Israel Faces U.S. Sanctions - The Second Arab-Israeli War Begins | The Suez Crisis | Part 1

Israel launches its invasion of Egypt, much to the surprise of America who reacts furiously to the act of aggression. It quickly becomes apparent to America that Israel is not acting alone when Britain and France deliver an ultimatum to Egypt. However, could Anglo-French war plans hit the buffers if the expected American backing does not materialize?
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[@TimeGhost]

Some of the military history buffs out there no doubt know about B.H. Liddell Hart and his contribution to interwar strategic theory. Well, he reportedly referred to the Israeli invasion here, code-named Operation Kadesh, as one of the finest applications of the strategy of the indirect approach he developed. This is reason enough to watch this episode, but the opening of hostilities in Sinai is interesting for reasons beyond purely theoretical concerns. From the get-go, military plans are inherently tied to political maneuvering. From the secrecy and deception of the IDF's movements to the delaying of the Anglo-French bombing campaign; politics determine the course of this war. However, it's easy in limited conflicts like this that are almost academic in their application, to forget that it's destroying the lives of ordinary people. Not only the soldiers fighting, but also the civilians whose homes and lives are under threat. Average Egyptian and Palestinians suffered disproportionately in this short campaign. You'll learn in a later episode about at least one massacre in a Palestinian town, and there was a blatant disregard for civilian life on all sides. You probably all have different opinions on which side deserves to win here and who is at fault. But let's not forget the real people who suffered as a result of international politics. Before you comment, read our rules: community.timeghost.tv/t/rules-of-conduct/4518s

[@alphamikeomega5728]

That link seems to be dead (unless perhaps it requires a login).

[@5cats267]

6 thousands Egyptian citizens died in this war

[@fernandoi3389]

Awesome video !!!

[@TimeGhost]

Thanks!

[@Geckogamer19]

Can you please upload the previews of the ww2 episode on the timeghost forum?

[@johnc4122]

Britain and France: *”See? Our empires are still relevant!”* USA: *”Who gave you permission to speak?”* USSR: *”I know I sure as hell didn’t.”*

Yep the death knell in the British Empire

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

It’s okay, GeeBee. You can still go fight Argentina over some rocks near Antarctica.

[@spkennedy951]

@uaedaien Britain could have tried, but especially in the 1950s they were incredibly dependent on the US. They kept up military spending following WWII to maintain their empire and while every other European power was investing in rebuilding and modernizing, Britain became stagnant while spending large sums in a short-sighted effort to maintain their hegemony. Kinda like the US today, actually.

[@Alte.Kameraden]

@@spkennedy951 To be honest it isn't up to the state in the USA so the government can spend it's money on what it wants. The American system works from the bottom up not the top. Well it's meant to, though that changed a lot during the 20th Century. During our prime our economy was almost completely left alone by the state. Most infrastructure wasn't even built by the state up until the 1950s started changing that. That still lingers today when you look at how Electricity and it's Infrastructure is privately owned, same for the Railroads, yet the interstate highway system is state owned/controlled. The later was built during America's more fascist days. Sadly a lot of States within the USA think it should operate from the top down, and have built their own local economies reliant on Federal supplied subsidies, which has caused their local economies to become quite weak. Good examples are the states of Illinois vs Indiana. Indiana has promoted industrial/commercial growth and is very well off economically with far less taxation. Illinois is insanely tax heavy and is always in debt.

[@sc1338]

Sean Kennedy GB wasn’t even the largest economy at that time. However America was and still is. So you really can’t compare the two. Also thanks to the CCP America is shaking off its laziness and will force us to compete just like with the USSR.

[@quedtion_marks_kirby_modding]

Egyptian plot: War goal justification time -30%

[@morisco56]

Defense and entrenchment bonus for egypt.

[@quedtion_marks_kirby_modding]

@@morisco56 max entrenchment +1 Entrenchment speed +15%

[@TaylorPrem]

+5% defense on core territory for Egypt.

[@quedtion_marks_kirby_modding]

@@TaylorPrem +5% recutable popullation too.

[@shashwatsinha2704]

Is this a hoi4 reference?

[@frederickthegreatpodcast382]

With that “Mare” above Indy’s head, I keep wanting it to say “Nostrum”

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

another fan of latin?

[@panzerofthelake506]

@@gaslitworldf.melissab2897 na fan of Rome boi

[@Raskolnikov70]

*Mussolini's ghost laughs off-stage*

[@cheeseburger_birds]

Yeah, I’ve played enough EU and HoI to get used to that as well.

[@pnutz_2]

4:06 Dwight D Eisenhower 1890 - 19469 Never Forget

[@GrandMoffTarkinsTeaDispenser]

Fine, I will post it again. Activate mecha Eisenhower at once.

[@morisco56]

Lol

[@WhiteCamry]

Indy has since corrected it.

[@pnutz_2]

@@WhiteCamry we know, that's why you never forget

[@davidwright7193]

Please withdraw by advancing 20 miles to reach your ceasefire line....

[@Raskolnikov70]

The chocolate ration has been increased from 18 grams to 15 grams.

[@Betrix5060]

@@Raskolnikov70 Hey, an increase of -3 is totally still an increase!

[@paulmentzer7658]

@@Raskolnikov70' Actually It would be just "The Chocolate ration is increased 10 Grams", no mention of the old ration limit. I saw this a few years ago in my home state of Pennsylvania. For decades the state Constitution required Judges to retire at age 70. The state then propose it be increased to age 75. Since the Voters had to vote on the change in the State's Constitution, what was put on the ballot was that Judges had to retire at age 75, no mention was made of the existing age limit of 70 for most voters would have voted to keep the retirement age at 70. Just a comment this is done all of the time even in democracies.

[@someisraeliguy9570]

Yes.

