The Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis was the beginning of Egypt and Russia aligning with one another, along with Israel with the French and British
- In 1955 Egypt and Russia align with one another
- in 1956 Egypt begins to receive arms from Czechoslovakia
- Gamal Nasser threatened Israel continuously
- The USA reacts by pulling out of the Aswan Dam in Egypt
- Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal
- The Israelis attack first
- The Israelis had a secret pact with France and Britain that they would join in after this first attack
- This angered the Americans and they threatened to cut off oil if they did not back out