The British are Coming! Is Nuclear War as Well? | The Suez Crisis | Part 4

As Britain, France, and Israel continue to push home their advantage in the face of overwhelming international pressure, the Soviet Union finally enter the arena. Britain now faces utter disaster. The Soviets are threatening nuclear war and the British economy faces free fall; how much longer can Britain reject a ceasefire?
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[@TimeGhost]

We thought we'd share with you a quote that didn't make it into the final script but really sums up the outpouring of protests the British government received upon its military intervention in Suez. It's a letter in The Times newspaper on November 6, written by none other than Violet Bonham Carter - a leading member of the Liberal Pary, close friend of Winston Churchill, and grandmother of actress Helena Bonham Carter. It reads: "For the first time in our history our country has been reduced to moral impotence. We cannot order Soviet Russia to obey the edict of the United Nations which we ourselves have defied, nor to withdraw her tanks and guns from Hungary while we are bombing and invading Egypt. Today we are standing in the dock with Russia...Never in my lifetime has our name stood so low in the eyes of the world. Never have we stood so ingloriously alone." Anyway, enjoy the episode and before you comment, read our rules of conduct: community.timeghost.tv/t/rules-of-conduct/4518s

[@alinur5568]

Love this series on a very important event of the cold war

[@jakoverslept3096]

Hi Indie and team, I'm a big fan of the channel and I have just one friendly suggestion. I was unclear what year/time period that the events in the video took place. I know it's easily looked up, but it would be nice to have dates/years either on the thumbnail or in the description. Thank you guys so much for all your hard work!

[@forlornfool221]

Deep n ring true.. even meow

[@curtinj98]

What current British government scheming could you be trying to draw parallels to?

[@arispanagiotopoulos2533]

If Eisenhower hadn’t betray his allies and had assisted them even indirectly Britain and France wouldn’t have been seen as bad, Nasser would have fallen and everything would be ok. Eisenhower’s behavior was unacceptable and inept.

[@creatoruser736]

"How dare you invade a country that doesn't want you there and try to force your will on it!" - The Soviets literally days after doing that in Hungary.

[@MrCristianposso]

Great powers both in the east and the west have always been a bunch of hypocrites.

[@P9124]

@hammertapping which part of ”puppet government” do you have trouble with?

[@creatoruser736]

@hammertapping Oh right, Hungary was just begging to be invaded to put down those rebels who were trying to leave the orbit of another country they weren't willingly put into alignment with. Fucking tankie.

@@MrCristianposso There death tolls of enslaving and murdering their own including entire families are unique to the Socialists.

[@GweAnakJakarta]

@@MrCristianposso There's always hypocrites, even till this day

[@MrDeed121]

I absolutely love the series,would like to see if you would make a series on break up of Yugoslavia or the Soviet Union.Cheers :D

[@UrWifiIsSlow]

This would be amazing

[@MrDeed121]

@@UrWifiIsSlow Yea I agree,there are a lot of historical stuff that TimeGhostHistory could cover in the later part of the 20th century,including Vietnam War,The Invasion of Granada,the Gulf Wars,the breakup of the Warsaw pact and Yugoslavia,etc...

[@Darwinek]

They'd have to close down the comment section, should've they ever consider making a series on the break-up of Yugoslavia.

[@GGrenadier]

@@Darwinek So what now? We will forever avoid the topic of dissolution of Yugoslavia because of few very vocal minorities? Infact is it not historiens job to try and clear things out for the rest of the world and to shed light on the complicated matter? Besides Indy is in a perfect position to be unbiased towards any side since he is sponsored and financed by his fans who are predominantly history buffs and enthusiasts. Mods will have to work overtime, but it should be worth it. The media loves to mistify this part of Europe and is unimanginably biased for some bloody reason. (ancient hatreds and how religion is the cause for all the turmoil or that people love to murder each other, to name a few, hell some people still do believe that there are military claches in Croatia despite the internet). It is realtively new and unknown war and it involves a lot of interesting moments. From war crimes to heroic moments. From international intervention to spectacular UN blunders. From logical alliances to shady behinde back deals. I as a Croatian would fully support someone who would dimistify history of people in these parts of the Europe. Not even we know the full scope of deals that transpired in the offcies of our goverment. Someone should really grow a pair and demistify ThE DrEAdeD Southeast Europe! A place where, by the word of foreigners and internet users, we murdere each other for the fun of it and drink childrens blood. Have a nice day. Edit: spelling

[@MrDeed121]

@@Darwinek True but from a historical standpoint,it would be awesome for them to cover it,without the bias of course just pure historical facts

[@Soviettiger84]

The Soviet letter was a bluff, indeed. But I bet Eden crapped out his pants once he heard about it. 10/10. Excellent Service!!!

