He might not of been communist but he was very left winged, wich is good. And justto tell youcommunist belive in god too. Communist belive more in god than capatalist. But nasser was socalist wich is very close to communism, N
This is not the "other" side of Suez crisis, but should be seen as the "REAL" side of Suez crisis. This is a Great piece of evidence of what the west does against small nations like Egypt.
Even today in the year 2010. Don't trust them. If they think they can get away it, they will do it. No doubt about it their lust for killing and colonialism is still there. Just go to a Italian police station and see the dead bodies of immigrants.
@egyptianstrider2000 I wouldn't be so harsh on Naser - after all he did use the USSR - USA divide well enough to get much needed backing to build up Egyptian army & he handled the Suez crisis well and manged to get his Dam built through the money earned through the nationalisation of the canal although Sadat probably achieved more - peace accord with Israel involving getting all of Sinai back is perhaps a bigger achievement.
@egyptianstrider2000 I thought from an Egyptian point of view you would be happy with getting all of the Sinai peninsula back in return for a non-agression pact with Israel - I take it you would have rather the Israelis held the eastern bank of the canal?It's hard to see what will happen when Mubarak dies - I'm sure the Islmic brotherhood will try to stir things up (as they have done in middle-egypt for much of the past 15 years).
Sadat made this treaty because he was looking for his personal interests but strategically and historically Egypt lost a lot .
Because of this treaty we don't have a real army in Sinai , we can't build a military airports , we have to make unfair trade agreements with Israel , we can't build new cities with high population in Sinai and the most Important thing we recognize Israel as a legal state in the heart of region and this is not acceptable politically and strategically .
@egyptianstrider2000 do you really need an army base in Sinai anyway?Don't forget the massive amounts of tourist revenue from the resorts around Sharm-el-Sheik that would have ended up in Israel if they kept hold of the peninsula.I wasn't aware you had unfair trade agreements with israel? (mind you I have never actually looked in detail at the 1979 peace accords).
Because of this treaty you got back Sinai with its oil fields, you opened up Suez canal again with billions USD revenue a year. You have a "real army" in Egypt with US weapons financed by USAID, you got free deliveries of food stuff, you have FTA with the USA. You got influence over decision making in Israel.
All what of Israelis got is a no war agreement. As of peace well you never did the intellectual effort to be in peace with us. Us the adoo zionist
Iraland also wanted to keep national pride and not accept international aid (100 billion Euros). We see how happy Iranlians and Algerians are when they opted for "democratic" Islamists. You see national pride with leaders like Sadam Hussein that killed 800.000 from his own people but sent 39 scuds to Israel and paid Palestinian terrorists as good Arab national leader. How is that when someone that is a killer but kills also Israeli not a dictator?
In fact Christians in Egypt make a false propaganda " kidnapping and raping christian girls in Egypt to force them to become a Muslims "
the Egyptian church wants to establish a christian state in upper Egypt and America uses them to keep the political pressure on the corrupted regime in Egypt .
in fact the Egyptian church do inquisition against new Muslims , there is no kidnapping even the regime in Egypt is not Islamic .
Christian in Egypt where there well before the Arab conquest and Islam. Coptic language is similar to the old Egyptian language. You not going to convience me the Arabs built the pyramids.
60 years ago "Dar Al Islam" was pluralist. There were big Jewish communities in the Arab world, even humiliated they lived in pluralist societies. After you managed to make "The Arab world" Judenfrei (free of Jews) you force Christians that were living there even before Islam out.
Before Islam most of Egyptian wasn't Christians but there was Pagans, Arians and most of them reverted to Islam . you live in a lie and believe it , I told you to watch a video about Egyptian church inquisition .
Its typical arab propoganda, tell half truth; things out of the context and brand them names to demonize Israel and the Jews. You can brand Israel Apartheid to uninformed people, and point on things that are true but nothing to do with discrimination but rather security. But you can't BS with market prices that anyone can simply check. Of course you make sure not to tell the whole truth and then cry that it is unfair. The eternal victims
You can google natural gaz prices yourself. And choose which link to follow. Don't feel like debating with you with info that everyone can get on the net.
