Why did the US side against Britain and France during the Suez Crisis? (Short Animated Docu,emtary)

[@pridelander06]

"The US was concerned about war breaking out in the Middle East" *Hello Darkness my old friend*

[@Guitarocker493]

We wanted to break the war out not someone else

[@jokuvaan5175]

War breaking out in the middle east? Nonsense my boy

[@briish4615]

Meme from 2016 trapped in 2024, i like it

[@theshlauf]

@@briish4615 Your sense of time is skewed friend. That meme has been around since at least the early 2000's. Got popularized by Arrested Development.

[@briish4615]

@@theshlauf !!

[@GojiMet86]

History Matters in 20 years: Why did South Korea decide to coup itself.

[@Evemeister12]

Will james bisonette live that long?

[@scotandiamapping4549]

​@@Evemeister12Will History Matters live that long?

[@cardenassolisrodrigo2601]

Now that I realise, History Matters haven't made any video about any historical event in the 21st Century.

[@RAAM855]

Why did the South Korean coup failed miserably?

[@jonbaxter2254]

Also, "How did the Syrian Civil War end in 2 weeks?"

[@MaximePerr]

After that english and French learn very différent lesson : English : Never do something without The US French : We need to be autonomous from The US

[@weirding_123]

Falklands?

[@DomWeasel]

Well, the British owed all that money to the USA (They would have owed less if the US hadn't invested so much in Nazi German industry) and so the US effectively controlled the British economy. As one of these videos pointed out, that meant if Britain did anything the US didn't like, they jerked the chain and the value of the Pound tumbled and people in the UK went hungry.

[@unc54]

Good thing the French dumped their Vietnam problem on America before deciding on being autonomous

[@siretriste4045]

​@@unc54 the US dumped Vietnam on themselves

[@seanlander9321]

France is always autonomous, until it’s invaded.😂

[@simplyhistory3998]

You know its bad when the US and USSR agree on something

[@serialkilleryo]

And this something is against you

[@LexIconLS]

Bad *for them*.

[@DarkKnight52365]

the only issue the two ever agreed on was that colonialism was bad and thus opposed the old empires

[@laurenceingram7314]

​@@DarkKnight52365Except for when they did it....just a bit more discretely.

[@evoluxman9935]

​@DarkKnight52365 a bit of "colonialism bad" yes, but especially for the US, ensuring a quick fall of the old empores ensured they were the only ones at the top of the western bloc.

[@realhawaii5o]

"Move back! Both Israelis and Egyptians! We're here to protect the canal!" > "We're all Egyptians."

[@occam7382]

I see you also watch Jack Rackam.

[@jonbaxter2254]

@@occam7382 I do enjoy his noodly-armed animations

[@ecurewitz]

…protect the canal from you

[@masterplokoon8803]

"But that can't be true the Israelis told us they would be here by now

[@geoms6263]

arabs confiscate the piramids then confiscate the Suez . ....

[@MacTac141]

The Suez crisis has always been a funny to me, significant military achievement made completely irrelevant by a disastrous diplomatic situation Nearly everything went according to plan tactically, but that doesn’t matter when both global superpowers are united against your actions.

[@Dorgpoop]

The outcome of most wars is decided at the negotiating table rather than the battlefield

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

@@Dorgpoop Indeed. Which is why most wars last less than 3 months.

[@QWERTY-gp8fd]

worst thing is hundreds of thousands died for nothing.

[@wildfire9280]

@@QWERTY-gp8fd Hundreds of thousands in this war alone?

[@RAAM855]

​@@Dorgpoop that and the planning table. Before it even begins you should already have planned and get started on the ending process. It's all one big game of uncle, but the pen truly is mightier than the sword.

[@douglasboyle6544]

I'm always impressed at how with very limited detail you're able to clearly represent various people. I mean when you showed the post coup Egyptian leaders I immediately knew which one was Nassar and which one was Naguib

[@jonbaxter2254]

Also, Eden's mighty stache.

[@Toodyslexicforyou]

Or Ben Gurion’s hair

[@GrgLuz]

The written treaties are always the best

[@NottsAiry]

When History Matters releases a video you know it's a good day.

[@LonelyKorspman]

Made a shitty day a little less shitty

[@NeichoKijimura]

One of my best friends killed themselves today...

[@balabanasireti]

Cringe

[@XDrang93]

I wonder why HM doesn't hope his audience enjoys the episodes anymore?

