The Rest Is History
The Rest Is History
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718. The Suez Crisis: Britain's Shattered Empire (Part 2)
1 hour 16 minutes Posted Oct 29, 2026 at 12:05 am.
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What role did France, Russia, America and Israel play in the Suez Crisis of 1956? Did the Egyptian leader, President Gamal Abdel Nasser, respond to the foreign invasion with military force? And, how did the debacle unfold? 
Join Dominic and Tom as they embark upon the final, dramatic leg of the Suez Crisis, and explain the outcome of the scandal.   
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