There are 100s of graphs over the nets of worldwide natural gaz price between 2000-2010. See it yourself.
Look; we don't have any doubt that the only reason that there is terror is because of your HOPE to destroy us. We will defend ourself. Tfadal
second I am Egyptian and my ancestors were Egyptians reverted to Islam by their choice .
i know you will keep arguing so it doesn't matter .
because when Muslims came to Palestine, it was the Roman empire province not the illegal state of ISRAEL so it is not your business , this is the roman empire problem :) .
First of all who are you to tell us if we belong to the region or not?
Second, we don't need your approval to be legal or not. Israel is not less legal than Egypt, Syria or France, whatever you brand us.
Third, you didn't respond to me. You come from Arabia, Arabs origine is not from North Africa, Syria, Lebanon etc. So what was your right to take over the middle east?
we will tell you by force , this is the only language the world understand . I told you it is matter of time and world always change .
I answered you I am Egyptian and my ancestors were Egyptians and if you insist we are occupiers this is not your problem , it was the Byzantian Empire problem.
You live in a dream world. Reality is not what you wish. That is called wishful thinking. We all know, you dream about the holocaust of the Jews. Keep dreaming. You are not capable of destroying us. But I guess for you, its better to live in misery where your national resources are wasted for wars, and stay with us in a state of war for the next 5000 years just not to be in peace with us.
The official name of Egypt is "Arab Republic of Egypt", Arabs come from Arabia.
What is funny is that you expect us not to defend ourself. You really think that we will sign a "peace treaty" that sign the end of the Jewish majority state?
The last time you wanted to throw us to the sea, was in 1967. The first was in 1948. since then you and the world try to make us say sorry that we won.
Funny that you have such a nostalgy of the wars against Israel while forgeting its ugly sides. In wars not just Jews dies.
Its not peace that is true. For blablabla words that you recognize Israel, you get billions from the States. Your government publish antisemitic fairy tales against the Jews. You arm Hamas, and your army that is armed and trains by and with the USA is conducting every year exercises against Israel.
I guess Assad or Sadam were not corrupted dictators and wanted just the good of their people just because they didn't sign a peace. Go live in Syria democratie
Look what you tell me isn't new I know what you think and you don't need to repeat that. You know why there will be never peace? because you will always have the HOPE to kill us all and destroy us. You explain to yourself that becauseof x and y you can't kill us now, but maybe next hour, tomorrow or in 100 years the time will come.
@egyptianstrider2000 Falashas were not originally Jews and are not Jews now. They converted to Christianity in the 19th centuary for economic reasons. Sferdim and Ashkinazim are not races. Certainly there were conerts into Judaism throughout history and mixed marriages but it is difficult to convert to Judaism and its not a religion that is into expanding. And Semitism is not a race but a group of languages. Arabic as Hebrew are Semetic languages.
Antisemitism is prejudice against or hostility towards Jews, often rooted in hatred of their ethnic background, culture, and/or religion.
While the term's etymology might suggest that antisemitism is directed against all Semitic peoples, the term was coined in the late 19th century in Germany as a more scientific-sounding term for Judenhass ("Jew-hatred"), and that has been its normal use since then.
& yes you are Antisemitic, you embraced the extreme form of it of the Nazis
@Nir31 If that is so, how come Arabs are semites? You sound really rediculous and have no credibility when you spew bile from your mouth and sell it as some sort of alternate reality. Get a grip, people in this world aren't easily fooled like in the 50's and earlier....