[@ecurewitz]

Always

[@shockedcurve453]

Everyone will remember that the video was once called a docu,emtary

[@theonly802]

brand new form of media

[@samuilzaychev9636]

I love watching docu,emtaries🎉

[@TrafficPartyHatTest]

it's like a documentary but split into two

[@Corium1]

and in the same video too

[@aetherian31]

here before it changes

[@NobleGamer889]

David Ben-Gurion’s hair💀💀💀

[@harelkalifa2451]

I'm Israeli, and we meme on his hair all the time 😂

[@talfriedman1265]

@@harelkalifa2451 כל כך נכון

[@olegoose574]

Mishima's hair in Tekken

[@MaxEG-i3w]

​@harelkalifa2451 hes just an extremely memeable guy

[@derrickthewhite1]

Oh its so great. Its like not even an exaggeration.

[@BS-vx8dg]

I usually know about 90% of the content of *History Matters* videos, but this time probably 60% of the content was new to me. Thanks.

[@jdb47games]

In that case, you are hearing 60% of stuff that is just a repeat of popular myths.

[@shock_n_Aweful]

@@jdb47games proof?

[@bobcastro9386]

I love these videos. Not only for their highly effective (and condensed) telling of historical stories but hearing the narrator give credit to "Dr Howard, Dr Fine, Dr Howard" always makes me smile.

[@Theoneandonlytster]

Britain: “ I never thought I’d fight on the side of a frog “ France :” what about a former oppressor ?” Britain : “aye I can do that “

[@seneca983]

Except that they had already fought on the same side in the Crimean War...and WWI...and WWII.

[@keithjohnson3534]

@@seneca983yea, lots of things changed with how the western powers viewed each other after the Napoleonic wars. Britain and US stopped resenting each other, for one thing.

[@mikewalker678]

"Former"

[@x3cion]

I understood the reference! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@jonbaxter2254]

I'd watch that movie extended edition.

[@AlexC-ou4ju]

famously Eisenhower regretted this decision as Britain and France felt betrayed, the USSR got to pretend to be the hero on the international stage (whilst simultaenously crushing Hungary) and egypt was not going to align with the USA.

[@Jabari20-wh2sk]

I can't believe Britain and France didn't want to participate in Vietnam - gee why are they like this?

[@noco7243]

​@@Jabari20-wh2sk really? You can't?

[@jeffmorris5802]

@@Jabari20-wh2sk France didn't want to participate in Vietnam?? France literally caused Vietnam lol. What in the hell are they teaching in schools these days?

[@michaelcarney6280]

​@@noco7243not understand sarcasm my dude?

[@robertharkness7342]

Maybe if we humiliate our allies on the world stage and discourage any iniative in them going forward we'll have a brighter future somehow. Decades later..... Why are the dang Europoors relying on us for their defence? If only they could be more proactive and show more initiative!

[@vincedibona4687]

David Ben Gurion’s hair was perfect! _chefs kiss_ 🤣

[@vincedibona4687]

Also, may I add, your attention to detail on the weaponry is absolutely gorgeous. 😃

[@theasianboy315]

His head looks like it is about to fly with these wings

[@hallaldude3478]

*David Grün

[@bbenjoe]

In 1956 a revolution broke out in Hungary. Of course, Moscow sent the army to crush it, but interestingly enough, some of the Soviet soldiers were under the impression they're going to fight for the Suez-canal.

[@tkm238-d4r]

This was one of the Soviet weakness. Not so good in cultivating NGOs, regime change movements and internal coups.

[@Samsung-1.9Cu.Ft.Microwave]

The Hungarian revolution was a prime example of 'main character syndrome', i mean did they (Hungarians) really think that the west would go to war with USSR over a backward, poor, irrelevent nation like Hungary?

[@PhysicsGamer]

@@tkm238-d4r Maybe there were multiple reasons the Soviets and Soviet-aligned countries faced so many of those...? Perhaps something to do with dissatisfaction with their rule...?

[@ActionAlligator]

@@PhysicsGamer every country needs their bogeyman xD

[@ThatsABean]

​​@@PhysicsGamerYou can say the same thing on how a bunch of socialist uprisings happened under capitalist governments during the 20th century lmao what are you even on about

[@zibbitybibbitybop]

Britain: "OK, we won't invade Egypt". Also Britain: *invades Egypt* Eisenhower: "What part of 'won't invade' was unclear to you???"

