1956 Suez Crisis: A global power struggle for one of the most contested regions in the world involving every major superpower and massively high stakes. 2021 Suez Crisis: THIS BOAT GOT STUCK.
U.S: I can't believe you guy would invade Sinai like that... U.K and France: I suppose it was a pretty aggressive thing to do to the Egyptians... U.S: .... without meeeee!
@LUNAR BLOODDROP thank god we are low on oil in Egypt oil been good to the gulf Arabs like saudi arabia or UAE are rich as hell but any other Arab nation outside the gulf with oil like libya or iraq it was a curse
1:30 "Damnit France and Britain how could invade the Sinai like that?" "We're sorry, we didn't think that you'd be so upset about us intervening in foreign affairs like that." "What? No, I'm just mad you didn't talk to me about it first."
"can no long pursue his own foreign policy without the consent of USA"... It must have been humiliating for the britsh.... (Edit: thanks for all the likes! 🙂)
For most historians this was the event that, at least symbolically, marked the end of the British Empire and of Britain as a Global super power; after this crisis, the world was all centered around the Soviet Union and the USA for the decades that followed
@@Antarius1999 siege?? You mean seat? Yes France has a seat in the security council. Yes France has nukes, and so do the other security council members. Nukes don't make a country a superpower alone.
Random Ashe You are delusional if you think the US needs UK approval for anything. If Uk didn’t withdraw from Suez it would have been relegated to the third world country as it’s economy was hugely tied to US aid. We saved the UK in both World Wars with Finacial and Military aid which ChurChill knelt and begged Roosevelt
@@jasonjason6525 The US cannot do anything without the support of its NATO partners, of which the UK is one of its major ones. Also, who the hell is Chur Chill?
In Canada, this is most known for the fact that our PM of the day, Lester B. Pearson, was the lead negotiator on the treaty, which earned him a Nobel Peace Prize.
@Mark Temperley he didn't steal it. It was the Brits and the Americans that decided neglect the Egyptians. So he rightfully took what was inside his country
We need more information on wars in Africa, i feel they don't get enough recognition. Especially Angolan,Ogaden, and Rhodesian war. Edit: (And Congo war)
@@ahmadalnakeeb4438 hahaha Patriotic how if Britain and France succeeded in their plan now we Egyptians would again become their slaves in our own land
For the first time in the 20th century, Britian and France could no longer act with impunity. The embarrassment that must have caused among the upper crust, government and military officials and officers of these two countries, it can't be overstated.
Nah. That's not the worst. If you want to talk about humiliating failure, the "Mexican Expedition" in the late 19th century is ten times worst. The French backing some Austrian Hasburg prince (who knows why ? Marie-Antoinette ?), to take the throne of Mexico. Ended in a (total) disaster ! Also an honorable mention : the US running away 2 years ago from Kabul, chased down by goatkeepers.
@@goofygrandlouis6296 Eh, 20 years of making them living live in caves. There was ample notice and a set timeframe we told them. This "running" narrative would have to be defeated by prolonging the 20 year stay. One of biden's best things was sticking to trump's withdrawal plan and ripping off the bandaid. Let everyone bitch and moan about it, but at least we are finally done.
@@AureliusLaurentius1099 I find that very hard to believe Eisenhower would leave NATO if the UK and France did not stop their attacks in Egypt. Would he have supported economic sanctions against France and Great Britain? yes but that man was no fool when it came to foreign policy.
Don I'd agree with you 3 minutes is barely anoigh to get my attention, maybe 5-6 is ok since it leaves some more room the depth that we essentially came to the 10-minute channel for, and even though 10 is too long, 3 is too short Edit: too long for producing purposes 3 is too short for attention purposes
My Grandad was a paratrooper who fought in this conflict. He never talked about it much and sadly died recently from covid, so there’s a lot I’ll never know. Thank you for making this video to honour the legacy of all those involved and teach people about this forgotten invasion.
Either I am misunderstanding something or you completely missed the point of the video. If your grandad was one of the invaders he was one of the bad guys. He may have been lied to in order to get him to go off to war for the sake of colonialism, but nevertheless he was on the side of the baddies.
One of the most important and long-lasting, yet lesser-known consequences of the war was Israel’s acquisition of nuclear weapons, as Israel’s participation in the war was a crucial factor in France decision to assist Israel in building up its nuclear weapons programme.
That is simply not true. Israel has had very good diplomatic ties with france (and the UK) since it's inception. France was one of their main arm suppliers. Besides, the french were known in assisting nuclear programs arond the world, including even iraq's in the 80s. It was profitable for them.
@@jonathan13co What I wrote is absolutely true. Israel for example has excellent diplomatic relations with say the USA, but the USA would never share nuclear weapons secrets with Israel (in fact, president Kennedy was adamant that Israel cease all nuclear weapons development and were it not for his assassination, Israel and the USA would have run into a major confrontation over Israel’s nuclear programme). The intense level of cooeration between France and Israel with respect to the development of nuclear weapons in the 1950s and early 60s rises far higher than what most countries with good diplomatic relations would be willing to share with each other. Once small example of this is that Israeli scientists were the only foreign nationals who were allowed to roam freely at Marcoule. Anyway, Israel’s cooperation with France during the Suez Crisis was one of the things which facilitated the two countries’ cooperation in the nuclear weapons development field rising to the level it did.
@@MaxPower-11 actually im pretty sure that israeli scientists helped france build their nuclear weapons, but after some testing france just kicking them from the project cuz they didnt need their help anymore...
