Tripartite Aggression

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Tripartite Aggression is another name for the 1956 Suez Crisis, a conflict in which Israel, the United Kingdom, and France jointly attacked Egypt following its nationalization of the Suez Canal.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf international crisis
military conflict
war
aim to regain Western control of the Suez Canal
to remove Gamal Abdel Nasser from power
to secure Israeli shipping routes through the Straits of Tiran
cause nationalization of the Suez Canal by Egypt
endDate 1957-03-00
hasAlias Second Arab–Israeli War
Suez Crisis
hasCommander Anthony Eden
David Ben-Gurion
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Guy Mollet
hasConsequence creation of the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF)
decline of British and French influence in the Middle East
strengthening of Nasser’s prestige in the Arab world
temporary closure of the Suez Canal
hasParticipant Egypt
France
Israel
United Kingdom
hasSecretAgreement Protocol of Sèvres
involvedOrganization British Armed Forces
Egyptian Armed Forces
French Armed Forces
Israel Defense Forces
location Egypt
Sinai Peninsula
Suez Canal
opponentOf Gamal Abdel Nasser government
opposedBy Soviet Union
United Nations
United States
partOf Cold War
primaryTheater Anglo-French bombing of Egyptian targets
Sinai campaign
relatedTo Arab–Israeli conflict
decolonization of the Middle East
result deployment of United Nations Emergency Force in Sinai
military victory for Israel, United Kingdom, and France
political victory for Egypt
reopening of the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping
withdrawal of invading forces from Egypt
startDate 1956-10-29
triggeredBy Egyptian nationalization of the Suez Canal Company on 1956-07-26

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Suez Crisis
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