[@wtgardner6914]

This is your best docu,emtary ever!

[@savannahvarns2126]

here before the title changes

[@icarushelios3935]

History Matters can't afford proofreader anymore after Kelly Moneymaker left

[@jonbaxter2254]

I am he're too.

[@nlald]

The title needed a pree,imve strikethrough.

[@MaeseSantiago]

In my opinion, the Suez Crisis is arguably the most significant geopolitical event of the 20th century, at least symbolically, following World War II. It was a unique moment in history where the United States and the Soviet Union found themselves on the same side of an issue. This event marked a turning point, forcing the two traditional Western powers, the United Kingdom and France, to acknowledge their declining influence on the global stage. The crisis underscored the emergence of the US and the USSR as the new superpowers, capable of dictating the course of international affairs.

[@quirjmer]

Thank you chatgpt

[@MaeseSantiago]

@@quirjmer Your welcome Obama JR

[@xavifores4599]

USSR:- I guess I'm the new superpower now LOL😂😂

[@basilforth]

Yeah, the Soviets weren't being altruistic. They were propping up their puppets. The US was attempting to correct a self-own by its allies.

[@snowboundwanderer]

I greatly enjoyed the little visual gag at 2:08 of the guy leaving the screen and coming back with a rifle.

[@gustavocarvalholoboleite3526]

Sugestion to video: Why is the Delmarva Peninsula divided between 3 states? Virginia, Maryland and Delaware.

[@jonbaxter2254]

I did always wonder that, looks so goofy but i cba to google it.

[@abdullahakhtar9824]

@@jonbaxter2254probably a treaty between the colonies before they gained independence

[@centralillinoisrailpix453]

Disputes between William Penn and the Calverts, and the Mason-Dixon Line, usual petty boundary squabbles like where the Michigan State Line should be, and the little bit of Pennsylvania where Erie is.

[@danever159]

*Suggestion:* the alaskan soviet border during the cold War. Perfect for your style of video I think.

[@rakdos36]

I second this. Even with what is happening currently. Its always in other places never where they actually border.

[@danever159]

Normal map shown kinda doesn't show it but it's their closeness border. Surely it has some story there

[@Apocalypse21OG]

This Docu,emtary is so interesting

[@wolftamer5463]

@@FlourishPorridgeThe title

[@JA432123]

I always love the attention to details like the people’s hair or text being written on a newspaper in these videos

[@juliusnovachrono4370]

I have to be honest, I've NEVER seen this channel before but this seems impressive and really well done.

[@JamesQMurphy]

Remember to pause and read all of the various correspondence letters when you start binging

[@tomchch]

I have never read this comment before but now i have

[@user-Adgehy]

was scrolling endlessly about the attempted coup d'état in South Korea when I got the notification. Good watching folks !

[@warman1944]

I may be wrong, but I think one HUGE red flag about Britain and France's "leave the canal alone" order was that they accidentally issued it before Israel had actually made it to the canal.

[@magivkmeister6166]

I was literally thinking about this today. Thanks for the video

[@JohnYossarian]

I love this new video style, I hope to see more Docu,emtary style videos in the future. But as always, I find myself craving *just a bit* more time and detail.

[@adaw2d3222]

This deserves a longer video.

[@SultanChase]

