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Podcast: Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography, & More
Episode: The 1956 Suez Crisis (Encore)
Description: In 1956, one of the most important geopolitical events of the post-war period took place in Egypt.Â
The Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, one of the most important waterways in the world.
In response, a coalition of several countries tried to take it back. However, it didn’t go as planned, and it signaled a major reshuffling of the geopolitical order.Â
Learn more about the Suez Crisis and how it shaped the second half of the 20th century on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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