@@jonathan13co You do aware to the fact that the UK heavily assisted the armies of the Arab countries during the first Arab-Israeli, war, right? The Jordanian army was literally led mainly by British officers, the RAF conducted almost daily reconnaissance missions against Israel. Israel shot down RAF planes that were about to attack Israel directly. The relations were very hostile and there was even a direct confrontation. And for being honest, why the heck would Britain ever perfer the interests of some 600,000 people, most of whom poor refugees in a very poor and small country with no resources, on the expense of good relations with many strong and large countries containing hundreds of millions of people, massive land areas and plenty of resources (Obviously oil one of the most important)? The answer? They never did. Not to mention that the Jews literally fought the British for decades for them to leave, and hundreds of thousands of refugees were at the time held hostage by the British internment camps (mainly in Cyprus). Don't forget that Israel was socialist and the only actual assistance it received at the time (aside from Jews world-wide), was a small arm delivery from Czechoslovakia (which of course was a Soviet puppet-state). You can even open Google and simply search "Arab-Israeli war" ot "UK-Israel historical relations" to see how incredibly wrong what you wrote is.
@@MaxPower-11 The relations between Israel and the US were always bad to hostile until the late 60's. The US literally embargoed Israel, and Israel was a Socialist state. Being a socialist state during the Cold war of course, pretty much grantees bad to very hostile relations with the US.
Well, a PKF is hardly a military force, but they are observers. Like a referee during a sport match. When the war becomes hot again, a PKF need to get the hell out of there. Many PKF missions have demonstrated that. The most brutal example was the slaughter of Sebrenica, Bosnia. Dutch UN troops were tasked of guarding Sebrenica, which was an UN declared safe heaven. The Dutch soldier had only 30 rounds of ammo, a few machineguns and no anti tank misseles. The Serbs attacked with tanks and slaughter 8000 muslim men.
@@YourLocalMairaaboo Not empty. That's just eastern Europe. Especially the balkans. I've met many many individuals from those countries. Western morals are irrelevant to them. Their ethnic hatreds are so prominent if you get some groups of them all and put them in a video game you'll be amazed the kinds of things they start saying to each other. If they were the superpowers of the world then war would be a lot more common.
I've become addicted to these videos. Amazing, love the simply but superb cartoons and the voice over is clear plus dry humour is a bonus. This channel does what your history teacher could never do = Make history fun!
Miss the 10-Minute Videos to be honest. They always felt really high quality and the detail along side the humour always made me enjoy them whereas the short videos always feel like they end before they can really begin so to speak. Would love if you posted some more of the 10-minute videos?
That plan between Britain, France, and Israel was like something you would see in the Flintstones, like a plan Fred comes up with but Wilma finds out about it and shuts it down
I had to pause the video and finish laughing, after I saw that one of the UN peacekeepers had "DEUX" on his helmet. Gold. I've seen the occupation on old maps, and heard about the nationalization of the canal, I had no idea they were all the same thing, nor that it was an international political scandal... I'm so glad i found this one!
@@CutieZalbu no. first get your fact correct. 1. she is not the queen , she is the PM 2.she got nobel peace prize for being able to esatblised 1st democratic goverment after years of military rule. 3. the genocide happened afterwards over a small minority . near to bangladesh-India , which is wrong yup. but its different it happened after.
Britain, Israel, and France: conspire to take over the Suez Canal U.S. and Soviet Union: "We don't usually work together, but we're willing to make an exception for you."
Thank you for posting this I am half American and half Egyptian I have never lived in Egypt and I am still learning Arabic, but the other day I watched an Egyptian film about President Gamal Abdel Nasser with my father my dad is Egyptian, and I knew nothing about the history or the Nationalization of the Suez canal and was very confused by the film now after watching this video, the film makes more sense to me now and I have a better understanding of the history.
A few years later Usa Britain please help us in Vietnam Britain no f@@k off we remember what you did a few years ago Usa cry’s and loses the war because Britain told them to f@@k off them America realised next time mind your own business and that’s actually what they did
UN... DEUX Hahahahahahahahah, I love the hidden humour of your videos, but they are also always informative, thanks for putting the time into making them!
@@bartholomewdan On the contrary, I think it aged _wonderfully._ That said, I was referring to an actual series of ships that were stuck in the canal when Egypt shut it down.
Noticed how it’s called “Suez Crisis” and not “Suez War” since Western Powers downplayed this war to make it less significant in the public eye, even though at least 4 countries were involved (UK, France, Israel vs Egypt) with around 4000 people fought and died ending in Egypt victory. Just because Egypt wanted to nationalize the Suez Canal from former colonial powers.
Israel agreed to fight because Egypt funded terror cells, closed the straights of Tiran and closed the suez for Israel, so Israel did have a solid reason to attack, Britain and France though..
Britain should have gotten the hint that they had gone too far when their most loyal allies like Canada, Australia and NZ all refused to support them for the first time ever.
That makes no sense. They all shared the same monarch. How can the king of Canada disagree with the king of Britain when they are both the same person?
@@TheResistance-ye8bh These decisions are made by the Parliaments of each country, not the monarch (who, BTW was Queen Elizabeth II at the time). The Parliaments of the UK, Canada, Australia, NZ and South Africa were all independent of one another (and still are)
@@davidreichert9392 I know it was Queen Elizabeth II. I'm Egyptian. I also know that their politics are independent. However, the power to wage war is held only by the monarch alone. The parliament cannot wage war without the monarch's approval. The monarch can wage war without anyone's approval. Does this not apply to "peace-keeping operations" like what the Suez Crisis supposedly was?
just to add to this , the sues canal was digged by hand of egyptians Only . british and french have join hands with ottoman ruler and FORCED labor of Egyptians in the suez canal , many egyptians have died digging it from diseases malnutrition and over working , the audacity of europeans to fight for something that not rightfully theirs is so disgusting.