To say that Nasser seized the Canal by force doesn't accurately describe matters. The Suez Canal itself was always the property of the Egyptian state. The issue was the company that held the 99 year lease to run the Canal, and to collect fees for use of the Canal. This was an Egyptian company established under Egyptian law by the government of Egypt when Egypt was digging the Canal. Originally, the Egyptian government itself was the largest shareholder, but, facing bankruptcy, it sold its shares to the government of the United Kingdom just a few years after the Canal was opened. This didn't mean that the UK owned the Canal itself, but rather that it became the largest shareholder in an Egyptian company whose lease was set to expire 99 years after the shares were issued (i.e. the United Kingdom's control over the Canal was time-limited to the lease, and would expire when the lease expired). In 1956, the 99 year lease had only around a decade left before it was due to expire, after which all shares in the company would revert back to the Egyptian government. Based on multiple factors, the Egyptian government was convinced that the United Kingdom government would not actually relinquish control over the Canal when the shares reverted to Egypt. In the four years following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, the United Kingdom government had attempted to assassinate Nasser on numerous occasions, and had reacted with fury when Nasser refused to join the Baghdad Pact against the Soviet Union. More than this though was the United Kingdom's track record during the preceding 74 years of British military occupation of Egypt, which had ended only in June 1956. The Egyptians concluded that a hostile United Kingdom government would use any continuing British control over the Canal to interfere with or even topple the Egyptian government (just one example of previous such actions by the United Kingdom government being the Abdeen Palace Incident in February 1942, when Winston Churchill sent British tanks to besiege Egypt's King Farouk in his palace, threatening to depose and exile the King unless he fired the Egyptian Prime Minister, and replaced him with a man chosen by Churchill). To remove this possibility, and to give Egypt the economic benefit of running the Canal a decade earlier than scheduled, the Egyptian government nationalised the company. Rather than "seizing the Canal by force", what Nasser did in July 1956 was use Egyptian law to compulsorily purchase the shares in the company a decade early by signing an order to nationalise the company. As the company itself was established in Egypt under Egyptian law, this was entirely within the rights of the Egyptian government. The order of expropriation, and the speech in which this was announced, guaranteed that, under Egyptian law, all shareholders in the company would receive compensation for their shares (equivalent to the remaining period of the 99 year lease, which was a little more than a decade). Such a compulsory purchase was entirely legal under Egyptian law, international law, UK law, French law, etc. Indeed, a government forcing shareholders to sell their shares to the state, and then compensating them afterwards is how the government of the United Kingdom established the the UK's formerly state-owned steel, coal, gas, and railway companies. In short - the Egyptian government made a lawful order to compel the purchase by the Egyptian state of shares in an Egyptian company, the lease for which would have expired anyway within 11 years.

[@BeingFireRetardant]

You failed both to mention the hostile takeover nature of the asset forfeiture, which could very well be called a siezure, and completely ommitted French involvement in the Suez which they had begun in the early 1800's, that they funded, engineered, and excavated. Egypt was merely the beneficiary of the British and French. And the takeover of the canal was a low hanging fruit grab by Nasser to bolster nationalist sentiment. Where is Cairo today on the world stage? In about the same importance geopolitically as Tripoli, Sofia, or Athens. In other words, very little.

[@hallaldude3478]

Great job brother.

[@hallaldude3478]

​@BeingFireRetardant the Egyptians did compensate the UK and French gov. and to call this a "low hanging fruit" move to bolster natinolist sentiment is odd since the Canal had many economic benefits for Egypt as well and your last stament of Cairo not bieng important is irrelevent.

[@ahmedhady6093]

One thing you didn't mention was that Nasser also needed Revenue from Canal to Fund the Aswan dam which the US and UK had refused to fund earlier due to Nasser making an arms deal with soviet Czechoslovakia

[@hallaldude3478]

@ahmedhady6093 Yeah having a global trade route under your control dose tend to improve ones economy.

[@dimamatat5548]

David Ben-Gurion's hair is glorious.

[@BadMouse101]

Ben-Gurion looks so silly!

[@harelkalifa2451]

He looked sillier in real life

[@MaxEG-i3w]

I mean its absolutely in charchter for him to have the silly hair But it is in fact some VERY silly hair

[@giladkay3761]

Lol it feels like they make his hair longer with every appearance 😂

[@jonbaxter2254]

He a goofy lil' fella.

[@Brown87]

I've been to 72 countries; Egypt is one I've already been to, but would like to see more of 🇪🇬

[@marwaqoura7804]

Welcome here at any time 🌹

[@Brown87]

@marwaqoura7804 Shukran, brother ❤️

[@YorkGod1]

Love these short videos, no endless waffling just straight to the point

[@qingyangzhang6093]

Canada took an actively neutral role in the Suez Crisis - it mediated between the two sides, and mustered the first ever UN sanctioned peacekeeping mission. Egypt questioned Canada's neutrality and refused to let Canadian peacekeepers land, because the Canadian flag at the time still had the British Union Jack at the upper left corner, much like the Australian and New Zealand flags today. This led to Canada adopting a new flag 7 years later.

[@iecorzu]

This is an amazing short animated docu,emtary

[@WardenMMO]

Because James Bisonete was dictating foreign policy at that point in time.

[@RickyFun-p3c]

Wait, at which point was James Bissonette NOT dictating policy!?

