Anthony Eden and the Suez Crisis

when was anthony eden prime minister?

6th april 1955- 9th jan 1957

who was the president of egypt?

gamal abdul nasser

when did gamal abdul nasser nationalise the suez canal?

26th july 1956

how much of western europe’s oil supplies went through the canal?

2/3 or 60 mil tonnes on 15,000 ship a year, one third of them being british

how much canal shipping belonged to nato countries?

3/4

why was the canal of lesser economic importance to america?

only 15% of oil supplies came through it

when did france and britain invade egypt?

5th november 1956

when did un troops evacuate british and french troops?

22nd november 1956

what did eisenhower do?

threaten to collapse value of £ by selling reserves

when was the ‘law not war’ rally?

4th nov 1956 at trafalgar square

what did nye bevan claim at the rally?

‘sit anthony eden has been pretending that he is now invading egypt to strengthen the UN. every burglar ofc could say the same thing’

how many were present at the rally?

20,000

when did india gain independence?

15th august 1947

when did libeya gain independence?

24th december 1951

when did sudan gain independence?

1st jan 1956

what was the event described as?

‘britain’s waterloo’

when did britain win the battle of waterloo?

18th june 1815 against napoleon bonaparte

what did thatcher later claim about the event?

‘went from believing that britain could do anything to an almost narcotic belief that britain could do nothing’

where did eden travel on holiday?

oracabessa bay in jamaica

when did eden return from oracabessa bay?

14th december 1956

when did eden resign?

9th jan 1957

who threatened to resign if a ceasefire was not called?

chancellor of the exchequer, harold macmillan

which cabinet members worked to remove eden from office?

macmillan and rab butler