No, it's the 4th republic, they went back to fetishising napoleon, althought, 2 years later, the portait of de gaulle will be back ( along with the real one)
One thing about the map - Gaza was part of Egypt until the six days war (1967), and Egypt gave its claim on it only with the Israel-Egypt peace treaty (1979).
It’s funny and sad at the same time. Israel and Egypt spent years fighting over Gaza. And for the last thirty or forty years, they’ve each been doing their utmost to have the other handle it. Neither of them knows what to do about the almost 2 million Palestinians there. “Yours. No yours. Please take it back. Nope, you took it, you keep it”…
Attie Pollard wasn’t really the British people it was more of the fact they couldn’t compete with the USSR and the USA and they dramatically lost influence and power due to the power shift same happened to France but a lot worse due to the embarrassment of losing to the Germans
@@chalkomaniac4000 VectorImage you forget after world War II they did vote in the Atlee government. There was a sense of we got to think about home now and not foreign policy. why do you think they start nationalizing everything and started to spend a lot on welfare programs. There wasn't even a hunger for foreign conflict under the Eden / MacMillan government.
The Suez Crisis honestly was a shifting point in history. It was that crisis that in my opinion officially ended European Imperalism and opened the doors for a more global share of power
The Coen Brothers making a movie about this event would be golden. Like a sequel to Burn After Reading. You could even have Jk Simmons be Einsehauer giving a Whiplash level rant to Guy Mollet and that other dude after the story broke
Could have added that the result of the Suez crisis really cemented the fact that France needed its own nuclear arsenal, which became true 4 years later, under the influence of De Gaulle who thought that is was simply a necessary condition to a foreign policy independent of that from the US.
Nasser was a madlad. He gambled his country independence in a highly risky move. I guess he had amazing diplomatic foresight upon betting that both cold wars super powers would bail egypt out.
it wasn't egyptians, egyptians were third world country, if britain and france had more support, for literally defending their own property, invaded by a foreign leader
@@thealgeriantank2587 i'm not crying, you are with your cries of help for "racism, colonialsm" you think that hurt me, i don't give a shit, i'm someone bad, i enjoy seeing pzopzl inferiority and i love greatness, and a inferior nation like egypt taking what belong to a great nation, is for oitraging, you should all be glad, that UN was invented or that ww2 happened, because you would be smashed you could say goodbye to your independance for the next 1000 thousand years
Hey, even though I'm quite confident with French numbers up to about 70, I didn't get what that was about (makes a lot of sense now, as the average Frenchperson wouldn't know what UN is except for 1 either). So, merci de l'expliquer.
@@theperson8487 The US actually did at the time since at the time the US made up more than 30% of the global economy and had a huge influence on NATO finances, particularly European ones. As they were rebuilding, they wouldn't want to anger the US.
@@theperson8487 The US actually did at the time since at the time the US made up more than 30% of the global economy and had a huge influence on NATO finances, particularly European ones. As they were rebuilding, they wouldn't want to anger the US.
@@PlayerBRUV See, they may have had the influence to threaten their economies, but NATO isn’t a US-led dictatorship. The US has absolutely no authority to overrule members like the UK or France. These are all sovereign nations. Plus, even if they did have the authority to do so, NATO would be weak without France and Britain.
@@theperson8487 lol US IS NATO with the weak European militaries after WW2 being scared of soviets invading them they needed the US military which is why US probably has a base in your country still today
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The “UN/Deux” helmets was a nice touch
Hilarious
I needed a moment, but then I laughed out loud.
I rolled my eyes so hard at that that they fell out of my face.
what
It was really well done
Reasons I love this channel:
1. short but informative history
2. visual comedy GOLD
I can’t stop laughing when he talks about the death of someone for example said person caught a case of the dead
@@shadowhunter2275 One of my favourites: “...because the next year he found himself slightly dead”...
@@SvenElven one of my favorites is “he continued the long line of English monarchs and died”
This channel is informative and gives a good chuckless
@@Akirashiro407 learned more from this channel alone than most of history I learned from school
Britain and France: *fails to control the Suez Canal*
Evergreen: “observe”
They did get control of the Suez Canal, the world was just against them
They didn't fail to control it. The Egyptians took it. For about 5 minutes.
They had to invade Sinai AND invade the cities on the western side of the canal in order to gain full control of the Suez canal- which they didn't do.
@@OffGridInvestor
You mean take control till now
1956 Suez Crisis: A global power struggle for one of the most contested regions in the world involving every major superpower and massively high stakes.
2021 Suez Crisis: THIS BOAT GOT STUCK.
(Banner Hulk) This is peace of our time
What are you doing step-boat?
Cant make Cant make it the ships's stuck. Ship stuck !!! Ship stuck !!!
@@anubhavpal5782 Lmao
Britain and France: *send in troops to help free the Evergreen cargo ship*
Everyone else: “Hmm…”
You know you screwed up royal when the United States AND the Soviet Union are both mad at you.
Huh? Oh shut it Russia! You have no right to tell us-
...
You too America!
Damien Wong
US: Time to go Yom Kippur on their butts!
SU: no tanks for them!
Albania?
