1956 End of the Suez crisis

60 years ago, on November 6, 1956, an armistice agreement in the Suez Canal zone came into force. Thus ended the Suez Crisis, which began on October 31 with the bombing of Egyptian positions in the Suez Canal zone by Franco-British aircraft. London and Paris hoped to restore joint control over the Suez Canal and achieve the overthrow of Egyptian President Nasser, who had nationalized the canal. On November 5, an Anglo-French landing was landed in the Port Said area.

However, both the Soviet Union, which supported Nasser, and the United States opposed the Anglo-French action. On November 2, 1956, an emergency session of the UN General Assembly demanded a cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of British, French and Israeli troops from the territory of Egypt, which occupied the Sinai Peninsula, and the opening of the Suez Canal. Faced with opposition from the USA and the USSR, Britain and France were forced to agree to the withdrawal of their troops from the canal zone. It was also decided to send UN peacekeeping forces to the Sinai, which was done on November 15th.