[@ventolus2068]

I also think it was a bluff. But they culd hurt british intrest other places.

[@ventolus2068]

@Morning Star he put it so cryptic..

[@ulutiu]

@Morning Star You didn't watch it till the end. Eden received intel from US that it is indeed bluff

[@JagerLange]

Imagine how futuristic it must've felt to be watching helicopters operate from carriers in the 1950s. Just when you'd got over the novelty of seeing jet craft too...

[@yourstruly4817]

Imagine if they found out they were right about life on Venus ;-)

[@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_]

Would it be futuristic? The Japanese launched the attacks on Pearl Harbor using fighter planes that were launched from aircraft carriers in 1941. It might look neat to take off vertically but the change to helicopters is not that big. If carriers hovered over land then sure.

[@JagerLange]

@@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_ My point isn't about the carriers.

[@GrandMoffTarkinsTeaDispenser]

USA: Your supply of oil is in danger. USSR: You're in danger *aims the nukes*

[@00grayfox00]

*pretends to aim nukes

[@truthseeker9454]

Aiming them is one thing...being able to deliver them is another.

[@Mass1veGam3r]

USSR: We are TOTALLY not bluffing *has no way to deliver the nukes* France: Roll their eyes as they see the bluff UK: Doesn't believe the French calling out the bluff and pisses off his major ally France ISRAEL: Amateurs..... we will carry on alone from now on.

[@unitedwestand5100]

Britain and France have been doing similar things in Iran today. Only they convinced Obama to follow them, and have OBiden by the nose. Leading him in the same direction. The Eurooeans are oil dependent on the ME, and are willing to sacrifice America's and their own National Security to get it. Even willing to start WWIII to get it.

[@unitedwestand5100]

America was the world's largest producer of crude oil in the world. Even more then, than now. We didnt use ME oil. Keep watching, and listen, The USA got Britain to pull their troops out by threatening not to make up their lost oil supplies with American oil. And, we extended their loan payment deadlines from WWII, and provided new loans, to stop the sterling pounds devaluation from this. The Suez Canal was closed for nearly a year after this catastrophe. Eurooe and England suffered gas shortages, not the USA.

[@DanielWW2]

I do like how the IDF called its operation Kadesh. Kadesh in present day Syria was the sight of an ancient battle between the Egyptian and the Hittite empires. We only know about this battle because of a clay tablet that survived the Bronze Age collapse a few decades later. It seems that the Hittites won the battle, but even that is not completely known. The tabletitself was found among many others in Hattusa. It most likely got baked and this preserved along with the rest of the archive when the city was sacked. But the tablet describes a peace treaty between Egypt and Hattusa, the single oldest peace treaty in known existence. A replica of that peace treaty tablet is on permanently display at the UN in New York. Now the replica was gifted to the UN by Turkey in 1970, but still, kinda ironic.

[@ItsLofty101]

Actually, it is not confirmed at all if the Hittites had won or not. In fact, all the resources that we have says that it was an Egyptian victory. Though, they might have faked a victory, but that's all what we got :/

[@DanielWW2]

@@ItsLofty101 I suspect that Ramses II faked it. Kadesh was part of the Hittite empire and remained so after the battle. More recent scholarships indicates that it might have been a costly tactical victory for Ramses II after being ambushed, but usually the side that concedes the battle is regarded as the loser. The Egyptian army seems to have retreated back to Egypt after the battle leaving the Hittites the victors. They defiantly won on a strategic level seeing as they where on the defensive.

[@ItsLofty101]

@@DanielWW2 What ik about this battle is that the Egyptians went there, defeated the Hittite army and forced them to retreat to their castle, and then a peace treaty was signed. Just because Ramses signed a peace treaty, doesn't mean that he was on the losing side. Maybe he just wanted to stop this rivalry, as he even married the Hittite leader's daughter.