[@longshotny]

😂🤣

[@Knihti1]

1956 Britain: We could not attack Egypts airfield in a morning. 1967 Israel: Fine i'll do it myself!

[@notdoron]

@@معاركمصرعمليةبدرومعركةراسالعشو 2000* but sure buddy

[@suvaraih2266]

13:33 Me and the Boys when Britain and France don't have the guts to follow up on their ultimatums.

[@marzbanofmerv2324]

It would be fun to see you cover the Iran-Iraq war Indy.

[@Cancun771]

Or indeed the whole dirty Shah of Persia business that led to the Iranian mullah revolution. There's not even a Sam O'Nella version of it yet.

[@markhenley3097]

An eight year long war of nothing.

[@marzbanofmerv2324]

@@markhenley3097 well it would be fun anyway

[@morisco56]

@@markhenley3097 but resume it in like 6 episodes.

[@Raskolnikov70]

@@markhenley3097 This. Covering that war would be similar to covering the Chinese-Japanese conflict prior to and throughout WWII. It's not that the war was insignificant, but that it was a long, tedious grind without many dramatic points to focus episodes on. It's important to understand historically, but it doesn't make for very entertaining shows.

[@kostasastro]

Would it be possible to do a series on the Turskish invasion of Cyprus in 1974?

[@morisco56]

Hell yeah!

[@VladTevez]

​@Morning Star As ex foreign minister and prime minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, wrote in his book "Strategic Depth" in 2001: “Even if there was not one single Muslim Turk over there [in Cyprus], Turkey would have to maintain a Cyprus question. No country could possibly be indifferent to an island like this, placed in the heart of its vital space. No country could possibly be indifferent to an island like this, positioned at the heart of its living space. The same applies to the Dodecanese islands… which continue to retain their importance for Turkey… so Turkey is obliged from a strategic point of view to take an interest in Cyprus, regardless of any human factor.” . It's all about geopolitics

[@kubortthedane9487]

@@VladTevez not really. Its more because the Greek Junta and Cypriot ENOSIS supporters refused to say that they wouldnt commit mass genocide.

[@VladTevez]

@@kubortthedane9487 In global historiography the events between 1963 -1974 are named "Cypriot Intercommunal violence", as both communities clashed in nationalistic spirit. In total 364 Turkish Cypriots and 174 Greek Cypriots were killed (Oberling, Pierre (1982). _The road to Bellapais: the Turkish Cypriot exodus to northern Cyprus._ Social Science Monographs. p. 120), very far from genocide. Greek Junta killed far more Greek Cypriot political rivals than Turkish Cypriots

[@YiannissB.]

@@kubortthedane9487 Genocide? Damn, you don't really know the extent of evil in that word do you? Yes there was nationalism and hate, bloodshed on both sides, yet the '74 invasion caused 10 times the victims and displaced hundreds of thousands. What sort of "peacekeeping" force annexes half a country.

[@kingnaga619]

Do the 6 day war after this!

[@morisco56]

6 days of fire on day of rest June 67 Control jerusaleeeem!

[@Raskolnikov70]

Nope, the Great Emu War is next. Such an important historical event deserves its own mini-series.

[@James--Parker]

@@Raskolnikov70 I'm not sure Indy and co have the resources for such a monumental task as the great Emu war. The world wars are one thing, but that....

[@morisco56]

@Paul Mitchell 5.5333333333

[@user-qy8bq8xt7s]

30.11.47 29.10.56 5.6.67 6.10.73 6.6.82

[@unl0ck998]

This is gripping AF! Waiting for the next episode is torture!!!

[@TimeGhost]

Glad you're enjoying the production! See you at the next one

[@notsm]

I agree 100%

[@pnutz_2]

10:45 not often you see footage of an amx 13 firing, or of archers deployed

[@commandergeokam2868]

Indeed

[@happydaddy8118]

Me in my kv2 rubbing my hands in excitement

[@commandergeokam2868]

@@happydaddy8118 WT?

[@thebog11]

The Archer was no longer useful against frontline tanks like the T-54 or Centurion, but it was still capable of destroying the AMX 13s and Shermans that made up the Israeli tank force at any range.

[@oldgringo2001]

10:55 This is a British Archer tank destroyer, an unusual WWII AFV. It uses the chassis of a Valentine tank, with the turret replaced by an open-topped superstructure mounting 17-pounder antitank gun--firing over the rear.

[@thebog11]

Yes, the gun was mounted to the rear so that the vehicle could drive forward when "shooting and scooting". Interesting that no one else that I know of seems to have designed a TD this way. The Archer was no longer useful against frontline tanks like the British Centurion or the M47s deployed by the French, but it was still capable of destroying the AMX 13s and Shermans that made up the Israeli tank force at any range.

[@gianniverschueren870]

Man, this is tough. There's a lot going on with this tie, and I think it might be a top seller if/when it goes on sale, but compared to some of the ludicrousness we've seen in the past few months this somehow feels rather tame? Maybe it's the muted colours. The patterning is awesome though. 3/5, but I think this might be a divisive one with scores all over the board

[@lukesea]

The British & French excuse of "Defending and keeping the Canal open" suddenly doesnt look so outrageously made up when Indy explains how the almost certain closure of the canal would affect the British and French economies. I can see why they thought that they could get away with it in the international communities. Heck many wars since have been started over far less.

[@stefanjoeres7149]

well, if egypt had actually closed the canal to france and gb, that might have been a legitimate casus belli. Nationalizing a canal that is in your own country is not.

[@nonamesplease6288]

To be fair, governments will always act in their own interest, whether it's Isreal, France, Egypt, or the US.This war was a great example of Realpolitik. Moral or ethical considerations are only important as a part of the calculations that are done to determine the feasibility of such an action. Powerful countries will always beat up on less powerful countries, whether it's the European powers beating up Austria in the 1740's, or its England and France beating up on Egypt in the 1950's.

