The French are normally assiduous about remembering military anniversaries - even the nasty ones like Dien Bien Phu, Mers el-Kebir or Trafalgar. But there is something about the Suez crisis that has ...

French paratroops land south of Port Said 6. 5 November: Israelis capture Sharm al-Sheikh to lift blockade of Gulf of Aqaba. 7. 6 November: Anglo-French invasion force bombardment and landings 8. 7 ...

On 6 November, the sea and helicopter-borne assault went in. Royal Marine Commandos, together with British and French airborne forces supported by British tanks soon defeated the Egyptian forces ...

How the 1956 Suez Crisis Changed the World—and Nearly Ended It. ... The 1956 British and French attack on Suez, ... backed by Royal Marines coming in on amphibious landing craft.

The Suez Crisis - 1956. The BBC is ... Britain and France sent in troops to recapture the Suez Canal after Egypt's President Nasser had nationalised the Anglo-French Suez Canal Company and taken ...