In short, Canadian history is a freaking mess.

[@shashwatsinha2704]

@@Darkdaej What about the relationship between the Anglophones and Francophones vs ...say the Indians and Chinese in Canada.

[@JustSomeCanuck]

@@shashwatsinha2704 Two words: Komagata Maru...

[@shashwatsinha2704]

@@JustSomeCanuck That's the past, isn't it? Or is that mindset still prevalent.

[@sam74mumm]

As a matter of fact, England in public denouncing its support for Israel while secretly aiding them means big progress. Before that, they told them nonsense in the Balfour Declaration, sold them to the arabs when the war in 1948 broke out(giving fortresses and weapons to the jordan legion) and sent their refugees into the waves when those had fled successfully from the concentration camps. So, als we all see, Suez is a big improvement and maybe the start of a wonderful friendship xp

[@pnutz_2]

4:27 Menzies wants his knighthoods, and his mbes, and all the rest of the regalia that comes with it

[@td23asus]

Menzies truly was awful for the nation, it took Whitlam, Hawke and Keating to get Australia in the new era

[@Marylandbrony]

Hey's what the flag with the union jack on the canton (Upper right corner). I'm stumped about it and i pretty much know every flag in the world. Edit: Turns out it's the flag the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Zimbabwe & Zambia).

[@loetzcollector466]

Forget the ties, who makes your watch?

[@DrSubtle]

Yes, yes, it's a beautiful tie... My question is, what's the name of the French battleship at 6:06? It looks like it's got a good handful of 7-9" turrets on each side! :O

[@champagnegascogne9755]

French Battleship Jean Bart, one of the Richelieu-class battleships built in response to the Italian Littorio-class battleships during the late 1930s, if I recall. During Operation Torch, the Allied invasion against French North Africa, she was badly damaged against American shells from the battleship USS Massachusetts and planes from the USS Ranger. Throughout the entirety of the Second World War, she remains as a training ship.

[@pnutz_2]

5:02 the timeghost cops might say they got you in '69 but we know you're still out there

[@generalpopcorn6427]

Your Suez Canal Crisis videos have added at least one subscriber. I have always been fascinated by this moment in history when the USA and the USSR stood on the same side as the small impoverished countries that had so long been victimized by the colonial policies of European powers. In my opinion, this was the precise moment when the USA had its highest moral standing in the world. I wish we could return to this standing up for the underdog again. Americans are best when they are fighting bullies, not when they become the bullies.

[@TimeGhost]

Thanks for the support!

[@stephenjenkins7971]

It also led to the US' most humiliating geopolitical ditch in the time period. Fact is that "moral stances" are quickly forgotten and discarded by everyone. Very few know or care that the US stood up for Egypt. In international relations, what matters most is whether a people perceive you as a friend or foe; moralistic standpoints rarely get anything in return without a propaganda coup. I'd still support it, but if the US always acted like that, it would undoubtably have lost the Cold War.

[@Aeyekay0]

What a mess France and the UK have gotten themselves in lol

[@owenhess6562]

Interesting that many of the israelis shermans have older 75mm instead of the long French 75mm gun

[@davestevens6283]

According to Wikipedia, only 25 Shermans were upgraded by the time the conflict started

[@pariahstat2683]

Britain and France vs US and Soviet Union

[@Alex.HFA1]

The Hebrew inscription on the Sherman at 0:34 says "Sleeping (napping) Tiger". Fearsome, I guess?

[@WayneMoyer]

Do you want to wake the sleeping tiger?

[@Dor326]

Sleeping/ napping leopard to be exact not tiger

[@bobg9]

In the middle east between wars you only have time to nap :)

[@Alex.HFA1]

@@Dor326 In Hebrew, people usually mean Tiger when they say Namer. You are, technichally right, however.

[@talknight2]

@@Alex.HFA1 Way too many commas :D

[@rafaelwilks]

10:35 but not from Dulles International Airport

[@MostCommentsAreFake-ud8by]

Once the Suez canal is blocked by 32 sunken ships the whole plan is pointless.

[@champagnegascogne9755]

What's Jean Bart doing?

[@pedrogonzalesgonzales5097]

I think you overate UN General Assembly resolutions They are without force and purely declamatory.

[@imtiazkidwai1086]

Isn't this event regarded as the downfall of Britain and France as world powers?

[@Gameflyer001]

Effectively.

[@S3Cs4uN8]

I'd say it's where the world finally caught on to the fact Britain and France's image as world powers was naught more than a heavy coat over a haggard, old skeleton of a man. So yeah, sorta.

[@Darwinek]

You're fighting for the control of the Suez Canal, then bomb the ships there and clutter the whole waterway, rendering it unusable for your own ships. Oh the irony.

[@randall733]

Poor Hungary was alone in 1956 october and november :( :(

[@Chemist1076]

French ships = friendships 😊

[@mino1205]

I think that the Chinese Flag at 5:43 is false. Right would have been a flag from the Republik of China(Taiwan).

[@holyholyholy40]

Lovethis

[@TimeGhost]

Loveyou

[@holyholyholy40]

@@TimeGhost

[@ΟΥΡΟΛΟΓΟΣΑΡΙΔΑΙΑΜΑΡΙΟΣΖΑΧΑΡΙΑΔ]

Your table looks somehow unstable......????

[@SuperLusername]

I know this was all controversial and bad and stuff...but I'm just happy to see the British and the French get along so well

[@SuperLusername]

@@noobster4779 i think that democratic uk and france taking Suez (and Suez only) is not quite comparable to nazis and soviets raping poland...

[@SuperLusername]

@@noobster4779 wow you really took this joke hard. Still, I can not and will not equate those two invasions. Why? Because they were not the same. You dont care about the difference in mangement of spoils of war? You dont care about an end goal of an invasion? I do. That is probably the only important difference there is. Nazis and Soviets wanted to acquire territory, resources and population (or exterminate in case of nazis). UK and France wanted just the canal (also france would like to depose the president if possible) that their companies built a century ago. They wanted no population, no territory. You could argue they wanted resources, but it was a resource they created. Also, I never said or implied that they were absolved of their other crimes just because they were democracies. Nice strawman argument, you really beat the living shit out of it. Although, I would much more gladly have my country invaded by a democratic country than a dictatorship. You? I guess you would find it irrelevant wheter you were being invaded by nazi Germany or democratic UK/France/USA. Is that correct?

[@SuperLusername]

@@noobster4779 and also... *also* ... fucking *ALSO* , I began the original comment with: "I know this is controversial and bad and stuff..." I am tempted to just delete all the comments and leave my joke leave in peace ...Jesus! Some people...