[@yochaiwyss3843]

@@noobster4779 They could close it to everyone but Britain and France, it was a realistic fear considering Nasser's behaviour

[@nonamesplease6288]

@@noobster4779 In fact, the Egyptians did close the canal after the 1967 war. The canal was closed until 1975.

[@yochaiwyss3843]

@Facundo Carrizo is it not? Do the Oil Arab States or China not control the massive voting block of African Nations by sheer economic dependancy = power over them?

[@perrymathis4557]

Wow what a complete reversal of what we see today.

[@DedMan516]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@Ironpancakemoose]

Thats because Britain and France were swinging above their weight class.

[@Tecmaster96]

People who blame the US for the fucked up state of the Middle East need to realize France and England did 95% of the mess and America just blundered in and spilled a bunch of gas on top.

[@Shinji_1943]

@@Tecmaster96 Syckes- Pikot

[@nape1475]

Reversal? What do you mean? Israel is still attacking its neighbors in the modern day, with the approval and support of the UK and France.

[@BSJinx]

11:50 "He does not want it to look *even more* like a coordinated secret plan..." Yeah, because an UNcoordinated secret plan would be so much more defensible.

[@RolfHartmann]

In a weird way this reminds me of the plot of the Star Wars: the Phantom Menace with a trade dispute devolving into open war without any justification.

[@Raskolnikov70]

But with far less Jar Jar Binks, thankfully.

[@yochaiwyss3843]

(Blocking the Suez Canal, Blockading the Straits of Tiran)

[@cwovictor3281]

Star Wars draws from a lot of history. I'm serious. Look up why Order 66 is called that.

[@markhenley3097]

Last time the US would ever do such a thing to Israel.

[@b0leg23]

Yep

[@RobCamp-rmc_0]

Josh hell, nowadays you don’t even have to put any effort into pretending you’re into that god stuff and they‘ll still believe you’re anointed and ushering in the return of christ

[@RobCamp-rmc_0]

Josh never heard of the guy but having looked him up, I bet my whackadoodle aunt, who has been harping on about the world’s end for the last twenty years, is a fan. Her prior mentor of the apocalypse was Jack Van Impe but now that he’s dead, maybe this guy will fit the bill. Ugh.

[@danielgreen5803]

Because today they learned what Muslims are all about

[@christianweibrecht6555]

If Modern Republicans and conservatives actually studied Eisenhower's policies and actions they would immediately denounce him as a RINO

[@allenplangklang7766]

Thanks for the shout out Indy! Keep up the great work along with the team and please keep supporting TimeGhost History everyone!

[@alexe.3338]

If there was ever a modern subject that demanded the "TimeGhost treatment" it would be the ongoing Israeli-Arab conflict. Bravo.

[@Yeeren]

Except that unlike an ongoing conflict, the Suez Crisis has since concluded and Historians had decades to observe the fallout, acquire access to at-the-time classified documents and protocols, and gain perspective on the whole thing.

[@alexe.3338]

@@Yeeren Most historians would consider the Suez Crisis as being part of the overall Israeli-Arab conflict. So to me, it would be interesting to see them cover other events such as the 1948 War, 6 Day War, Yom Kippur and so on.

[@Yeeren]

@@alexe.3338 I would also consider those concluded (or mostly concluded) chapters for the reasons I wrote in my previous reply. When you wrote "the currently ongoing Arab Israeli conflict" I took it to refer to unresolved chapters, such as the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.

[@yechezkelyirmaha5727]

I think Britain's assumption that the US would automatically side with them is a remnant of how Churchill made Britain subservient to the US in ww2. Churchill basically told De Gaulle that he would choose Roosevelt over him. This attitude of reliance made Britain reliant in some ways and unable to follow through on its own plans. One could argue that Britain's 'abandoning' of France in 1940 was due to Churchill's strategy of bringing in the US in order to win the war as opposed to fighting it themselves. This is coupled with the fact that Eden was a Friend of Churchill's and had worked with Eisenhower during ww2 made them somewhat confident in the ability of the US covering for them in whatever endeavor they undertook.

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

Insightful.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

This isn’t really how Churchill saw things - the US didn’t start the war in dominance over GB, that wasn’t a conscious effort. The Americans were reliant on the experiences of the British pretty much until the Italian campaign bogged down. Churchill didn’t make the British subservient to the US, economics made it so, along with help from Germany, Japan, and Italy - especially Japan showing her subjects that hey, the crown can’t protect you. The British never really had a choice in the matter. They probably saw themselves as the Greece to the American Rome, but with full (fantastical) expectations of pulling a Byzantium and somehow taking the reigns of the new NATO empire. It never happened, DESPITE Chuckles’ post-war machinations driving war policy in the Med. The US would’ve invited disaster by invading France prior to mid-44, and they needed to do SOMETHING in the ETO prior to that, but it still played into the hands of the British. I think Britain’s excellent PR has somewhat still pulled the wool over peoples’ eyes - but make no mistake, they spent the first half of WWII retreating more than literally anyone else (to be fair, they had more from which to retreat), and while you can spin that wheat into propaganda goldfor the homefront (Britain fights alone, our massive evacuations are somehow victories, all the greatest hits) the crown’s colonial and commonwealth subjects will not be so easily fooled. To them it just looks like they’re being abandoned, the Japanese threatening India in Burma, the Italians threatening the Suez, the gigantic clusterfuck that is the tenuous political equilibrium of the middle east, the POV of the Aussies that they sent their boys to die in the African desert while Japan threatens them at home and America somehow picks up England’s slack (though the Aussie-Yank relationship had its own difficulties). Not to mention Hong Kong and Singapore falling, which to me is the REAL point horizon for the British Empire and even the PR that works at home overshadows the contributions of the subjects (Go ask Canada how Great Britain “fought alone” after the fall of France, go ask India, too - they’ll tell you that’s bullshit because they always had their back - because that’s literally the point of an empire, not having to rely on foreign allies). So I don’t think Churchill is at all to blame for America supplanting GB - economically speaking it was entirely a done-deal and the reality of the war precipitated its downfall due to how the war progressed. Don’t confuse America coming out of the war ahead, and GB coming out of it in decline as necessarily intertwined. Additionally, don’t mistake the pre-war Anglo-American relationship as Americans being subservient to the British - other than economic and linguistic factors, nothing really necessitated such close cooperation before the war. Which is one reason why up until Pearl Harbor John Q. Taxpayer was totally okay with sitting on the sidelines. Even if FDR realized that the US geo-economic position would be hurt should Britain fall, they were still a bunch of beige-wearing sneering imperialists who they fought in two wars less than a century and a half ago, and that’s America being high on its own jingoism, too.