Not at all. They are bough two sides of the same coine. So with them or agaisnt them is the only thing they will ever agree too.
just become communist
"I swear to Marx I'll do it" comedy gold😂😂
When he says I swear in Marx i will do it you know shit is getting real
And don't you forget it
😂😂😂
Don’t forget the UN helmets, UN and Deux 😂
Since the communists are atheists, the closest thing to God for them is Karl Marx
Emre John Nebioglu the closest thing to god to the “communists” was Stallin
U.S: I can't believe you guy would invade Sinai like that...
U.K and France: I suppose it was a pretty aggressive thing to do to the Egyptians...
U.S: .... without meeeee!
No oil in egypt
@LUNAR BLOODDROP un-funny oil joke
@LUNAR BLOODDROP
thank god we are low on oil in Egypt oil been good to the gulf Arabs like saudi arabia or UAE are rich as hell but any other Arab nation outside the gulf with oil like libya or iraq it was a curse
Josh Gooderham Egypt was saved by a powerful ally. Greed.
@LUNAR BLOODDROP fuck you
US and USSR to UK and France: “The future is now, old men.”
UK and France to USSR in 1991: "These old men are still standing and your future is over"
haha
Yeah but what happens when China and India decide that the USA is an old man?
@@flastable9842 Then oh fucking well. All empires fall.
@@thirstysailor579 you might regret saying that. China is a very different beast. As is India.
1:30
"Damnit France and Britain how could invade the Sinai like that?"
"We're sorry, we didn't think that you'd be so upset about us intervening in foreign affairs like that."
"What? No, I'm just mad you didn't talk to me about it first."
Actually they did talk about it, and US said no! But the British and French still went along with it thinking the US wouldn't react.
Interestingly, Eisenhower apparently said after his presidency had ended that he regretted his decision in regards to the Suez Crisis
Originally he was afraid that Arab countries would side with the USSR over it, which is not only bad diplomatically, but also in regards to oil
@@skykid and then they did anyway
@@wholelifeahead some did, Arabia did not which is why we let them get away with being shitty to their people
You should talk about the UAR union with Syria that Nasser created
And compare it to the Jordan-Iraq cooperation? Would be even more interesting
Pan-Arabism in general, really. There were many proposed mergers, but too many conflicting interests and egos.
It was possible for Yemen to join them too.
Bordergore, yay!
@@AndrewVasirov And it caused a civil war.
Hai Avery lopez
"can no long pursue his own foreign policy without the consent of USA"... It must have been humiliating for the britsh.... (Edit: thanks for all the likes! 🙂)
Now where have I seen thus before, or rather where will i see this in the future?
More like Ironic the Son have become the father
It's one of the reasons a lot of brits hate the USA (Source: I'm British)
Jake F not our problem, you failed in the revolution, needed support during ww2, invade Egypt and still lose. That’s why overconfidence sucks,
@@mannyisgay8717 we didn't need support, we prevented invasion all on our own.
Nasser has been reincarnated as a cargo vessel it seems
Best anime of 2021: "That time I got reincarnated as a vessel"
Jokes aside, i think he was overall a gr8 leader.
Nah the ship was a baathist
@@direconsequences5760 i dont think he was all that good but weve certainly had worse
@@Gary-Eng yeah
For most historians this was the event that, at least symbolically, marked the end of the British Empire and of Britain as a Global super power; after this crisis, the world was all centered around the Soviet Union and the USA for the decades that followed
He left out Britain’s post Suez hissy fit.
Same for France. After this crisis both France and Britain could be described as middle powers and no more as super powers.
@@freewal Well... France lost its super power status after the Germans goose stepped into Paris.
@@black10872 Who has nuclear weapons and siege in security council ?
@@Antarius1999 siege?? You mean seat? Yes France has a seat in the security council. Yes France has nukes, and so do the other security council members. Nukes don't make a country a superpower alone.
1956 is when it became final that Britain was no longer a superpower, leaving only the US and Soviets.
It's not really that. It's more that 1956 is when it no longer became acceptable to just invade people for no reason.
@@arandombard1197
Unless you're the US or USSR
@@steelbear2063 The US still needs approval from other countries to invade. It made sure to have the UK's backing when it invaded Iraq.
Random Ashe You are delusional if you think the US needs UK approval for anything. If Uk didn’t withdraw from Suez it would have been relegated to the third world country as it’s economy was hugely tied to US aid. We saved the UK in both World Wars with Finacial and Military aid which ChurChill knelt and begged Roosevelt
@@jasonjason6525 The US cannot do anything without the support of its NATO partners, of which the UK is one of its major ones. Also, who the hell is Chur Chill?
In Canada, this is most known for the fact that our PM of the day, Lester B. Pearson, was the lead negotiator on the treaty, which earned him a Nobel Peace Prize.
Doogie2K He wasn’t prime minister yet, rather minister of foreign affairs under Louis Saint-Laurent
Fun fact: the airport in my hometown of Toronto is named after pearson
@@12345676571 Yes, I got that fact mixed up. Pearson wasn't PM until the 1960s. Thanks for the correction.
For promoting border gore? By his logic we should bring back the HRE
@Mark Temperley he didn't steal it. It was the Brits and the Americans that decided neglect the Egyptians. So he rightfully took what was inside his country
This is an evergreen topic, it’ll never become irrelevant.
😂
i see what you did there
That's true. Look at all the drama it has Ever Given us
noice pun pog
We need more information on wars in Africa, i feel they don't get enough recognition. Especially Angolan,Ogaden, and Rhodesian war. Edit: (And Congo war)
I'd really like a video on Rhodesia. That whole mess confuses me.
or the bush war
I did make a history video about egyptian ottoman war against saudi state in 1812-18. And the origins of saudi arabia.
