The
Suez Crisis, also named the
Tripartite Aggression and the
Kadesh Operation, was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by
Israel, followed by the
United Kingdom and
France. The aims were to regain Western control of the Suez Canal and to remove Egyptian President
Gamal Abdel Nasser from power. After the fighting had started, the
United States, the
Soviet Union, and the
United Nations forced the three invaders to withdraw. The episode humiliated Great Britain and France and strengthened Nasser.