[@yechezkelyirmaha5727]

@The Colonel I get, though there were many in the French government who wanted to keep on fighting. French politics was a mess from before 1936 and it continued being a mess even after the war. But that was just my opinion

[@DocTommy1972]

@The Colonel the BEF was under French command. People are ascribing all sorts of Machiavellian undertones to Churchill's actions. The British thought that they could hold the Japanese with French help. The German victory over France ended that idea. There were enough Indians willing to fight against the Japanese to stop an attempted Japanese invasion of India.

[@brucetucker4847]

@The Colonel The US economy was much larger than the whole British Empire, and you can't really count India's population the same as the US' or UK's since India was an unfree colony and generally not very happy to be so, and its economic development had deliberately been throttled by the colonial government and the East India Company in order to keep India a source of cheap raw materials and a captive market for finished goods, so the majority of its people were unable to contribute much economically to the war effort and many were not terribly disposed to contribute in any way at all.

[@dankeykang868]

Looks like Eisenhower was sane

[@yochaiwyss3843]

After overthrowing Iran and Guetamala just as, if not more casually

[@agdigitalexile]

Don't get confused; Eisenhower was still an imperialist. He only looks sane because this wasn't a battle against communism. So he thought it was stupid.

[@Raskolnikov70]

But not so sane that the military-industrial complex felt the need to change his parade route though Dealey Plaza.....

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

@@Raskolnikov70 The idea that JFK was somehow not getting high off the fumes of the MIC is hilarious to me. Mr. Bay-of-Pigs, the guy who continued a trend of escalation in SE Asia, who okayed the assassination of Diem in Vietnam. What a fucking hippie lmao. He has a better chance of getting assassinated for porking someone else’s wife than getting killed for a fucking detente with Russia after the missile crisis.

[@cobbler9113]

The Anglo--French-Israeli plan is rapidly turning into a Top Gear one. Ambitious but rubbish.

[@markhenley3097]

It was obvious to everyone that a ''Peacekeeping'' Force which decides to occupy land for itself is not a Peacekeeping Force.

[@davidhenning6179]

Is it bad that I can imagine the former hosts of the show being represented as the nations involved in this? And that Hammond would be Israel since he's the smallest of the three.

[@ravenkk4816]

Worst cover up plan than the Soviet attempt at Chernobyl.

[@stefanjoeres7149]

@@markhenley3097 Well, it grabs and keeps pieces of Egyptian land. It's just an unfortunate misspelling.

[@speedydb55]

"EDEN! YOU ABSOLUTE MUPPET!!"

[@michaelmutranowski123]

A country allied to Britain and France upset that they didn't come to their aid as promised... shocking obvious sarcasm aside, was nobody in the Israeli military command from Poland? were there no Polish Jews available to tell the Israelis that relying on the British or French for military support was a bad idea? did everybody just forget about September 1st, 1939?

[@21hares]

Spoiler alert, they will attack. Also, Britain and France still did more for the Poles in 1939 than the US (or USSR lol)...

[@Tecmaster96]

Looking at History as it played out, would things have worked out better for Poland if the UK and France did actively attack the Germans? Or would it probably just collapse France faster and maybe stop the British Evacuation and Dunkirk and maybe force Britain to the negotiating table. Necessity exists and countries shouldn’t be lambasted for doing the best they can to fulfill their agreements. They did declare war as promised even if any attacks ended up being futile and thus called off.

[@Userext47]

@@Tecmaster96 Actually it would have worked better for poland because germany didn't have enough forces at west to stop. In fact, soviets only attacked poland after they saw that allies didn't attack germany. French forces pushed a bit into germany but were called back when they didn't meet any resistance.

[@caydenl.4878]

@@Userext47 i think the west assumed germany had the forces to defend its border, but im not sure if thats why they didnt

[@Userext47]

@@caydenl.4878 Nope. Unlike the german intelligence, the allied intelligence was on point with how many divisions and companies the germans had and where they had it. Because unlike the allies, germans weren't covert about it. They just didn't want to invade germany. Because their generals were remnants of WW1 where they didn't invade germany to fight them, they instead waited them out at the french border and won like that. I'm not kiding, this was the allied strategy at WW2. A fun tidbit for you, french KNEW there were german armoured divisions massing at ardennes. They thought the forest would slow german armoured advance long enough that other divisions could come to their help. They didn't underestimated the germans nor did the germans have the drop on them. They simply weren't fighting in the right war. 1941 operation compass vs operation battleaxe is a good example of this. British commander Wavell understood the complexity of modern warfare(modern for mid 20th century) yet his replacement commanders didn't hence why rommel (who also understood modern warfare) was able completely reverse the earnings of compass.

[@abdiiabduosman4746]

Thanks for great work

[@TimeGhost]

Thanks for the support Abdii! Reading comments like this makes all the hard work worth it :)

[@kuroazrem5376]

I never expected the Americans to take the side of the Arabs against Israel.