@@merrittanimation7721 no, it would be descended on by white supremacists
Absolutely. Angola, Congo, SA, Rhodesia.
Tito-Nasser-Nehru.. please make a video about Non-Aligned Movement.
And Soekarno. Dont forget about us Indonesians (regardless of my opinions on the guy)
And Juan Perón
Argentina with Perón
what was the NA Movement?
@@demiRaziel and Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana.
I am a prep (middle) school student in egypt and we have that story this year.
Great to get more info covered
Easter bunny
It's good to learn history from many sources. This stops lots of patriotic stories in our history.
Yasta
@@ahmadalnakeeb4438 i hope westerners do the same thing
@@appleslover normally most of them don't, sadly
@@ahmadalnakeeb4438 hahaha Patriotic how if Britain and France succeeded in their plan now we Egyptians would again become their slaves in our own land
For the first time in the 20th century, Britian and France could no longer act with impunity. The embarrassment that must have caused among the upper crust, government and military officials and officers of these two countries, it can't be overstated.
Because USA take the lead for that
@@revertnicolas5977 USA takes the lead. But also they weren't in a position to oppose the Soviets without the USA.
Nah. That's not the worst.
If you want to talk about humiliating failure, the "Mexican Expedition" in the late 19th century is ten times worst.
The French backing some Austrian Hasburg prince (who knows why ? Marie-Antoinette ?), to take the throne of Mexico. Ended in a (total) disaster !
Also an honorable mention : the US running away 2 years ago from Kabul, chased down by goatkeepers.
@@goofygrandlouis6296 No, that's just sad. So many Mexicans were killed needlessly.
I'm not aware of the Kabul retreat
@@goofygrandlouis6296 Eh, 20 years of making them living live in caves. There was ample notice and a set timeframe we told them. This "running" narrative would have to be defeated by prolonging the 20 year stay. One of biden's best things was sticking to trump's withdrawal plan and ripping off the bandaid. Let everyone bitch and moan about it, but at least we are finally done.
It would definitely be interesting if UK and France left NATO as a form of protest for not being able to form their own foreign policy.
If I'm the British I probably would have Force Eisenhower's hand and kicking the UK out of NATO. Eisenhower probably would have not done it.
Attie Pollard
Then Eisenhower would have crashed the British Pound
France actually left NATO central command later on thouh
@@AureliusLaurentius1099 I find that very hard to believe Eisenhower would leave NATO if the UK and France did not stop their attacks in Egypt. Would he have supported economic sanctions against France and Great Britain? yes but that man was no fool when it came to foreign policy.
King Henry VIII Tudor yes because he would crash his 2 strongest allies economies when war seemed inevitable hahaha it was an empty threat he made.
France leaved NATO in 1966, after becoming a nuclear power.
Would you consider going back to 10 minutes for some topics? The added depth was really interesting and never felt stretched.
Don I'd agree with you
3 minutes is barely anoigh to get my attention, maybe 5-6 is ok since it leaves some more room the depth that we essentially came to the 10-minute channel for, and even though 10 is too long, 3 is too short
Edit: too long for producing purposes
3 is too short for attention purposes
on some topics I do agree, depends on what he's trying to explain, I like em all, so non-biased
My Grandad was a paratrooper who fought in this conflict. He never talked about it much and sadly died recently from covid, so there’s a lot I’ll never know. Thank you for making this video to honour the legacy of all those involved and teach people about this forgotten invasion.
sorry about your grandad :(
F*** your grandad. An invader is not a hero
Either I am misunderstanding something or you completely missed the point of the video. If your grandad was one of the invaders he was one of the bad guys. He may have been lied to in order to get him to go off to war for the sake of colonialism, but nevertheless he was on the side of the baddies.
LOL
@@writhing_vines7986 lmao shut up redditor
Nobody:
JK Rowling: history doesn't matter
Spongebob SquarePants who?
wat?
Spongebob SquarePants
*reads comment*
“What dumbass would say that?”
*re-reads comment*
“From her, sounds about right actually.”
JK Rowling I swear to god, *STOP!*
Nobody:
JK Rowling: Nasser was actually gay
RUclips has a funny sense of humor recommending this now
This is for some reason my absolute favorite historical event
Probably cuz this was the war that like really ended the colosinzation of UK and frqnce
One of the most important and long-lasting, yet lesser-known consequences of the war was Israel’s acquisition of nuclear weapons, as Israel’s participation in the war was a crucial factor in France decision to assist Israel in building up its nuclear weapons programme.
That is simply not true. Israel has had very good diplomatic ties with france (and the UK) since it's inception. France was one of their main arm suppliers. Besides, the french were known in assisting nuclear programs arond the world, including even iraq's in the 80s. It was profitable for them.
@@jonathan13co What I wrote is absolutely true. Israel for example has excellent diplomatic relations with say the USA, but the USA would never share nuclear weapons secrets with Israel (in fact, president Kennedy was adamant that Israel cease all nuclear weapons development and were it not for his assassination, Israel and the USA would have run into a major confrontation over Israel’s nuclear programme). The intense level of cooeration between France and Israel with respect to the development of nuclear weapons in the 1950s and early 60s rises far higher than what most countries with good diplomatic relations would be willing to share with each other. Once small example of this is that Israeli scientists were the only foreign nationals who were allowed to roam freely at Marcoule. Anyway, Israel’s cooperation with France during the Suez Crisis was one of the things which facilitated the two countries’ cooperation in the nuclear weapons development field rising to the level it did.
