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10 Facts About the Suez Crisis
« on: October 30, 2019, 12:54:19 am »
Excerpt, I did not know this history at all, I know it is a famous historic event. I will highlight one main bullet, a good synopsis about what happened.

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10 Facts About the Suez Crisis
Emma Irving   16 Jan 2019

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5. Eisenhower effectively stopped the invasion

Eisenhower pressured the IMF to withhold emergency loans to the UK unless they called off the invasion.

Faced by imminent financial collapse, on 7 November Eden surrendered to American demands and stopped the invasion – with his troops stranded half way down the canal.

The French were livid, but agreed; their troops were under British command.

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