[@McQuinTrix]

They are not taking sides. They want no fighting in the Suez Canal because it creates problem in global trade.

[@royxeph_arcanex]

@@McQuinTrix 👆🏼this. Americans knew that war in Suez Canal will make the global economy plummet, so it's not that they picked a side. To be honest, Israel's true alliance with the USA started much later, if I have to point somewhere in time I'd say around 1968-1970. The Americans weren't big fans of the 1967 actions at first either but there's really not much they could do against Egypt's serious casus belli against Israel. The true friendship with Israel started when the Arabs preferred the Soviets after 1967 and the Red Army directly turned against Israel in the following years (and failed, to their surprise). This is why despite the many wars in the mid-20th century in the middle east it was only the 1973 war in which the world truly feared the conflict could escalate into a global war - because it was around those years when the Americans and the Soviets finally picked sides in the middle east, to a level in which red jets almost took off to attack Israel - an action which the Americans probably wouldn't turn a blind eye against.

[@command_unit7792]

They only started supporting israel when they developed their nukes...

[@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_]

@@McQuinTrix Didn't the US have concerns that the USSR would then get involved on behalf of the Egyptians? They wanted the Middle East united against Communism not friends with it.

[@sddsds768]

France and the UK : Egypt going against our interests ! USA : do Nothing. It's fine by us ! France and the UK : Making plans behind USA ! USA : Surprise Pikachu face !

[@Ultiminati]

nice englandish

[@amitayvarshaviak2659]

As an Israeli who only heard one side of it it's really interesting to watch this series and I hope you'll do more(like the six days war and the war of independence) also Indy's pronunciation of the Israeli names is as perfect as it can get, really well done and keep up the good work!

[@bobg9]

he literally called Moshe Dayan "Moishe"

[@GweAnakJakarta]

I'm genuinely curious, what's the Israeli side of the story did they taught?

[@hatemnagieb4784]

You are killers

[@IvicaArmanas]

*Beautiful, detailed map... and those in WW2 series... I wish I have them all...*

[@TimeGhost]

Check out Eastory, huge help on the maps: kzbin.info/door/ElybFZ60Hk1NSjgCf7I2sg

[@naveenraj2008eee]

Hi time ghost... Hi Indy... Another interesting history lesson. Can't miss your videos.. Especially indy's narration is soooo good.. Background music is awesome. Thanks team..🙏

[@brentpearson2177]

Indy be careful I got in deep trouble in high school for pointing out the IDF's tactics and that of the Germans in WW 2 where very similar. Went from carrying a 95% in World History to a 70%.

[@kirbyculp3449]

Prussia had no strategic depth so Fredrick the Great developed the tactics and strategy for short decisive war.

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

US use Blitzkrieg in 1991 well it useful tactic

[@bobg9]

i think it just an excuse, its not like it some secret. lots of armies use it. and the point that using nazi army military strategy makes you a nazi is dumb beyond belief, damn public school teachers

[@christianweibrecht6555]

Your history teacher must have been an idiot. I can relate because during my school days I had two types of history teachers. First those were those who just listed basic facts in order to prepare us for standardized tests and the second were smug douches who love to preach to their captive audience

[@indianajones4321]

Nice background and episode

[@egyptIloveyou]

Very good series! Great work

[@jeffreycoulter4095]

These episodes are so good

[@TimeGhost]

We work hard, glad you like them :)

[@Sturminfantrist]

yep but to short and we have to wait a boring week now for another episode

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

Damm that opener and theme song worked so well

[@Nmax]

Thank you Indy and the time ghost team for these awesome tidbits of history

[@MajSolo]

I love these series about WWII but also the series about hotspots during history, And it is because these series can go into depth more then any ONE HOUR documentary can. keep going guys keep going the cuba crisis series was absolutely BRILLIANT.

[@TimeGhost]

Thank you!!!!

[@iddomargalit-friedman3897]

Later in his life, Eisenhauer confessed pressuring Israel was one of his biggest mistakes. It's sad to think how many wars (67 and 73, for starters), civil wars, and oppression (most notably Iraq) could have been prevented - hadn't the US supported the Naserists throughout the 50'. Just like in Iran, somehow the US managed to support it's future adversaries throughout the cold war.

[@cwovictor3281]

Hindsight is always 20/20. But there is logic behind the actions he's doing now.

[@iddomargalit-friedman3897]

@@cwovictor3281 A faulty one. In short, he believed that appeasing Nasser would sway him to his side. Yet why would it? Nasser's declared goal wasn't defence, but hegemony over the arab nation - which was *directly* opposed to the US interests in the region. So he took what he could, and then left for the soviets - using those assets to succsesfully advance his stated goals. Can you find, from Eisenhower's POV, any reason to believe he would do otherwise ?

[@stephenjenkins7971]

@@iddomargalit-friedman3897 It's easy to say that now, but most US allies are essentially gambles in hoping that US help now equates to an ally later. South Korea, Japan, and Germany being among the most important gambles which paid off. There are many more, less obvious ones, but the fact of the matter is that you're looking at the end result while dismissing the circumstances of the time. You can't guarantee allies, you can only curry them.

[@iddomargalit-friedman3897]

@@stephenjenkins7971 Each of the three had significant interest in sticking with the US in the cold war. All three were built by the US as liberal democracies/anti-communist capitalist juntas, were dependant on the US for both trade and defence, and didn't have regional interest that went against US ones. The complete opposite was true about Nasser's Egypt. Ignoring all these obvious factor is what made this a blunder in real time, and not only in hindsight.

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

. . . another excellent series underway. Understanding our world, bit by bit, with each upload.

[@nickweston2885]

Amazing set and information! Well done!

[@somerandomguy9942]

Yeah dude your persona and presentation style is perfect for anything involving intrigue and subterfuge yet encompassing a much wider scope geopolitically.