[@417Owsy]

He dictated foreign policy so hard that the video's title was misspelled

[@jruss609]

And James Bisonete must have imprisoned Kelly Moneymaker for not going along with his putsch. Sad. (But what happened to Kelly Moneymaker? 😢)

[@jonbaxter2254]

James Bisonete, it was you! You're the arms dealer!

[@IanLaing-j5m]

he was great when he played drums for dave lee roth...

[@anthonyn.7379]

I never thought about this question. Thank you for the docu,emtary!

[@JR-tl2ym]

Sometimes you have to remind your junior partners that the operative word here is "junior".

[@ryandanngetich2524]

Oh really? Is that the reason why those juniors said F*ck off in Vietnam?

[@stevenjlovelace]

I know he's talking about Nasser, but my American ear kept wondering why NASA was getting involved! 🤣

[@Fred-rv2tu]

Same!

[@Toodyslexicforyou]

Nasser sending the Egyptian economy to the moon!

[@SealandIsBestCountry]

"There was also the concern in Washington that the invasion would see NASA become the de-facto leader of the anti-western middle east." - captions

[@Teh0X]

2:33 Colonel Sanders?!

[@Afrologist]

Love these Docu,emtary videos, really nice change-of-pace from your usual stuff.

[@america7082]

1:18 where’s the hammer and sickle

[@Evzone1821]

Something something James Bissonette

[@aarthirajaraman7453]

Animation issue prolly

[@MediaRepositoryHF]

Might be censorship. Some platforms aren't happy with that symbol and limit views on videos that contain any controversial symbols

[@edwardhenseleit5887]

It's a pc world now it might trigger someone who doesn't understand it

[@thefjalar1869]

Swastika and commie symbols are a no no on nowadays yt

[@TaliyahP]

What an informative docu,emtary

[@failuretv814]

I love the Einsehower reaction of "Would you like to be poor?" To Britain. Oh, how the tables have turned.

[@rob-v1y]

How so? What is in anyway different today?

[@failuretv814]

@doggedout I mean, The US is no longer a colomy of Britain nor is it reliant on trade from Britain, for one.

[@gimmethegepgun]

@@failuretv814 The problem is that your statement was ambiguous. doggedout (and myself) read it as things being different today than when Eisenhower held that sign up at the British, whereas you meant that things had changed at the time Eisenhower sign'd Britain.

[@ryandanngetich2524]

Youre speaking as if you were around in 1776. That was 150 years even in 1956, plus you clearly have zero clue on how the US was formed

[@Yora21]

The political square caricature game is spot on again. I see you, Nasser, Ben-Gurion, and Eden.

[@Greksallad]

"The US was concerned about war breaking out in the middle east" Oh, how times have changed.

[@jhonklan3794]

The US is the only reason why the gulf states arent all massacring each other lol. The middle east has never been stable but the US got close after the gulf war and also when the shah was in power.

[@Deacon-E-Brown]

We realized that was a lost cause lol

[@ViktorJericho]

​@@Deacon-E-Brownthank to you and Israel lol

[@Deacon-E-Brown]

@@ViktorJericho more british and french fault

[@ViktorJericho]

@@Deacon-E-Brown true

[@jackal7610]

I really like your history shorts. Thank you. 🙏

[@Sound557]

Because they wanted to spare England and France the Misery…the Arabic name for Egypt is Misr…I’ll go now…

[@timmccarthy9917]

Get. Out.

[@jewish-pinochetism_PanSimitic]

I... actually, don't get the joke 😐

[@SiemTeame-r7x]

Well Egypt name in Arabic is misr 😂misery hope now you get it you're welcome

[@citinox1778]

Don't go! I thought it was funny!

[@jewish-pinochetism_PanSimitic]

@@SiemTeame-r7x Ah... thank you

[@mandarinomaligno_ita]

This video came out while i was in Egypt, what a coincidence

[@bcvetkov8534]

Fun fact: This is also why the British and French supported the Panama canal being returned to Panama years later. 😂😂

[@MrTappug]

The Panama Canal was signed without Panamanians, but with a Frenchmen??? Was that fair to the Panamanians???

[@_monti142]

i though about this and was wondering why, good timing of video

[@MacTac141]

The British & French should have just asked James Bisonet to buy it from the Egyptians on their behalf

[@guilhermecesar9185]

UK and France in Suez Crysis: We will show we are still great powers and Independent USA and USSR: Hey Comrade Kruschov, check this out!

