The Suez Crisis , or the Second Arab–Israeli war , also called Name_conferral the tripartite aggression ( ) in the Arab world and Sinai War in Israel , was an invasion Attack of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel , followed Self_motion by the United Kingdom and France .

The aims Aiming were to regain Recovering Western control Control of the Suez Canal and to remove Removing Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser , who had just nationalized the canal .

On 5 November , Britain and France landed Motion paratroopers along the Suez Canal .

The Suez Canal was closed Process_end from October 1956 until March 1957 .

It was fought Hostile_encounter in the Sinai Peninsula , north of the Great Bitter Lake and just east of the Suez Canal , near an Egyptian agricultural research Research station .

Demonstrations Social_event were also reported Reporting in 18 locations across Cairo and in other different locations across the country including Alexandria , El-Mahalla and cities in the Suez Canal region .

In protest Protest of Morsi 's overthrow Change_of_leadership , his supporters staged large demonstrations Protest in the Nasr City district of Cairo , and in Alexandria , Luxor , Damanhour , and Suez .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Romani was the last ground attack Attack of the Central Powers on the Suez Canal at the beginning Process_start of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign during the First World War Hostile_encounter .

The battle Hostile_encounter was fought Hostile_encounter between 3 and 5 August 1916 near the Egyptian town of Romani and the site of ancient Pelusium on the Sinai Peninsula , east of the Suez Canal .

This victory Getting by the 52nd ( Lowland ) Division and the Anzac Mounted Division of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force ( EEF ) over a joint Collaboration Ottoman and German force Military_operation , which had marched Self_motion across the Sinai , marked Recording the end Process_end of the Defence of the Suez Canal campaign , also known as the `` Offensive zur Eroberung des Suezkanals '' and the `` İkinci Kanal Harekâtı '' , which had begun Process_start on 26 January 1915 .

This British Empire victory Getting , the first against the Ottoman Empire in the war , ensured Preventing_or_letting the safety of the Suez Canal from ground attacks Attack and ended Process_end the Central Powers ' plans Arranging to disrupt traffic through the canal by gaining Getting control Control of the strategically important northern approaches to it .

Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser believed Know that only military initiative would compel Convincing Israel or the international community to facilitate Preventing_or_letting a full Israeli withdrawal Escaping from Sinai , and hostilities soon resumed Process_start along the Suez Canal .

On March 8 , 1969 , Nasser proclaimed Statement the official launch of the War of Attrition , characterized Statement by large-scale shelling Attack along the Suez Canal , extensive aerial warfare Hostile_encounter and commando raids Attack .

During the following three months the defeated Conquering force retired Departing further eastwards to El Arish , while the captured Conquering territory stretching Expansion from the Suez Canal was consolidated Cause_change_of_strength and garrisoned Defending by the EEF .

The Rafah massacre occurred Coming_to_be on November 12 , 1956 , during Israel 's occupation of the Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Protectorate following the Suez Crisis .

Operation Military_operation `` Badr ( ; `` ʻAmaliyat Badr '' ) or Plan `` Badr ( خطة بدر ; `` Khitat Badr '' ) was the code name for the Egyptian military operation to cross Motion_directional the Suez Canal and seize Hold the Bar-Lev Line of Israeli fortifications on October 6 , 1973 .

The Allied victory was the beginning of the end of the Western Desert Campaign , eliminating the Axis threat to Egypt , the Suez Canal and the Middle Eastern and Persian oil fields .

Seydi Ali Reis and his galleys would be attacked Attack in an ambush by Portuguese forces while he was trying to bring Bringing back his float from Basra to Suez in August 1554 .

Egypt 's initial war objective was to use Using its military to seize a foothold on the east bank of the Suez Canal and use this to negotiate the return of the rest of Sinai .

The war began Process_start with a massive and successful Egyptian crossing of the Suez Canal .

The Israelis then counter-attacked Attack at the seam between the two Egyptian armies , crossed Motion_directional the Suez Canal into Egypt , and began Process_start slowly advancing southward and westward towards the city of Suez in over a week of heavy fighting that resulted in heavy casualties on both sides .

The Israelis then counter-attacked Attack at the seam between the two Egyptian armies , crossed Motion_directional the Suez Canal into Egypt , and began Process_start slowly advancing southward and westward towards the city of Suez in over a week of heavy fighting that resulted in heavy casualties on both sides .

By October 24 , the Israelis had improved Cause_to_make_progress their positions considerably and completed Process_end their encirclement of Egypt 's Third Army and the city of Suez .

The war led Causation Israel to recognize that , despite impressive operational and tactical achievements on the battlefield , there was no guarantee that they would always dominate Control the Arab states militarily , as they had consistently through the earlier 1948 Arab–Israeli War , the Suez Crisis , and the Six-Day War .