Suez Canal Crisis Israel Military
CSM Shahzad Khan Totakhil
United States Army Sergeants Major Academy
Class 66
CO1 Martin / Mr. Santiago 10 May 2016 1956 Suez Canal Crisis: Israel Military
The Born of Suez Canal
The 1869 Suez Canal plan started as a cooperation between the French and the Egyptian Government (History.com, 1869). In 1854, French Diplomat, Ferdinal de Lesseps, succeeded to persuade the Viceroy of Egypt, Mohamed Said, into the creation of the canal through the desert between Africa and Asia. Due to this geographical change, the canal created the shortest link between the Mediterranean Ocean and the Indian Ocean. This theoretically and strategically became an important exchange route for merchant ships travel between Europe to Middle East and Asian. Surprisingly, in 1875, due to financial difficulties, Egyptian Ruler sold off his shares of the company to the GB Government. This strategic shift resulted to a power imbalance of allowing the British and French association to have the main control of the canal operations (Milner, 2011). …show more content…
resolution brokered by the U.S. and the Soviet Union called for an end to hostilities. As a result of United Nations Security Council “Resolution 340” most of the heavy fighting on the Egyptian front ended on October 26. Although the military campaign was successful, the outcome of the crisis created negative impact on Israel status in both its stand of economics and military powers. The international communities condemned the coalition military actions. The outcome of the crisis clearly demonstrated the limited ability of the combined military powers, which deemed incomparable to the then two super powers of United States and the Soviet Union. Most crucially, Israel military campaign in the Suez Crisis was a failed strategy by help of their ally forces. Clearly, Israel military campaign in the Suez Canal crisis did not achieved a strong political case in winning the battles at the Suez
CSM Shahzad Khan Totakhil
United States Army Sergeants Major Academy
Class 66
CO1 Martin / Mr. Santiago 10 May 2016 1956 Suez Canal Crisis: Israel Military
The Born of Suez Canal
The 1869 Suez Canal plan started as a cooperation between the French and the Egyptian Government (History.com, 1869). In 1854, French Diplomat, Ferdinal de Lesseps, succeeded to persuade the Viceroy of Egypt, Mohamed Said, into the creation of the canal through the desert between Africa and Asia. Due to this geographical change, the canal created the shortest link between the Mediterranean Ocean and the Indian Ocean. This theoretically and strategically became an important exchange route for merchant ships travel between Europe to Middle East and Asian. Surprisingly, in 1875, due to financial difficulties, Egyptian Ruler sold off his shares of the company to the GB Government. This strategic shift resulted to a power imbalance of allowing the British and French association to have the main control of the canal operations (Milner, 2011). …show more content…
resolution brokered by the U.S. and the Soviet Union called for an end to hostilities. As a result of United Nations Security Council “Resolution 340” most of the heavy fighting on the Egyptian front ended on October 26. Although the military campaign was successful, the outcome of the crisis created negative impact on Israel status in both its stand of economics and military powers. The international communities condemned the coalition military actions. The outcome of the crisis clearly demonstrated the limited ability of the combined military powers, which deemed incomparable to the then two super powers of United States and the Soviet Union. Most crucially, Israel military campaign in the Suez Crisis was a failed strategy by help of their ally forces. Clearly, Israel military campaign in the Suez Canal crisis did not achieved a strong political case in winning the battles at the Suez