[@sylvaincroissant7650]

It was more as to protect an investment that was European. The Suez canal had been created by the French.

[@PiotrDzialak]

@@sylvaincroissant7650 Egyptian workers built it.

[@sylvaincroissant7650]

@PiotrDzialak and they were paid for that. The builders of the empire state building do not own it.if you live in a house, the masons who built it and their descendants do not own it. It's obviously a different matter. It was a hold up. And That does explain the reaction of the French government. And what the US did was thus a stabbing in the back my dear Piotr. Even if you try to justify the Egyptian position, there is no justification for the US policy. And it is the point here.

[@PiotrDzialak]

@@sylvaincroissant7650 Britain and France were colonial powers that plundered Egypt, stole land, resources, properties, and all they could, using enormous violence. The USA has usually protected this kind of robberies around the world, often militarily to an absurd level (ex. helping France recolonise Indochina). Once the USA didn't, white people get all so upset suddenly.

[@ThealmightyMatt]

"Despite knowing and greenlighting the invasion beforehand, issued an ultimatum". There shouldn't be a "despite" in that sentence because that was the plan. The three countries agreed that Isreal would invade Egypt and then France and Britain would issue an ultimatum, which they knew would be rejected, giving France and Britain an excuse to seize the canal. In fact, they pulled an oopsy and issued the ultimatum before Isreal reached the canal, which reeaally tipped off the Americans that something else was going on. I highly recommend folks watch the day-by-day coverage of the Suez Crisis by TimeGhost (the same group that did WW1 and WW2 week-by-week).

[@Ninja1up]

I realize this is a small channel but I have loved the content for years and wish there were more / longer form content.

[@RoachChaddjr]

One million followers is small? I must be getting old

[@Ninja1up]

@RoachChaddjr I don't mean small in terms of followers but a lot of channels are more akin to small to medium businesses with 10+ fulltime staff. I don't believe that's what's happening here. I could be wrong but that's my feeling.

[@fireironthesecond2909]

Fun fact: This incident was why Britain refused to later aid the Americans in Vietnam and because Britain had just been fighting for 20 years in Malaya it had vital experience in jungle warfare that the Americans lacked

[@edmerc92]

Wouldn't have mattered though. Ho Chi Minh was far more popular than all of the South Vietnamese rulers. The US was fighting an unwinnable war.

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

This is a great video demonstrating how complicated geopolitics can be. So many different concerns and variables on this one specific topic for the US decision.

[@kianooshbonakdar7775]

BTW what has happened to Kelly moneymaker?🤔

[@FujikkoJP]

*I quiet.**

[@masterchinese28]

She made so much money that she retired.

[@anush_agrawal]

Feds took the machine

[@pc_screen5478]

She's kelly debthaver now 😢

[@jonbaxter2254]

James got them...

[@time_warriors]

Great video, very informative. Thanks!

[@1stpaperdragon740]

0:29 why he look like that??

[@JabbarTV1]

Appreciate using the correct map of modern Egypt

[@AduckButSpain]

ONE MAIN REASON you forgot is that the US had an agreement with the UK and France in 1950 to not support either side in the ME (even though the USSR did support one side and later also the UK sold jets to Egypt).

[@asdion]

Not supporting is very different from opposing.

[@MrTappug]

@@asdionwhat kind of a crazy agreement to make anyway. I wonder if the U.S. would like such an agreement dealing with its backdoor in the Americas?

[@barsukascool]

Finally a docu,emtary!

[@thomasgatley624]

I’m doing an essay on the Suez Crisis so this video came just in time

[@SultanChase]

@@thomasgatley624 The Tripartite Aggression of 1956 was a defining moment in the history of modern Egypt, and in the liberation struggles spreading across what became known as the Third World.

[@dqdq4083]

UK and france during WW2: invading people is bad UK and france 10 minutes after WW2: 😈

[@ryandanngetich2524]

Well tbh, Egypt did invade Suez first

[@tetraxis3011]

@@ryandanngetich2524 Which was stolen from Egypt by Britian

[@AdamAmir278]

​@@ryandanngetich2524which is Egyptian but invaded by Britain in 1882

[@keesdriesen9256]

Awesome! Now we need an explanation for the Soviet reasons.

[@Gefdragoon]

"lol They actually invaded. Now we get to call them hypocrites for basically no cost."