[@grunersteve1569]

You guys are the best! I've always been curious about this.

[@richardglady3009]

Great video. Thank you. It’s amazing how four wars in the same area, could be so different (yet in terms of Sinai...so similar). Thanks guys for covering this war that the world knows so little about.

[@antoniocarrascosa6060]

Muy buen trabajo, enhorabuena desde España

[@shlomomark2275]

Israel joined the plan to attack Egypt because she believed (and Nasser gave her every reason to) that once it integrated all the new weapons it received from Czechoslovakia (USSR actually) it will attack and destroy Israel. The Fedayun attacks caused great damage and loss of life and in 1955 travel in Israel up to south of Tel Aviv was confined to organized convoys

[@yochaiwyss3843]

Not to mention the blockade of the Tiran Straits, which is an automatic Casus Belli

[@omarhab3689]

Ok sholomo

[@nestorze]

@@omarhab3689 Ok omar

[@Userhme]

I love this series on the Suez crisis made me regard my country' modern history in new light, would love you making another one for the set back of the 1967 and the 6th of October war

[@Partyruller]

Damn, this is such a good movie plot. God damn. Thank you Indy and team for doing this! This is high quality work.

[@McQuinTrix]

All wars are good movie plots because the otherside always does something unexpected because expected is usually very hard :D Why do you there are tons of movies on WW2 ? :P

[@efraimperlmutter4106]

One interesting element that was not mentioned so far in the series dealing with the Suez Crisis related to one Israel Beer. He had fought in the Spanish Civil war and at its conclusion immigrated to what was then the Palestine Mandate. He joined the Israel Labor party (MAPAI) and became a trusted adviser to Ben Gurion. He was among the small number of Israelis who knew all of the details of the war plans for the Sinai Campaign. Four years after that war it was discovered that he had been a Soviet spy. It turns out that the USSR knew about Israel's planned attack on Egypt but did not inform their Egyptian client President Nasser. I have always wondered whether this was the result of some sort of Soviet complex strategy or simply a miscommunication between Soviet foreign policy and intelligence bureaucracies.

[@monkeyman321]

This is like watching anime in emission. I can’t wait for the next episode.

[@ScooterWeibels]

this is a real awesome series,

[@blokeVB]

American empire slapped down what's left of England's empire

[@JJ-zg7ug]

America needs a new Eisenhower. A president who actually tries to prevent war.

[@nikolajwinther5955]

So... reelect Trump?

[@arutka2000]

@@nikolajwinther5955 No

[@brag0001]

@@nikolajwinther5955 he said prevent, not "stumbles into it by accident, not understanding what he is doing"

[@yochaiwyss3843]

@@brag0001 what war did he start?

[@brag0001]

@@yochaiwyss3843 He barely missed starting one with Iran.

[@robotslug]

Excellent!

[@krisfrederick5001]

"Please, don't launch any invasions" just never seems to work on the diplomatic dance floor.

[@Mr110074]

Have you guys ever thought of covering the Boxer Rebellion?

[@PRZETRK]

The fact that Egypt still stands, says a lot. el Nasser deserves respect in my opinion.

[@danielgreen5803]

The fact the Egypt still stands is due to the fact that no wanted it destroyed, not something you can say about Israel

[@sgtmayhem7567]

Thank you for another fantastic video! I’m happy to know that Time Ghost history goes past 1945.

[@TimeGhost]

Thanks for the support! We go all over history :)

[@grantaugenstein9504]

If you haven't already, you should check out their Cuban Missile Crisis series as well!

[@aaronbradley3232]

You have that many people working on these videos really? I mean I understand a lot of research must go into these

[@TimeGhost]

Between full timers, part timers, interns, and volunteers we have a few dozen people working on the channel :)

[@coolshade789ify]

Just found your KZbin channel it’s great keep it up

[@m.s.b.8929]

Suez was the last breath of Colonial France and Britain. After that they were forever secondary players.

[@kenoliver8913]

Actually the problem was that they were already secondary players but kept fooling themselves they were still playing on centre court. Suez just forced them to acknowledge reality.

[@AdhamNafea]

Amazing series of episodes Indy, respect to the whole team, if you try to redo these suez series in arabic you will get massive reach from middle east .

[@CookieMonster_1969]

Here in the USA, during my time in history class, I do not recall hearing about this. But to be honest, I was NOT a studious student, so it may have been covered while I was napping or focused on the pretty young women of my high school. But this series of events very may well be the source of anti French and British sentiment that I have witnessed in my life. Thank you for this enlightening series, I am glad I found this channel, and I look forward to watching many more episodes that are rather interesting to hear from the perspective of someone other than a US History teacher.

[@Raskolnikov70]

It gets folded into the Cold War as a mention, without much in-depth information about why it happened in the first place. Too bad, because it is a great example of cold war politics in action.

[@icewaterslim7260]

This sanction of Israel you speak of sounds as if in some delirium not quite in the real world anymore, lol. I think their stateside fans have fixed that from happening anymore pretty darned . . . well, completely.. Pretty good set of series you guys do, that I'm only now discovering. Donald Neff also did pretty good on this one in "Warriors at Suez."

[@CeruleanChurch]

Two straight Eisenhower quotes that made me stop in my tracks and say "That's the most Eisenhower thing I've ever heard"

[@richardkammerer2814]

I remember the slogan, “I Like Ike”, ahead of the 1956 presidential election. Just a 1st grader, but seeing that slogan carved into an icy car windshield in the Buffalo (Evening) News picture page I’m guessing the Nov 3 edition, it left an indelible mark on my memory. I don’t remember anything about the Suez Canal until a few years later in a geography lesson.