[@SamAronow]

It would be poetic if that’s the Kadesh they meant to go for. But it might be a reference to the ancient Judean village whose site today straddles the border between Israel and Egypt, today known as Kadesh Barnea.

[@kristerkowalski5125]

Though the Operation refers to Kadesh-Barnea. A different early middle bronze age site in Sinai. Its mentioned several times in the Bible. Its an important waypoint for the Israelites during the exodus. There are three different itiniraries in the Torah that desribe the way the israelites took through canaan, and they all start at Kadesh-Barnea. Why would the Israelis name an operation about a place in Syria were a battle between Egypt and the hittites took place?

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

Of course the one thing that can bring England and France together is colonialism.

[@SamIAmSXE]

And hating Germany.

[@khurramzafar]

Who would've thought?

[@kristerforsman2448]

And making a mess in the Middle East.

[@yereverluvinuncleber]

Whilst America just exterminates the indigenous populations that inhabit lands that it wants. Internal Colonialism perhaps, or genocide?

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

yereverluvinuncleber Many of their acts were genocidal.

[@yourstruly4817]

Make tea, not war.

[@tomasziskierka9557]

Why not both ?

[@Biker_Gremling]

Instructions unclear. Tea thrown to the harbor.

[@quedtion_marks_kirby_modding]

@@jllrue why not the f down?

[@cwovictor3281]

Or make war for tea. Good ole Opium Wars.

[@panzerofthelake506]

@@cwovictor3281 na make opium for tea. Or Make war for tea

[@samuelmunoz7652]

What a tragic figure eden was , a man in denial , born when Britain ruled supreme and suddenly they can’t even change an Egyptian government.

[@ciprianbodea7838]

From this series, I actually get the impression that Eden was the most reluctant out of the three leaders which authorised this botched invasion.

[@julianusvictor327]

@@ciprianbodea7838 Tbf the invasion went very well. It was the political side of things that was botched.

[@TheBreadB]

Seems like a piece of shit imperalist.

[@HypervoxelRBX]

It's the US's delusion and cowardice that caused the operation to fail

[@cancer422]

@@HypervoxelRBX ok colonizer

[@yorick6035]

12:00 And once again we see a French leader getting pissed off by a phone call from his English counterpart. I wonder why the French still answer their calls..

[@brammo1991]

what the actual fuck britain?

[@PMMagro]

British allies = problems.

[@remalm3670]

... phone calls, "Social Media" of the day ;-) ...

[@Wanderer628]

What are you referring too? Because historically the French were by far the more unreliable ally. Capitulated in WW2 despite being asked to fight on for the UK, left NATO, refused to support allies when asked despite said allied giving them support.

[@remalm3670]

@@Wanderer628 ... method of communication ... not good or accurate, so ;-) ...

[@indianajones4321]

“The British are coming!” I wonder where I’ve heard that before

[@poiuyt975]

If I recall correctly they had lost that war as well. :-)

[@darthtrudeau4907]

Yay finally someone is giving Canada recognition during the Suez crisis

[@gianniverschueren870]

Sometimes I do wonder what madmen came up with the ideas for these days back when they made them? Another gem that tells a story. 4/5, and I have to also compliment you for the way the bottom matches with the shirt!

[@gianniverschueren870]

BTW, any idea when the next auction will be?

[@yourstruly4817]

Zzzzzzzzzzzz

[@remalm3670]

... there is additional information not given for the over all ... never the less ... a Yoeman's job guys, kudos ...

[@TimeGhost]

Not sure exactly, but we do hope to do another in the future!

[@remalm3670]

@@TimeGhost ... looking forward it, Cheers! ...

[@kroxzul]

I just noticed the telescope on the desk for operation telescope.

[@eff_gee321]

Wife: that's it, Im taking the kids and leaving you. Eisenhower : it's a bluff😒

[@GerSanRiv]

You have no idea how much I've learned thanks to you guys; all the people that do the research and transform it into a somewhat easily understood script. I knew about a lot of these topics but only on passing, and it's really interesting. Thanks.