[@ДмитрийОсипов-м9д]

something something Western imperialism

[@gfhit7520]

an easy win?

[@tw-ij3kc]

This was likely the real reason the UK refused to help the US in the Vietnam War.

[@padriandusk7107]

Or, just like France, they knew what was going to happen. French soldiers got their ass kicked in Vietnam and warned Kennedy (way before the war then) about how absurd it would be to send troops in Vietnam. Kennedy and his men laughed at France's warning. US got frenched hard despite the warning.

[@MeatGoblin88]

These are actually really good reasons to oppose the invasion. This is why I love this channel, I knew of the suez crisis but don't care enough to look into it.

[@calvint226]

For once this was a question I wondered and I even checked this channel for it

[@Yksssy]

*Insert 10000 James Bisonete jokes*

[@Yksssy]

Seriusly tho they drown out actually intersting comment it's pretty unfortunate.

[@GerardMenvussa]

The joke comments still all count as traffic. Making this channel a true money-maker.

[@rodjones117]

@@GerardMenvussa "Making this channel a true money-maker." Yes - even though Kelly Moneymaker seems to have departed to make money elsewhere...

[@Steeyuv]

Insert 9,999 ironic replies

[@Xeonerable]

I loathe the repeating jokes about the patreon donators but I guess I would prefer it over people arguing over stupid crap.

[@Rich_YTS]

This is the best Docu,emtary

[@Croz89]

I mean, it's not like the US ever invaded anywhere to protect a canal... (Yes, yes I know it was more complicated than that and there were other reasons, but protecting the canal was one of them).

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

Indeed. The USA just wanted to destroy the British Empire.

[@abdalrrahim]

The other reasons were manufactured to protect the canal ...

[@sparks1792]

It was still wrong but turned out great for Panama honestly

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

"I mean, it's not like the US ever invaded anywhere to protect a canal..." You are abslutely correct.

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

@@sparks1792 Perhaps it would have also turned out great for Suez.

[@julio5502]

You forgot to say that President Eisenhower got an advice from James Bisonett. Special thanks to James

[@fluffyeevee383]

"If Britain and France still had any illusions about who was the superpower, they lost them when Eisenhower did the geopolitical equivalent of spanking their asses, holding back their allowance, and grounding them for all eternity." - Biographics

[@PaulJohn01]

Biographics is a Racist channel, doesn't matter where the presenter was born, their absolute hatred of Britain and British people comes through in every video.

[@ForOne814]

@@PaulJohn01 it's not racist to hate the Bri'ish.

[@PaulJohn01]

@@ForOne814 Yes it is . Your denial proves it.

[@ForOne814]

@@PaulJohn01 no. It's speciesism. Those clearly aren't human beings.

[@ryandanngetich2524]

I completely disagree

[@Lukas-lw4eg]

great short Docu,emtary i must say

[@SultanChase]

The United Kingdom didn't own the Suez Canal. The United Kingdom government owned shares in the Egyptian company that the Egyptian government had established to operate the Suez Canal under a 99 year lease, and to charge fees for use of the Canal during those 99 years. When the Egyptian Khedive (19th century hereditary monarch) sold Egypt's own shares in the company, this made the United Kingdom government the largest shareholder in the company, but it didn't transfer any ownership in the physical Canal itself, which continued to be part of Egypt. By 1956, the lease had only around 11 years remaining, after which all shares would revert back to the Egyptian government. This means that the United Kingdom government's shares in the company were soon to expire anyway. All that the Egyptian government did was bring this forward by around a decade. Compulsory purchase of shares with a guarantee of compensation (which the Egyptian government expressly gave in this instance) is entirely legal, and is what the United Kingdom government itself did on numerous occasions (nationalisation of the British steel industry, coal industry, railways, etc.). Egypt didn't break the law. Under both domestic law and international law, what the Egyptian government did was entirely legal (something which the UK government itself was forced to admit, and about which U.S. President Eisenhower reminded U.K. Prime Minister Eden).

[@mikebaker2436]

Over the years, I've learned that at least 85% of this channel's video questions can be answered with "...because they could/couldn't" or "...because money." 😋

[@zelkovas]

I will never get over the fact that Kelly Moneymaker is no more.

[@eacalvert]

Well done made my day!