@@MaxPower-11 actually im pretty sure that israeli scientists helped france build their nuclear weapons, but after some testing france just kicking them from the project cuz they didnt need their help anymore...
@@jonathan13co
You do aware to the fact that the UK heavily assisted the armies of the Arab countries during the first Arab-Israeli, war, right?
The Jordanian army was literally led mainly by British officers, the RAF conducted almost daily reconnaissance missions against Israel. Israel shot down RAF planes that were about to attack Israel directly.
The relations were very hostile and there was even a direct confrontation.
And for being honest, why the heck would Britain ever perfer the interests of some 600,000 people, most of whom poor refugees in a very poor and small country with no resources, on the expense of good relations with many strong and large countries containing hundreds of millions of people, massive land areas and plenty of resources (Obviously oil one of the most important)?
The answer? They never did.
Not to mention that the Jews literally fought the British for decades for them to leave, and hundreds of thousands of refugees were at the time held hostage by the British internment camps (mainly in Cyprus).
Don't forget that Israel was socialist and the only actual assistance it received at the time (aside from Jews world-wide), was a small arm delivery from Czechoslovakia (which of course was a Soviet puppet-state).
You can even open Google and simply search "Arab-Israeli war" ot "UK-Israel historical relations" to see how incredibly wrong what you wrote is.
@@MaxPower-11
The relations between Israel and the US were always bad to hostile until the late 60's.
The US literally embargoed Israel, and Israel was a Socialist state.
Being a socialist state during the Cold war of course, pretty much grantees bad to very hostile relations with the US.
now we have the second suez crisis
I always loved the Orwellian term "peace-keeping force."
Well, a PKF is hardly a military force, but they are observers. Like a referee during a sport match. When the war becomes hot again, a PKF need to get the hell out of there. Many PKF missions have demonstrated that. The most brutal example was the slaughter of Sebrenica, Bosnia. Dutch UN troops were tasked of guarding Sebrenica, which was an UN declared safe heaven. The Dutch soldier had only 30 rounds of ammo, a few machineguns and no anti tank misseles. The Serbs attacked with tanks and slaughter 8000 muslim men.
@@mardiffv.8775
Good
@@steelbear2063 Wow.
You have to be very empty to say "Good" when hearing about a massacre
@@YourLocalMairaaboo Agreed.
@@YourLocalMairaaboo Not empty. That's just eastern Europe. Especially the balkans. I've met many many individuals from those countries. Western morals are irrelevant to them. Their ethnic hatreds are so prominent if you get some groups of them all and put them in a video game you'll be amazed the kinds of things they start saying to each other. If they were the superpowers of the world then war would be a lot more common.
3:03 I laughed way too hard at the helmets
I've become addicted to these videos. Amazing, love the simply but superb cartoons and the voice over is clear plus dry humour is a bonus. This channel does what your history teacher could never do = Make history fun!
YOu need to go cold turkey. DOnt try to step down method, by going to the history channel.
Miss the 10-Minute Videos to be honest. They always felt really high quality and the detail along side the humour always made me enjoy them whereas the short videos always feel like they end before they can really begin so to speak. Would love if you posted some more of the 10-minute videos?
I never knew peacekeepers turned up bearing a sign that says 'calm down', so simple, yet so effective.
I am loving these small videos. They really bring to light the tiny details of history
Is that a joke?
That plan between Britain, France, and Israel was like something you would see in the Flintstones, like a plan Fred comes up with but Wilma finds out about it and shuts it down
My grandad was one of those British paratroopers. I think he broke his leg dropping in. Good video :)
Lol wtf 😂😂😂
@@jonnathan7908 what about it?
Sorry, did you mean that he dropped in using his parachute?
@@jonnathan7908 yes
Jon Nathan ???
I had to pause the video and finish laughing, after I saw that one of the UN peacekeepers had "DEUX" on his helmet. Gold.
I've seen the occupation on old maps, and heard about the nationalization of the canal, I had no idea they were all the same thing, nor that it was an international political scandal... I'm so glad i found this one!
You dropped this AMAZING video right on my birthday 🎂
Thank you and keep doing this great videos!
RUclips's algorithm is on point with randomly recommending videos from several years ago at just the right time
Anyone else just now getting this in their recommended? Funny how the algorithm works.
Yeah
Yes
Yes
1956 Suez crisis: Egypt doing pro gamer move
2021 Suez crisis: Boat gets stuck
I wish you talked about Lester B Pearson from Canada. He won a nobel peace prize for his role in this crisis, but good video anyways
Who cares about Canada
@@CutieZalbu no. first get your fact correct.
1. she is not the queen , she is the PM
2.she got nobel peace prize for being able to esatblised 1st democratic goverment after years of military rule.
3. the genocide happened afterwards over a small minority . near to bangladesh-India , which is wrong yup. but its different it happened after.
@@attiepollard7847 More people than who care about you.
Thank you for uploading and making these video's!
*"I swear to Marx I'll do it"*
*_THEN S W E A R_*
2:00
USA: you both suck
Britain, Israel, and France: conspire to take over the Suez Canal
U.S. and Soviet Union: "We don't usually work together, but we're willing to make an exception for you."
Un-Deux. Nice...
2:01 “ I swear to Marx I’ll do it”💀
Suez Crisis card is one of my favourite ones while playing twilight struggle especially playing with De Gaulle card in the same turn.
Egypt: call an ambulance call an ambulance .. BUT NOT FOR ME
Narrator: but it really was for Egypt
Will you ever do 10 Minute Long mini documentaries again or would you prefer to stick with the smaller clips?