[@TimeGhost]

[@raadhafidh]

The First Reaction from the soviet union was not Encouraging when Syrian President Al-Qwatliy was in Moscow he asked them if they can Help and Filed Marshal Zhukov answered him with a map of the Middle East and Said " Show us how can we help Mr.President " and The President answered " Marshal Zhukov You are the Hero of World War Two and you ask Me the civilian how can I help" later he Wired Nasser " Don't Count on The Soviets " Later The Arab Countries did not Condemn The Russian Invasion of Hungry and When The US Ambassador to Syria made a Remark About That to President Al-QWatliy , He Simply Answered " I Don't Care if forty Budapests is Distorted as long as we are in Danger

[@herknorth8691]

Speaking of early UN military action, I'd really like to see a series on the Katanga operation there.

[@charlesford7887]

A whole series on the Congo Crisis would be great, it really seems like a criminally underreported theatre of the Cold War.

[@nestorvargas2399]

I love the editing here especially the simple pictures

[@StickWithTrigger]

*USSR entering the conflict late as hell*: "Heard you was talking shit"

[@podemosurss8316]

"Are we late? Sorry" Nikolai Bulganin.

[@DCCRocks]

My Great uncle Ivor was the first paratrooper to jump out of the plane in the footage at 1:03. He had a long career with the paratrooper engineers becoming a major and lieutenant colonel.

[@achyutbihani3639]

Omg thanks a lot for the shout out!! Just noticed now, 2 years later 😂 love you Indy and team!!

[@Derpleton14]

Soviet Union has joined the chat. Britain has left the chat.

[@lenini056]

Arabs: YAY!!! LET'S BE COMMUNISTS WAGE CHAOS ON ISRAEL FOR NO REASON!

[@johnleach7879]

I remember that blip. We, a SAC wing, were completing a 90-day TDY in Morocco in Nov-Dec '56 when we were held in place for a couple of weeks.

[@wadejustanamerican1201]

On top of always well researched, history, warts and all. The production is flawless. Thank you for so much quality content.

[@TimeGhost]

Thanks Wade, we really appreciate it. Without the support of the TimeGhost Army on Patreon, this show wouldn't be possible!

[@gardreropa]

Two early-access videos a week for us Patreons? It feels just about right... Thank you TimeGhost team for spoiling us Patreons so much!!!

[@DCFusor]

Gotta say, for these last few, the ties have been insanely awesome! (along with the rest being great as always)

[@chrislea1000]

Another excellent series, please don't stop :)

[@xberman]

The more I think about this episode the more I am convinced that Eden must have been under intense emotional pressure. To think that the world would go to a nuclear war over control of a canal and, maybe, a change of government in Egypt is so far-fetched... Or to think that America would watch idly by as the URSS nukes London and Paris to protect Nasser... I'm not saying that the "musketeers" were justified but had they taken the canal, they could open it and protect trade. It would also present a fait accompli to the powers. I can hardly imagine Eisenhower not offering protection to American tankers crossing the Suez or telling them to continue around Africa instead. Eden, hesitated to order the invasion, causing financial and military woes. Later he backed down and threw his government, his allies and his troops under the bus as if that could save face and trust in the Sterling. At that point, no "spin" could hide the aggression committed by his country. He should have never agreed to the plan in the first place! I realize that hindsight makes it all easier but it doesn't change that fact that Eden finished a 35 year long brilliant career, looking weak, hesitant and unstable. Thanks for the episode and congratulations on the good work!

[@Nmax]

Eden, sadly let his personal grudge against Nasser override all common sense and reason

[@state_song_xprt]

This is all going to make such great prestige TV in like fifty years.

[@nageeb96]

i must say you did an excellent job on this series to be sure. thank you for great work on it. i wanted to know all i can about the 56 conflict but you made it clear as it were.

[@lukelee5385]

Why do I feel like France is always calmer in this conflit? When facing the US, the UN and the USSR, Indy covered a lot about how Eden gets instantly panic but France was just "unperturbed".

[@clementlassalle4317]

I guess that's because Mollet's government had pretty much full support back home, unlike Eden's. This public support was caused by the perceived danger of a possible egyptian intervention in Algeria, I think. Also, if I remember well, the Franc lost a bit less of its value than the pound, which might have helped too. I know for a fact there were oil shortages in France after the war, but suprisingly enough it doesn't seem to have had that much of an economic impact at the time. It may be that we were a bit less reliant on it economically speaking ? I'm not too sure though.

[@TimeGhost]

Clément has pretty much got it here. Because of Algeria, the French public were largely behind the intervention or at least not so critical of it. This is also extended into the government itself. In contrast, even members of the Conservative Party were against the whole thing in Britain and that's not even mentioning the substantial opposition from Labour. And yes, the Franc also faced less risk. Luckily for France, it's government had secured an IMF agreement not long before the beginning of the operation. As Indy says in this video, Britain didn't quite have that luxury.