[@studyplusmathematics562]

Oh Indy is having another channel

[@TwoFistsOneHalleluja]

That weird time when: - The USA is not interested in a conflict in the middle east and wants to solve issues via the UN - The russians stand with the US in the security council - France is buddies with Israel against the arabs - Britain goes to war without authorization from the US

[@kyledunn6853]

Please show the Battles of LZ X-Ray and Albany of the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam in November 1965 and some other major battles of the Vietnam war like Hue City during Tet '68, Hill 875 at Dak To in '67, or Dong Ap Bia ( aka Hamburger Hill) '69.

[@Darac6800]

Moshe Dayan looks like a James Bond villain 😁

[@colinmcdonald2499]

Is it possible to publish a Time Ghost playlist so it is easier to get these series sequentially. Or is there an other way to do so? Perhapa starting your titles with " part 1, 2, 3" etc" when I fall behind, i have trouble to find consecutive episodes in my feed ( also easier to scroll back and hit like)

[@beachboy0505]

Great video

[@TimeGhost]

Thanks!

[@davidwright7193]

Are we ever going to consider what is going on in Hungary? This mess gives Khrushchev a free hand in Budapest. I doubt the Russians could have acted as aggressively as they did if the 3 major NATO powers weren’t trying to poke each other’s eyes out in Egypt..

[@emperorspock3506]

Ooh, surprised to see Donald Pleasence on one of your thumbnails!

[@radosawkrzemien2589]

As a guy from Poland, I am utterly surprised after hearing that France and Britain have broken their promises regarding the military support :) Apparently, it doesn't matter if it's the case of defensive pact or a secret, Bond-evil-villain level scheme to attack a neutral nation, it's better not to count on them

[@adrien5834]

What have you ever done for us? You should stop complaining.

[@abhinabaroychowdhury8580]

Suggestion: you can do a episod on Bangladesh liberation war. And thank you

[@tancreddehauteville9983]

That would be awesome to see, however it would be complicated like every other topic on this channel, but it should be remembered, like every other event in history.

[@abhinabaroychowdhury8580]

@@tancreddehauteville9983 thank you.

[@SP-rt4ig]

@@noobster4779 There was an actual genocide during the war, and a war between India and the US seemed to be on the horizon. Even the Soviets sent a nuclear submarine to the Bay of Bengal to deter a US carrier group. The results of this war have had significant repercussion for both Bangladesh and Pakistan alike, and is one of the cases where realpolitik has failed the people of the world (the Blood Telegram, for example). It's not as simple as you think it is.

[@christianweibrecht6555]

That would be an interesting topic, preliminary reading about it makes me despise the Pakistani government and military

[@damon899]

I can't be the only one who keeps hearing things like 'the cyanide peninsula' and having to force myself every time to remember it's Sinai... right? Right? RIGHT?!

[@cbbnarchives2675]

Love this one

[@cbbnarchives2675]

This was perhaps your best film yet. Operation Kadesh was a very important campaign for the IDF. The commando raids into the Sinai by Sharon were important to Allied victory. It surprises me Eiesenhower was so neutral but hey he was pretty neutral and Arab leaning. Air raids played a part from the start. Suez Crisis was different from the 67 War due to there was more red tape and things were more diplomatic. It was also a big British-French conspiracy not a defense of a right to exist.

[@RubenB658]

I love the proper pronouncing of area names and places.

[@alexanderl512]

Why isn't a reason for these Israeli actions never mentioned in the video? Naser effectively closed Suez canal for Israeli shipping thus putting severe strain on its economy. He asked for war. He got it. Mentioning military operations without reasons behind them like telling the story from the end.

[@TimeGhost]

We did two preludes on the Crisis before this episode came out. You can see them here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaXRqZyAbtNkmZo kzbin.info/www/bejne/qn_Io2ebZ9-hd5Y

[@generalpopcorn6427]

If the Suez Canal is Egyptian property, then why do Isreali's feel entitled to use it? You don't have a right to traverse the territory of another country. If you wish to do so then you should be nice to that country and ask permission.

[@generalpopcorn6427]

Egypt never signed or ratified the Convention of Constantinople, meaning that it simply does not apply to Egypt.

[@bobg9]

@@TimeGhost with all due respect, you only briefly mention the fedayin in passing, for some reason several minutes after mentioning Israeli retaliatory raids, which looks like a strange attempt to make Israel look like the aggressor. in truth, as Eden though Nasser might as well been a "second Hitler"(even if you disagree, this is how he was seen by Israel, explaining their attitude) a nationalist leader, want to "unite" the Arab world. threatening Israel with destruction. blocking the straits of tiran and the Suez canal, and arming himself to the teeth. i am 100% confident that if France and Britain offered Poland a similar plan to attack Germany together and topple Hitler on the eve of WW2 they would take it.

[@lernestm666]

Isreal was the agressor in this war, period

[@stephenwood6663]

Indy is having altogether too much fun saying Alan Plang-clang's name.

[@bobg9]

lessons learned: never trust politicians

[@kirbyswarp]

You've just realized this??

[@raadhafidh]

Eden was so Obsessed with this crisis that He Never Listened to any Member of His Own Government Such as (Walter Monckton and Anthony Nutting) who were against the operation

[@kenoliver8913]

Yep. A bit like Tony Blair, actually.

[@dann578]

0:43 What is Nigel Farage doing in the Israeli-Arab conflict??

[@andrewwmacfadyen6958]

Farage is a paper tiger a heckaling bunch of Glasgow Uni students scared him off coming to Scotland for years.

[@martijn9568]

I have the same problem between Anthony Eden and Chamberlain.

[@andrewwmacfadyen6958]

@@martijn9568 Chamberlain was a good decent man simply not equipped to deal with a cunning evil. Eden was just a stuffed shirt an English Mike Pence, Eden would never have been in the job but for Churchill's patronage. The British Conservative Party had much better suited heavy weight politicians but because they had clashed with Churchill too often on WW2 Eden was chosen.

