colonial policy-egypt and the suez crisis Flashcards
what contries were involved in the suez crisis
usa
ussr
br
france
egypt
israel
what did the us want to protect in egypt and how did they aim to do this
capitalism and oil
giving £70 mill in aid to build the aswan dam
what did the ussr want to do in egypt
promote communism
assist the post colonial state
what did the ussr pledge with egypt in 1955
to supply military arms in return for cotton and rice
what did france want to do in egypt
protect north african empire
re-establish dominance in international relations
what did britan want to do in egypt
maintain control over canal
overthrow nasser
maintain baghdadpact
why did israel get involved in egypt
protect from future holocausts
punish egypt for giving palestinian guerrillas a base
when was the anglo-egyptian treaty
1936
what were the terms of the anglo egyptian treaty
br allowed to keep 10,000 in canal zone and maintains control in aden and influence in cyprus and iraq
what does king farouk of egypt do in 1951
renounces the anglo egyptian treaty as he wants br to leave
when does nasser launch his sucsessfull coup
january 1952
who is eden
foreign secretary of britain
what does eden do after the coup and why
opens negotiations to get nasser on br side
what is agreed with nasser in 1953
br agrees to stage a program of sudanese independence
what does br agree with nasser in 1954
a phased withdrawal of br troops from canal zone over 20 months
what does egypt promise br in 1954
free access to canal
maintenance of former bases in occupational condition
respect the independence of the suez company
when is the badhdad pact formed
1955
who was in the baghdad pact
turkey
pakistan
iraq
br
persia
what was the purpose of the badhdad pact
to repel soviet threat in middle east
what was nasser’s responce to the baghdad pact
refused to join and pressured jordan not to join
what does nasser do in may 1956
recognise communist china going against containment
what does the ussr offer egypt in june 1956
1,120,000,000 at 2% intrest rate for the dam
what happened in egypt july 1956
us withdraws financial aid
nasser nationalised canal causing crisis
how did br and france want their plan to look
isreal attacks egypt
be and france step in
separate warring countries
br and france return the canal to their control
what was the real intentions of be and france for the attack
be and france would capture the canal
isreal would cross the sinai peninsula in a land grab
what actually happend in the crisis
br and france invade w paratroopers and airstrikes + isreal thrusts forward
what was the us responce to the crisis
put financial pressure on br to quit and threaten isreal with economic sanctions
what did bulganin (foreign secretary of ussr) do in response to the crisis
threatened to use icbm on br and isreal
what did saudi arabia do as a result of the crisis
cut back br oil supply
after the crisis what did br france and isreal do
withdraw from canal zone
isreal returned gaza strip to egyptian control
what did the un do in the crisis
put a peace keeping force to cover sinai peninsula
what was the result of the crisis for egypt
diplomatic win
how is the crisis seen for br
last fling of the empire as it was a humiliating defeat