[@elliottdilling2198]

Pretty sure the first helicopter air lift was in WW2, and if you dont want to accept that one Korea had many helicopter airlifts. First air assault, maybe but not air lift.

[@earthenjadis8199]

It wasn't the first air assault either. It was the first helicopter airlift FROM A SEABORNE CARRIER. The French had already been doing ground based combat airlifts and assaults for a few years in Algeria. I'm fairly sure the Americans had also done some low scale experimentation in Korea.

[@TimeGhost]

Yep maybe Indy should have been more specific. "Airlift in a combat zone" was meant to imply an assault into that zone. We thought this was pretty obvious but sorry if you felt it wasn't The airlifts Earthen refers to aren't really the same. We're happy to stand corrected but " low scale experimentation" and combat airlifts in counter-insurgency operations are pretty different to an assault on enemy defenses in convential combat.

[@thesweatleaf]

8:46 Are these French troops? The bottom--right rifle appears to be the French MAS-36 carbinee.

[@TheIfifi]

Yeah. The helmet is also quite distinct.

[@hojoj.1974]

Spot on... Spot on... Please continue reporting true history, as it needs to be remembered.

[@TimeGhost]

Thanks Hojo, really appreciate the encouragement. Without our TimeGhost Army we wouldn't be able to do a fraction of what we can now.

[@sealove79able]

A great video.

[@podemosurss8316]

I'm picturing Bulganin arriving for the negotiations to solve the Suez crisis while saying "are we late? Sorry" like in The Death of Stalin...

[@TimeGhost]

Wouldn't be surprised if that is actually how it happened.

[@podemosurss8316]

@@TimeGhost "I mean, I'm smiling but I'm very f*cking furious" (Zhukov talking to the British and French generals)

[@henrimourant9855]

Damn those Soviet letters sounded pretty terrifying.

[@kristerforsman2448]

How about the situation when they were sent? Terrifying attack by GB, France and Israel as well.

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

Best part is that they were a bluff and the Brits fell for it

[@BigJon410]

@@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan Their intelligent services were full of Russian agents.

[@earthenjadis8199]

The French paratroopers that dropped onto Suez were from the 2nd Regiment of Marine Infantry Paratroopers. They had been called into action for this campaign straight from combat operations in Algeria. When they landed on Cyprus to prepare for the operation, the British officers greeting them couldn't tell the officers from the enlisted ranks because they were all wearing the same dirty combat fatigues and came with no support staff.

[@materialdialectics]

I've been reading this old book on Canadian history from 1945-1967 that I found in a used book store ages ago, and came upon a section about involvement in the Suez crisis and Canada's involvement. One thing that surprised me, was ultimately Pearson and the Liberal government lost their positions partly due to the fact that many Canadians at the time considered Canada's response to be some kind of betrayal of their British 'homeland'. "Pearson's sin, in the eyes of his Canadian critics, was his failure to stand at the sides of Britain, France and Israel as Australia and New Zealand had done, and make a minority of six instead of five against the overwhelming adverse votes the UN General Assembly had given against the Anglo-French adventure in Suez" ... "Voices that had died away even in Westminster were still strident in Ottawa" This is from 'The Search for Identity: Canada Postwar to Present' by Blair Fraser.

[@James-zh6nf]

Could you guys one of these on a well documented ancient conflict or crisis, like the Punic, war, the assassination of Julius Caesar, or document the siege of a particular city? I think that would be cool, thanks!

[@TimeGhost]

We mostly concentrate in 20th century, since it is easier to find photos, plus 20th century is filmed.

[@shaider1982]

I am currently binging on Great War videos and I just finished the Sykes-Pico one. I can't help think that it sort of contributed to this conflict.

[@MajorHenryL.]

This series (along with WW2) is my new favorite KZbin channel. Even my father loves...LOVES Indy’s commentary

[@TimeGhost]

Thanks Henry! Really appreciate the support.

[@wanderingRebel69]

Could you guys do a episode about kurt knispel and ww2 Tank Aces and also thank you for the videos

[@mortadhaalaa5907]

The soviet message basically reads like a bully's: "Somebody's gonna get nuked if they keep making trouble" and the Americans were like meh it's okay. That just blows my mind.

