Going Solo, Roald Dahl's memoir of his work in East Africa and his service in the RAF, covers the buildup to World War II and his involvement in it. In the book mention is made of the Suez Canal. The Suez Canal plays a large role in the memoir as an important place when he crossed to Africa. In 1854 Ferdinand de Lesseps, a French former diplomat, persuaded the Viceroy of Egypt to permit the construction of a shipping canal, through the 100 miles of desert between Africa and Asia. A prospectus was circulated and on December 20, 1858 the Universal Company of the Suez Maritime Canal was constituted. It was officially opened in November 1869, although the Suez Canal wasn’t officially completed. Its length is 193,30 km, including its northern and southern access channels. However, the construction of this artificial waterway was expensive, it also let to a significant impact, but tempted other countries to invade it.
The construction of the Suez Canal later causes problems, allowing the British government to buy stakes owned by Egyptian in 1875. "They were the major shareholders in the Suez Canal …show more content…
"The Suez crisis was provoked by an American and British decision not to finance Egypt's construction" stated by the editors of encyclopedia Britannica. Nasser reacted to them by declaring martial law in the canal zone, predicting that the tolls collected from ships passing through the canal would pay for the construction of the canal. British and France feared that Egypt would close the canal and stop the trades. British and France held secret discussions, how to recover the use of the canal, Israel would invade Egypt and allow British and French forces to seize the Canal as an act of intervention between warring nations. However, Israel lost the battle, and the freedom of the use of the canal the same way as British and
The construction of the Suez Canal later causes problems, allowing the British government to buy stakes owned by Egyptian in 1875. "They were the major shareholders in the Suez Canal …show more content…
"The Suez crisis was provoked by an American and British decision not to finance Egypt's construction" stated by the editors of encyclopedia Britannica. Nasser reacted to them by declaring martial law in the canal zone, predicting that the tolls collected from ships passing through the canal would pay for the construction of the canal. British and France feared that Egypt would close the canal and stop the trades. British and France held secret discussions, how to recover the use of the canal, Israel would invade Egypt and allow British and French forces to seize the Canal as an act of intervention between warring nations. However, Israel lost the battle, and the freedom of the use of the canal the same way as British and