The term Semite means a member of any of various ancient and modern Semitic-speaking peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, Arabs, and Ethiopian Semites. It was proposed at first to refer to the languages related to Hebrew by Ludwig Schlözer, in Eichhorn's "Repertorium", vol. VIII (Leipzig, 1781),
Lol we are not dependant on Egypt. We are not victims of anything. We did mistakes along the way and paid an high price for that. But we can blame just ourself. We are not Arabs that believe in fairy tales how glourious the old times were when Arabs were in the top (even in Turkish Empire, Arabs were second zone citizens) and blame it on others.
Even in the time of full Arab embargo we managed. Our situation depends on our actions, not of what Arabs think.
You can speard your lies but can't google. You really think that Israelis don't monitor and read what you say to yourself in Arabic? Its amasing how you believe your own lies.
Yea right, your ancestors were ancient Egyptians, thats the reason that Iraqis, Algerians and Egyptian (like all Arab countries) looks the same. Probably Iraqis families were also ancient Egyptians
You are the leader of the Arab world part of the Umma just because U speak
What an unfair trade agreement with Israel. You sell Israel oil, from territories that you got back, you got FTA with the States, you Arm Hamas to "peacfully kill the Jews". Sounds very unfair. I guess that Syrians are so proud. They never signed a peace with Israel. Now they are the dogs of the Shia in order to threat Israel. It was so much as national pride to responde when their nuclear site was bombed wow
@egyptianstrider2000 The British and French were very lenient on the behaviour of the USA towards them.Certainly the idea of a "special relationship" between the USA and UK should have been ripped up there and then.
@stekel60 ....LOL..........Le Pew........maybe I'm spelling it wrong??? He's a French skunk that forces himself on the female skunks. Dave Chappelle, the great American Comic refers to him as a Rapist. The French "people" are a great ppl. like so many populations. It's those Govts. influenced by the Greedy-Power interests that pit humans 1 against another. The Eng.,Fr; using the Israelis..........wanted to RAPE Egypt. So, I was in 1 of my cooky,goofy, moods&posted that comment.
@egyptianstrider2000 yeah still I suppose you are glad to hear that it is not just muslims who use terrorism as a military option.Although I give use muslims credit you tend to have a near monopoly on it!
The west invented the killing of civilians in the war not the Muslims
look at history America, Great Britain, France, Spain and Germany have killed Millions of Civilians in the name of religion or enlightenment or democracy ,
@egyptianstrider2000 lovely to see you didn't quite deny my point that muslims currently have a monopoly on terrorism! Such terrorism is hardly a religious war as the horrors of Iraq,Afghanisatn,Sudan,Iran & the crushing of the green movement primarily involve muslims killing muslims - Pakistan is perhaps the most extreme example.You are correct to list those countries which have a blood-stained past/present - very few residents of those named countries deny such atrocities happened however
@egyptianstrider2000 I never said they are all terrorists! BUT many conflicts currently under way involve muslims - is it BECAUSE or INSPITE of their religion I ask you? In any case the siutuation in Suez was the British and French pushing countries around for economic gain after all BOTH countries had a lot to lose by the canal being nationalised.Most wars are about money in my opinion.
Btw, fight back kelesh. How did you expand Islam if it wasn't by war and terror? Arabs conquered the entire middleast and submit its people to Islam. Now you try other tactics in Europe
You want to say that coptic became Muslims since they loved the tchador.
Both my parents comes from Muslim countries so don't talk to me like an ignorant 4 years old.
You kill everywhere, even your own people. But according to you, Muslims are always right, even when they kill other Muslims. While None-Muslims are always wrong even when they act in self defence.
your parents lie at you, Muslims never forced Christians to become muslims , this is a big lie
after 1400 years we still have Christians in Egypt and in all the middle eastern countries , I know my history very well and I am asking you to give me a proof about your say .
Yes my parents lied to me all what Arabs Antisemitic teaching is truth. Jews are cowards and killer of the prophet. The Israeli flag is based on the boundaries that the "Adoo Zionists" wants to take over. Jews eat little Palestinian for lunch and Israel infected Egyptians with AIDS. Not to forget that when Israelis wanted to show an Israeli film in Egypt or translate Egyptian books to Hebrew, they had an hidden agenda to destroy Egyptian culture.