[@YouAreUnimportant]

you dont seem to see the bigger picture three aggressive bullies getting bullied by an even bigger bully. of course many wouldnt oppose that so much.

[@loops7858]

Is Nuclear war coming? Spoiler: No

[@wtfbros5110]

*Sad LeMay noises*

[@louisglen1653]

I my secondary school in Canada is called Hammarskjold High School. We all learned how to spell it but it appears we didn't learn how to say it correctly. Thanks to you I realize we Canadians pronouned his name wrong and should have kept the "s" silent! I love your videos!

[@LuisAldamiz]

Took me a while to realize that the third portrait in the background was not Ford but Khrushev playing cowboy. Strange similitude between both men, especially in the confident smile.

[@alexvonrom7942]

5:00 those are italian protesters, not hungerian

[@LuisAldamiz]

True but at least one of the posters seems related to the 1956 events in Hungary.

[@Niko-1303]

@@LuisAldamiz they say: "young Italy wants the dissolution of the communist party" and "soviet liberty" with the soviet soldier-pork image

[@remalm3670]

... Kudos, Guys ... absolutely love the effort and respects ... (efforts were made to the various groups interests and there were interests above that) ...

[@the1ghost764]

Excellent documentary.

[@tylerselevators8610]

These are great. I'm really enjoying this particular series

[@TimeGhost]

Thanks Brian! Wouldn't be possible without our TimeGhost Army on Patreon.

[@HandFromCoffin]

"did manage to take the sewage works" Like.. I never thought that would be a strategic objective. "Right lads! Our platoon has been given a mission of utmost importance to the war. We're taking the sewage works!" "Hurrah!"

[@TimeGhost]

LOL! Jokes aside, a well functioning sewage system is one of, if not THE, most important pieces of infrastructure in any urban area. Millions of lives have been saved as a result of modern sanitation, and capturing such a system can be a big deal. Still funny to think of that conversation though. :)

[@DeathValleyDays]

British: "We've Captured the Sewage!" Time for tea.

[@turgaysgc]

Thank you for the video

[@TimeGhost]

Thanks for the support!

[@AN-jz3kf]

The not knowing of USSR's capabilities is such a powerful tool by itself for the Politburo lmao. Same thing comes into play during the Cuban Missile Crisis and others I'm sure I've never heard of.

[@forlornfool221]

one of your best yet! More

[@TimeGhost]

Thank you Michael!! Thanks to the growing Time Ghost Army on Patreon we will be able to bring more and more!

[@andreborges73]

Awesome awesome Suez crisis serie! It's nice to get something different from WW2. I'm looking forward to seeing how well Cold War youtube channel from Kings and Generals does their Suez canal crisis. I think they will start some WW2 series too. I like healthy competition between history channels XD.

[@thomasmorgan1433]

I truly love this series. I would really like to see an episode concerning the revolt of the Admirals.

[@geordischmidt]

Another interesting fact about the crisis is that France seems to have thought out the worst-case scenario, while Eden and Britain didn't. France secured lines of credit from several non-IMF and non-American sources. French leaders also hoarded oil from some non-Arab countries, so the oil sanctions didn't hit as hard or require severe rationing. One must wonder if Eden was so blinded and obsessed with Nasser that he forgot basic military and political contingency plans.

[@johnharris6655]

Between 1967 and 1975 15 ships were stuck in the Suez, unable to leave do the both ends of the Canal being blocked.

[@Darwinek]

Will you cover the Great Emu War?

[@TimeGhost]

We can see the title now: "The Great Emu War in Real Time, Second-By-Second" ;) /s

[@andrealves3853]

great content!! keep it going

[@TimeGhost]

Thanks Adre! Glad you enjoyed it

[@shawnconway6009]

Britain expecting America to bail them out is like when your father expects you to fund his insane new hobby because he can't adapt to being retired.

[@Stef94pa]

Oh, Britain learned that it is not a superpower anymore? Similar lessons seem to be distributed these days as well.

[@42Antares42]

Very refreshing how you pronounce "Hammarskjöld" 🇸🇪

[@TheIfifi]

Indy is fluent in swedish.

[@42Antares42]

@@TheIfifi I figured. 😉

[@beachboy0505]

Wow, a very brilliant video.