[@kenoliver8913]

@@andrewwmacfadyen6958 It was more than that. Churchill had for many years promised Eden the job as his successor, and the Tory party had too much respect to gainsay him. Having said that, Eden's record up to and during WW2 showed he was actually very competent and coolheaded; Churchill's judgement of him wasn't crazy. But by the time he became PM he was a sick man. Most people think his chronic pain, sleeplessness and heavy drugs are what totally wrecked his judgement as PM.

[@philhartman1501]

Wow, look at the old SU-76 assault gun! Good job Indy

[@kenoliver8913]

In 1956 smaller powers like Egypt and Israel still mostly depended on WW2 surplus kit, typically obtained from all over the place.

[@Legitpenguins99]

In my opinion Eisenhower is one of the most underrated US presidents

[@BADRBOY]

I'm here again hoping when the time comes,Jules Jamal and the rest of the Syrian Nany Officers in Egypt ,who fought against the Tripartite Aggression, be mentioned

[@CallMeSpooky]

Are these recordings of the UN available to the public? If so, where can I watch them?

[@danielweiss7396]

Not sure what the recorded status of the UN meetings are, but here is part of this particular meeting. at (2:55) upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Suez_Crisis.ogv And here is the full speech from Eisenhower that was in this episode at (1:25) upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/1956-11-01_War_in_Egypt.ogv These are both from newsreels.

[@mbe102]

Damn that intro is baller!

[@KaffantoDezso]

The 202nd Paratroop Brigade's flag looks like an ice cream :D

[@bobg9]

supposed to be a parachute :D

[@mrbeaverstate]

Much respect for real history without histrionics.

[@Jodonho]

And Eisenhower put an end to this nonsense in short order. We need a president like that again.

[@markhenley3097]

Although later in his life he said he regretted it. Eisenhower was probably one of the last ''Classical'' Presidents with the ''strong and steady'' type of personality (difficult to explain but very common for Presidents in the first half of the 20th Century).

[@21hares]

”nonsense” meaning France and Britain defending their interests? While just a few years prior to Suez, Eisenhower had overthrown the governments of Guatemala and Iran

[@Euan_Miller43]

Yea it fucking backfired for America in the long run, don’t attack your two biggest allies

[@moritamikamikara3879]

Nah, it was the right thing to do. Problem is thou... Doing the right thing is for suckers! This was a really stupid fucking move.

[@aaronbradley3232]

Ding ding ding ding ding. I wish. I really do- but not in the Days of Trump and the liberal left

[@TheIfifi]

In regards to the soviets being "tied up" in hungarian revolutions. I read while studying history, that one of the reasons they sent in tanks was because of the Anglo/French invasion of Suez. Since the west was sympathetic to the Hungarians this was a clear message that the Soviets were opposed to the invasion. Tragic how someone like Hungary, can be the victim of anglo/french aggression towards egypt. it must seem so random.

[@philstaples8122]

Thelfifi I'd have to say your conclusion is rather twisted, the Soviets would have done exactly what they did in Hungary no matter what happened in Egypt, it sounds to me like what you read while studying may have been influenced by someone on the left. Those poor Soviets, forced to murder the freedom loving Hungarians by the French and British. The Soviets needed no excuse to suppress, subjugate and murder people to achieve their own ends.

[@TheIfifi]

@@philstaples8122 Way to go blaming the left. I'm not in any way excusing the soviet invasion, same way I am not endorsing the Anglo/french invasion of Egypt. yeah, the soviets would probably have done it anyway, but there are multiple reasons they sent in the tanks, simply suggesting that one of the many contributing factors was the invasion in Suez. The soviet had to pull a power-move to flex their muscles. And in no way am I blaming the English and the French for the soviets invading Hungary. Damn... That's some master level manipulation that even the English can't pull of

[@philstaples8122]

@@TheIfifi I wouldn't endorse the Suez crisis even though my father fought there on the English side although I'd say the more recent history of the Middle East may have been rather more peaceful if the US had stayed out if it, bit of a long shot that but things couldn't really have been worse than they've been since Suez.

[@TheIfifi]

@@philstaples8122 your father didn't decide which country to invade, wouldn't blame him for anything so long as he conducted himself well, that's all we can hope for. Yeah, maybe... But history is still in the writing, looking at the middle east now, sure it may have been the case that it'd be better if the US had stayed out, doesn't mean that they had wrong reasons for going in or hell, it could all be great in 2040(thought I doubt it) We're in the middle of history and it's far too easy to cast blame. I'd say that the invasion in 2003 was justified, it was finishing what they should have done in 1991. HOWEVER, the strategy and occupation following Iraqi Freedom, was terribly planned and could easily have been done better. Much the same can be said for Afghanistan.

[@philstaples8122]

@@TheIfifi I think the first gulf war was justified and quite a few of my friends even served in it but I'd left the Army in 1987 so wasn't there, the second however was a bad idea, we took our eyes off of Afghanistan and it seems to me that the only real reason for the second gulf war was because Saddam was trying to form a coalition to unpeg oil from the US dollar. As to the end I really don't think they had a plan for what was to happen after the Iraqi army was destroyed that's why it turned into such a nightmare for all involved.

[@PuncakeLena]

Selwyn Lloyd looks like Indy

[@MrAndrew0511]

Yo nice tie brah

[@Jodonho]

You should do an episode on B. H. Liddell Hart. He and Alfred Mahan both had long shadows in the history of war.

[@moritamikamikara3879]

I got his book up on my shelf.

[@bruhmomentz]

GOOD

[@gedeon2696]

In 1956 the P51 was still in active service in Israel along with british Gloster Meteor jets (late WW2 vintage). Israel had only just started recieving french jets and other military equipment. Military hardware from USA ONLY came in the late 60's.