Episode Five: The Suez Crisis
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Tensions in the Middle East came to a boiling point in 1956. Israel and Egypt were already at odds with one another and, when Egyptian President Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, he sparked an international crisis that would eventually involve Britain, France, and the United States.
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