[@TimeGhost]

Thanks!

[@benwilson6145]

There was a good side effect to the the US intervention in the Suez crisis,When the USA came looking for British support for the Vietnam war in 1966. Harold Wilson refused, so no British troops were killed in the Vietnam war.

[@GeneralissimusStalin17]

Bulganin and Khrushchev Gaming on the Sevres Three.

[@korbell1089]

Informative as always. One thing that caught me off guard was finding out Guy Millet was the 94th prime minister. What? Do they have a revolving door on in the PM's office? Since its founding the republic had 2 emperors AND a 4 year occupation and still found time to run off 93 other prime ministers. 😁

[@slick4401]

When you go to war, make sure you can afford to go all the way. Any other style is condemned to failure.

[@5590ERS]

You guys should do the 1967 Six-Day War.

[@joaquinisselt6554]

amazing animation

[@TimeGhost]

Thanks!

[@jamestheotherone742]

This series would be a very dangerous drinking game for every pic of a burned out Egyptian Archer ATSPG.

[@nikolasdahl5620]

thanks for a great channel! do you have any plans for the battle of Narvik ? the Norwegian ww2 historians are all about oslo and Rjukan. I come from the arctic, north of Narvik, and we have not learnt much about the ww2 history from our part of the country. thank you again for a great channel.

[@TimeGhost]

We don't cover separate battles in stand alone episodes, but you can see the coverage of the battle in our weekly episodes in World War Two: kzbin.info

[@poiuyt975]

Bulganin's statement about Israel in the Middle East seems to be quite accurate in its precidtion of the future.

[@Jodonho]

The last time a Tory PM lies to Parliament. Oh wait!

[@simonkevnorris]

At least it did not involve a dead pig's head.

[@jollygoodyo]

If you're running a country, and you find yourself in trouble, if you can afford it and if you can find them... You should call.. The Soviet Union!

[@RedLogicYT]

2 entire countries getting ego checked

[@Dirtzoo]

I enjoyed this series. I am wondering how Indy and crew managed to do all these. I would give them money if i could but i disable veteran on pension and always short every month as it is. Good work Indy and crew!

[@TimeGhost]

Thanks

[@beachboy0505]

What if: If Eden pressed on with the attack and captured the whole of the Suez, then wouldn't have Britain controlled all the oil supplies of the Middle East? Wasn't that the rationale he used? Churchill was made of steel while Eden was made of brass.

[@davestevens6283]

Churchill saw over a world war - leadership and personal quality aside, you get a lot more leeway and less scrutiny from parliament during that type of war than a local conflict that has other solutions than complete surrender. As soon as the war was over - the public wanted someone else for the reconstruction. And The US and USSR had their own oil production and could also use their leverages over both suppliers and clients of middle east oil to make good on the supplies for everyone else while avoiding the canal itself, if they really wanted to, giving everyone both the excuse and confidence to bring out their disapproval of the war.

[@ihatecabbage7270]

Are you sure other middle east country will side with USA after their allies British, French and Israel just invaded and occupy a middle eastern country? SURE, WHY NOT? The middle east sure going to love Europeans after this. Hope you can get any kind of support, oh wait, you can by installing puppets and dictators that killed millions more.

[@pnutz_2]

5:13 the guy looks like russian colonel sanders

[@TullyBascombe]

IIRC there were combat helicopter operations during the Korean War, including the insertion of an American force onto a hill behind North Korean front lines sufficiently strong enough to threaten the North Korean line.

[@blathermore]

Born in 1947 I want to say that my generation owes deep thanks, and possibly our lives, to Dag Hammarskjold and his colleagues who were so decent and smart they rose above the power elite of the UN, The UN most know now...political and manipulated...had a heroic Secretary General when the world sorely needed one.

[@elmersbalm5219]

Lovely as always. It is interesting though that the civilian deaths and army casualties defending Egypt are barely mentioned here but the cold war constraints of the Hungarian uprising is, rightly, well documented. This was an outright imperialist invasion but the casualties are just a side note.

[@TimeGhost]

We have one more episode to go. The casualty figures are discussed in that.