Thank you for posting this I am half American and half Egyptian I have never lived in Egypt and I am still learning Arabic, but the other day I watched an Egyptian film about President Gamal Abdel Nasser with my father my dad is Egyptian, and I knew nothing about the history or the Nationalization of the Suez canal and was very confused by the film now after watching this video, the film makes more sense to me now and I have a better understanding of the history.
@John Citizen Cry harder
UK : "What am I to you?"
US: "My Bitch, my own personal bitch..."
A few years later
Usa Britain please help us in Vietnam
Britain no f@@k off we remember what you did a few years ago
Usa cry’s and loses the war because Britain told them to f@@k off them America realised next time mind your own business and that’s actually what they did
@@royalnavyrulebritannia5717Another Britbong triggered at US superiority. Such a beautiful sight. Cope harder
UN... DEUX
Hahahahahahahahah, I love the hidden humour of your videos, but they are also always informative, thanks for putting the time into making them!
i love how Napoleon is in the background of every shot that containing any french leader
To remind them that they had the greatest General in History
@@slavic_viking9638Napoleon: *dies*
France in 1940:
Germany: Allow me to introduce myself.
Thanks RUclips for recommending me this now
Imagine all this happening while you're _crossing the canal_ and your ship(s) end(s) up stuck in there for eight years.
This comment didn't age well...
@@bartholomewdan On the contrary, I think it aged _wonderfully._
That said, I was referring to an actual series of ships that were stuck in the canal when Egypt shut it down.
The United Nations helmets saying "UN" and "DEUX" lol
Noticed how it’s called “Suez Crisis” and not “Suez War” since Western Powers downplayed this war to make it less significant in the public eye, even though at least 4 countries were involved (UK, France, Israel vs Egypt) with around 4000 people fought and died ending in Egypt victory. Just because Egypt wanted to nationalize the Suez Canal from former colonial powers.
4,000 deaths hardly constitutes a war, more people have died in border skirmishes throughout history than this conflict
Interesting
Israel agreed to fight because Egypt funded terror cells, closed the straights of Tiran and closed the suez for Israel, so Israel did have a solid reason to attack, Britain and France though..
@@EL-oj6uq The reason Egypt did that is because Israel is an illegitimate state. Simple.
@@EL-oj6uq attacking a country because you can't make money off a canal is ludicrous.
Britain should have gotten the hint that they had gone too far when their most loyal allies like Canada, Australia and NZ all refused to support them for the first time ever.
Egypt kinda did steal what was theirs. Was invasion the right answer? Probably not.
Then they pulled the uno reverse card when it came to Vietnam.
That makes no sense. They all shared the same monarch. How can the king of Canada disagree with the king of Britain when they are both the same person?
@@TheResistance-ye8bh These decisions are made by the Parliaments of each country, not the monarch (who, BTW was Queen Elizabeth II at the time). The Parliaments of the UK, Canada, Australia, NZ and South Africa were all independent of one another (and still are)
@@davidreichert9392
I know it was Queen Elizabeth II. I'm Egyptian. I also know that their politics are independent. However, the power to wage war is held only by the monarch alone. The parliament cannot wage war without the monarch's approval. The monarch can wage war without anyone's approval.
Does this not apply to "peace-keeping operations" like what the Suez Crisis supposedly was?
just to add to this , the sues canal was digged by hand of egyptians Only .
british and french have join hands with ottoman ruler and FORCED labor of Egyptians in the suez canal , many egyptians have died digging it from diseases malnutrition and over working , the audacity of europeans to fight for something that not rightfully theirs is so disgusting.
europeans is to vague
Ottomans? How about all the egyptions taking slaves of middle eastern people as well haha. The audacity of you to think that egyptions are innocent
@@nehankaranch2149 Slavery was illegal in Egypt at the time the Suez was nationalized.
You built it in Egypt, should have thought on what to do if Egypt is no longer yours Britian
@@nehankaranch2149 you are aware that was like a 1000 year difference right
Anyone else here cause everything's gonna be out of stock for the rest of the year?
Well now the ship is freed
Are you still going to make 10 minute videos?
I think it's because incidents like these wouldn't go to ten minutes.
I'd rather have shorter videos if it means he makes more of them.
I too wish to see ten minute videos again....
*Sniffles* B-b-but h-he was just about to get to the jacobite uprising in British history
1:01 I thought Napoleon’s portrait was replaced by De Gaulle after WW2 😂😂😂
No, it's the 4th republic, they went back to fetishising napoleon, althought, 2 years later, the portait of de gaulle will be back ( along with the real one)
luc dom oh that makes sense
Thanks for the info👌
@@LD-oq9lx .
This video hits different these days
I appreciate the attention to detail whenever you depict rifles in these animations.
Can you do a battle of Vukovar, it was the biggest land battle in Europe after WW2 in the 20th century.
2:05
Ike: *'You both suck'*
*DAAAMMMNNN*
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
One thing about the map - Gaza was part of Egypt until the six days war (1967), and Egypt gave its claim on it only with the Israel-Egypt peace treaty (1979).
Yup this is constantly left out of maps for some reason, it's almost like Hamas were there since 1948 xD
Not giving them gaza was our biggest mistake
@N. Brio Da Zuera how was it not a mistake?
It’s funny and sad at the same time. Israel and Egypt spent years fighting over Gaza. And for the last thirty or forty years, they’ve each been doing their utmost to have the other handle it. Neither of them knows what to do about the almost 2 million Palestinians there. “Yours. No yours. Please take it back. Nope, you took it, you keep it”…
UK: Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the Wav-
US: Back to your rocking chair, old man!