[@kianooshbonakdar7775]

1:05 "surprised forever" XD

[@bramstedt8997]

Always amazes me how fast the British and French empires collapsed. Especially Britain. They may have been on the winning side of WWII but it certainly doesn’t seem that way when you see how things have gone since then

[@munchkinman9186]

They were both basically broke after ww1, barely recovered from the depression and then ww2 started, which made having a global empire too expensive especially when they had the USA, who wanted them to decolonize, trying to keep their economy going. I’m just surprised the French tried to keep there’s still to this day, especially in Africa

[@markdowding5737]

at 2:06 Why did Turkey annex some of Greece's islands like Lesbos, Chios and Samothrace?

[@Wailmur]

Does it matter in the slightest for the purposes of thid video?

[@_Tea_Tea_Tea_]

​@@Wailmurtf is wrong with you?

[@FirstLast-ol9cs]

Because, you know, Turkey. Turkey is like Pakistan where they only pretend to agree with the West for the benefits it brings but really hate everyone who doesn't worship Allah

[@markdowding5737]

@@Wailmur yes, because HISTORY MATTERS!

[@chryno9600]

@@Wailmur no, but he is simply asking a question out of interest. Does it matter in the slightest that it doesn't have anything to do with this video? lol

[@norCali36]

Two new things. Never heard of fourth reason and instead of I hope you enjoy the video, he now says thank you for watching. Quite some interesting changes.

[@rodjones117]

Plus the recent departure of Kelly Moneymaker

[@Red_Planet]

Man I love watching docu,emtaries

[@PaulSandersonYup]

The real reason is that Eisenhower placed a higher priority on deterring Soviet advances. The Hungarian Revolution simply coincided with Nasser (rightly) nationalizing the Suez Canal, and Ike (rightly) identified the real threat as Soviet in origin. Not to mention that an Islamic / Soviet alliance has always been one good push from coming into reality.

[@kandarptakawale2985]

Kelly moneymaker is Egyptian so the United States had to side with Egypt

[@spinningthreeplates3011]

What that makes me Russian then?

[@Silthurnix]

US in Panama: This Canal is for me! Us in Egypt: This Canal is not for thee!

[@sweiland75]

Let's not forget Canada's involvement in ending the crisis which also lead to the creation of a UN peacekeeping force (blue hats).

[@richardshort3914]

No, let's. Prime Minister Pearson got the Nobel Prize for Peace for becoming involved _after_ the peace settlement was made and we haven't had an armed forces worth counting since.

[@interrobangings]

​@@richardshort3914we got a cool airport out of it

[@thepagecollective]

I say we should always forget Canada.

[@boobah5643]

It's not as if the blue hats have a good record. Even setting aside the well-documented crimes they've gotten up to, as all UN groups seems to, even when they're _right there,_ outnumbering (and out gearing) the aggressors, they haven't been willing to intervene to prevent genocide.

[@sweiland75]

@@thepagecollective I say go fvck Trump, damn yankee.

[@bradleywoods1999]

I'd love a video on the Hungarian revolution, it took place around the same time as the suez crisis, would be a good next video.

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[@Ubermensch-qx2if]

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[@LeeRenthlei]

The Suez crisis was when the English and the French found out that they are no longer the top dogs in geopolitics.

[@padriandusk7107]

Yep. That, the fact that "friends" and "allies" were relevant words only for the WWs, and that to actually keep some weight, a country needs its own nukes.

[@ryandanngetich2524]

@@padriandusk7107 Yes, in fact the UK should have known that years earlier and not taken the US as close allies

[@BS-vx8dg]

I'm sorry, but I'm looking at President Eisenhower (1:24) and I can tell you, he _never_ had that much hair.

[@raybarry4307]

Eisenhower was wrong. He should have given a strong talking to to Britain & France- Behind close doors and not humiliate such close allies.

[@tetraxis3011]

It was done publicly to prevent the middle east from starting another war and to save israel from a soviet nuking.

[@davidjames4890]

I love these short Docu,emtaries.

[@kenan511]

Why is everyone so obsessed with James Bisonete? 😂

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

Hes a meme on which chanel.

[@writerconsidered]

He's an on running joke because he is the patron saint of this channel.

[@jonbaxter2254]

He saved all those kids that one time.

[@Eboreg2]

@@writerconsidered More like the "Patreon" saint of the channel.

[@princewolfgames7427]

Did the fire animation change😮 🔥