[@elmersbalm5219]

@@TimeGhost thanks for the reply

[@10fanatic1]

I'd like to see a series on central america during the cold war. I only recently learned about the US involvement in the Salvadorian civil war and I think there is a lot of material that could be better known

[@zombiegameruk]

Imagine fuckin up so bad that you make the Soviet's and the USA actually have a possibility of working together 🙈🙈

[@18roselover]

Why was there no condemnation of the USSR and its allies by the UN, for slaughtering so many hungarian citizens. Why didnt the un send 3 rd party peacekeepers to hungary ???

[@samuelgordino]

Permanent security council members, like Soviet Union, have veto powers.

[@yksisolttu]

@@samuelgordino So do the British and the French

[@LuisAldamiz]

@@yksisolttu - Do you know what "veto" means? It means the ability to block any resolution. The only time the UNSC could ignore the USSR was in the Corea War because the USSR was boycotting the UN altogether (because the UN did not recognize PR China as the true China, with veto power in the UNSC, but Taiwan instead). It might have given some legitimacy to the US intervention against North Korea but it almost killed the UN altogether.

[@joluoto]

Because the USSR was a super power. They tend to get away with things.

[@jonyprepperisrael60]

6:02 forshadowing

[@El_Presidente_5337]

10:14 He does remind me of Neville Chamberlai

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

Heck no

[@markange]

Please KZbin Ned Beatty's speech in Network. It explains everything about the "Cold War".

[@jovanweismiller7114]

Indy, I'm old enough to remember the crisis and every time you mispronounced Dag Hammarskjöld's name, I winced. There is no hard 'k' in the name. It is pronounced hæmərʃʊld or HAM-ər-shuuld (in non-IPA), or at least that's how it was pronounced by TV presenter during the crisis and when he died in an airplane crash in Northern Rhodesia in 1961.

[@pnutz_2]

9:45 is a first of anything ever not a chaotic mess?

[@09darknorth]

it really is magnificent

[@beachboy0505]

Actually the Egyptians fought very well. They fought the Israelis to a standstill in the Sinai. They resisted two other great countries.

[@gedeon2696]

In 1956 "senator" L.B. Johnson signed the treasty for open navigation of the straits of Tiran for the USA. In 1967 after Egypt closed the straits, Israel asked "president" L.B. Johnson what the USA would do to honour the treaty ? He didn't answer! Israel then said "we'll take care of it ourselves"!

[@rocksandoil2241]

Dag Hammarskjöld - I recall it pronounced slightly differently from you. Was it incorrect with the last syllable as "shuuld" not "Kold"?

[@LuisAldamiz]

It's clearly "kyœld", some languages try to write as they speak more or less, unlike English.

[@BADRBOY]

Well I guess Jules Yusuf Jamal won't be mentioned. He Kamikazed himself in a French battleship on November 4 1956 and since we're past that in November 6 I guess it's over,how unfortunate

[@TheIfifi]

Indiviuals actions. Even heroics ones... are lost in the enormity of a war.... especially in a 12 minute episodes.

[@BADRBOY]

@@TheIfifi I know but it's kinda is important considering it fueld Arab propaganda. Many people try to disprove the event or say it never happened but hey Wikipedia got a lot of things wrong about a lot of Arab conflicts soooooo yeah I don't think a fictional guy would get the highest award of the orthodox church and Syria and Egypt

[@ItsLofty101]

RIP that hero along with the other heroes that sacrificed themselves for the country. ;-;

[@oldesertguy9616]

Allegedly the story was a legend, not an actual event. Which ship did he sink?

[@BADRBOY]

@@oldesertguy9616 I've found a lot of names flying around,some saying it's the Jean D'arc of Jean Barte but tbh I think there was a Jules Jamal who did sacrifice himself because later down the line the PLO would pull a similar type of operations in 1974 but in the end the truth might be lost to a propaganda war between 2 sides with Israel and It's allies and supporters calling it to be a legend so no people do that against them (which in retrospect failed looking at the 70s-80s-90s) and Egypt/Syria says it did happen but I believe he wasn't fictional because a fictional guy would not get an award from a church. Btw I don't trust neither Arab or English Wikipedia because I found out that English Wikipedia can be very inaccurate even spreading misinformation at times while the Arab Wikipedia is written in a more poetic style and there was always a propaganda war going on against Pan-Arabism so of course they'd say "there was a guy but he and his colleagues died after retreating when they couldn't sink any French ships and then British fighters shased the boats and sank them" that's what it says but also if that was the case than it's an important thing to mention that there was also fighting against the European ships even if it didn't work.