No the US did not say that the People of the UK said no more empire
Attie Pollard wasn’t really the British people it was more of the fact they couldn’t compete with the USSR and the USA and they dramatically lost influence and power due to the power shift same happened to France but a lot worse due to the embarrassment of losing to the Germans
@@chalkomaniac4000 VectorImage you forget after world War II they did vote in the Atlee government. There was a sense of we got to think about home now and not foreign policy. why do you think they start nationalizing everything and started to spend a lot on welfare programs. There wasn't even a hunger for foreign conflict under the Eden / MacMillan government.
Attie Pollard it was thanks to Germany destroying Britain in WW2 that the empire collapsed, same to France .
@@hassanbassim4007 keep thinking Germany destroyed the British empire.
Dwight was for real like, “Anthony, I will crash your economy with no survivors.”
Could you do the War of 1812, Juno Beach, or the Dieppe Raid plz?
The Suez Crisis honestly was a shifting point in history. It was that crisis that in my opinion officially ended European Imperalism and opened the doors for a more global share of power
Anyone here after the ship got stuck?
right here with you brother
Yeaaaaa
Same
Yep
Heyyy
I reanimated the audio from this video for a school project, I just wanna say thanks bro
I love how all his videos and with but that’s a story for another time. This is why....
HISTORY MATTERS
The Coen Brothers making a movie about this event would be golden. Like a sequel to Burn After Reading. You could even have Jk Simmons be Einsehauer giving a Whiplash level rant to Guy Mollet and that other dude after the story broke
Finally, a video where nobody dies at the start.
Could have added that the result of the Suez crisis really cemented the fact that France needed its own nuclear arsenal, which became true 4 years later, under the influence of De Gaulle who thought that is was simply a necessary condition to a foreign policy independent of that from the US.
The picture of Napoleon in the background was priceless...
Haha, love how Eisenhower leans in on anthony eden with squinty eyes, breathing down his neck.
3:02 nice touch with the Un Deux
One of the reasons I like this channel, the back round jokes are awesome
Not to mention that the Egyptians already had dozens of ships sunk in the canal to block it, making the entire operation useless anyway
3:05 The UN helmets saying "UN" and "DEUX" (French for "One" and "Two") made me laugh so hard.
Such good pieces. Enlightening. Thank you!
Nasser was a madlad. He gambled his country independence in a highly risky move. I guess he had amazing diplomatic foresight upon betting that both cold wars super powers would bail egypt out.
Which was…what?
They would recommend this to me today wouldn't they-
Egypt: I wish to use my own canal for myself
Israel, France and Britain: so you have chosen death
britain built it.
@@pliat, France and Egypt did it
@@Makent1 no just egyptians
it wasn't egyptians, egyptians were third world country,
if britain and france had more support, for literally defending their own property, invaded by a foreign leader
@@thealgeriantank2587 i'm not crying, you are with your cries of help for "racism, colonialsm"
you think that hurt me, i don't give a shit, i'm someone bad, i enjoy seeing pzopzl inferiority and i love greatness, and a inferior nation like egypt taking what belong to a great nation, is for oitraging,
you should all be glad, that UN was invented or that ww2 happened, because you would be smashed
you could say goodbye to your independance for the next 1000 thousand years
Just imagine the Cold War becoming Four Sided if Britain and France did get kicked out of NATO
Harsh to assume Britain and France wouldn’t be on the same side 😂
@@XXXTENTAClON227 they would, the other side I was referring to was The Non-Allinged Movement
@@saltyredcat ohhh of course my apologies
Love the "UN" "DEUX" helmets at 3:03
When Eisenhower and Stalin are BOTH pissed at you: you done f-ed up.
3:03 nobody us gonna talk about the hat with deux
If you don't know un is 1 in french and deux is 2 in french
Hey, even though I'm quite confident with French numbers up to about 70, I didn't get what that was about (makes a lot of sense now, as the average Frenchperson wouldn't know what UN is except for 1 either). So, merci de l'expliquer.
the USA : threaten to kick France out of NATO.
Charles de Gaulle a few years later : how about yes ?
The thing is, that was a stupid threat, because the US has literally no authority to kick anyone out of NATO. It would have to be a vote.
@@theperson8487 The US actually did at the time since at the time the US made up more than 30% of the global economy and had a huge influence on NATO finances, particularly European ones. As they were rebuilding, they wouldn't want to anger the US.
@@theperson8487 The US actually did at the time since at the time the US made up more than 30% of the global economy and had a huge influence on NATO finances, particularly European ones. As they were rebuilding, they wouldn't want to anger the US.
@@PlayerBRUV See, they may have had the influence to threaten their economies, but NATO isn’t a US-led dictatorship. The US has absolutely no authority to overrule members like the UK or France. These are all sovereign nations. Plus, even if they did have the authority to do so, NATO would be weak without France and Britain.
@@theperson8487 lol US IS NATO with the weak European militaries after WW2 being scared of soviets invading them they needed the US military which is why US probably has a base in your country still today
youtube recommendations: PART 2!
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thanks for explaining in the simplest possible way
And now I am one step closer to fully understanding what "We didn't start the fire" is talking about.
Lester B. Pearson - “am I a joke to you?”
Egypt & Israel: we had to go to war to shut down the Suez canal
Panama with the ever given: haha giant ship go stuck
Nice touch including Algeria as part and parcel of France, as it was at that time.
2:10 - 2:16 : we need a sequel about this. Like how I need to know how this kind of thing can happen
Very relevant recommendation thanks RUclips