Under the command of General Arial sharon the Israeli ex prime minister.
Blblabla it was an inter Arab affair that you blamed on the Jews like always. Now you blame the US for killing Iraqis while Shia/Sunni conflict goes back 1400 years. If you beat your wife in the morning is it also the fault of "Adoo Zionist"?
The only reason that the wormd embrace your BS is that they hated us in the first place. Not because you are smart.
Sabra & Shatila was an Arab affair that you blamed on the Jews like everything else. How do you always says? "its all the fault of the Israelis/Zionists/Jews".
If you kick your wife its also the fault of "Adoo Zionist"?
You occupy whole the middle east. Arabs don't come from Egypt, they come from Arabia. I guess you hate just non-muslim occupiers. If China today occupy Saudi-Arabia and the holy sites of Islam, even in 50.000 years you will still want to go back to those sites, even if they will be destoyed and churches will be built on top of them. And everybody will understand that, so why you deny the rights of others?
Tfadal, you want war you will get it. We are not afraid
do you have the right to steal another people countries like whole middle east and north Africa? Go back to Arabia!!!
Jews come from Israel, they were refugees for 2000 years. That is the place of the birth of our nation.
You have a strategy of whole or nothing, and when you get nothing you cry that you are victims. Stop playing the victims when all you want is to destroy us.
We don't want to convert anyone, don't want to make the world "Dar Al Yhaud"
120,000 EGYPTIAN MAN died while digging it, it was slavery for a reticules payment and it was during the English occupation of Egypt...It is the least thing ever to take it back after the revolution
England ,France and Israel destroyed Egypt because of that...is that right?
"Every State has the right to nationalise property belonging both to its own or foreign nationals situated within its territory, provided the nationalising state pays adequate and effective compensation".
Nasser offered to compensate the shareholders. However, no steps were taken to make repayments to the UK or France. Therefore, the Nationalisation of the Canal was ILLEGAL. The documentary is interesting but biased as it fails to point out the above.
we dont have to pay to british any money that we got back our canal ....the canal which third of our people have died in building it...even if traitors from turkey who ruled us sold britain and france the canal ...
britain is the one who should pay for 74 year of Occupation , stealing the wealth , using the land and killing and Arresting thousands of patriot egyptians ...
what have International Law done for 74 year of Occupation....for algeria for Palestine for iraq.u remember IL just for u.
YOUR CANAL!? Egypt wouldn't even have the canal if it hadn't been designed by FRENCH engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps and paid for by French Money! What has Egypt done for itself over the past 50 years?! lost another war against Israel, failed to bring the majority of it's people out of poverty, and now relies on foreign tourism to boost it's ever dwindling economy...I think you would be better off if Britain still had an influence over your country!
Shifoooo, It's getting a little tiresome that you and most of the other Egyptians posting comments on here can not admit certain truths about Egyptian history...The canal was paid for by French and Egyptian capital, the Egyptian money was put up by a government that H500n1 refers to as traitors from Turkey! Yes the canal was built by Egyptian labour paid for by the reigning Khedive. However, your figures on the Egyptian deaths during the construction of the canal are completely exaggerated!
these are the real numbers , and don't use this way in your conversation with me , I mean "Egyptians posting comments on here can not admit certain truths about Egyptian history" , I know my history very well.
The only history you know seems to be the tainted Egyptian version. The ancient Egyptians never made record of a defeat, you and your country men seem to be keeping that legacy alive!
Shifoooo, here's a bit of news for you... It's wrong when you don't present all the facts! This documentary only paints the picture from the Egyptian point of view! The British had justification in trying to prevent Egypt from stealing it's shares in Suez, it would be a step in the right direction if you could acknowledge that FACT!
H500n1, I think you mean: I have nothing to TEACH you about Egyptian history!! Not, LEARN me my history! Anyway, You have a point, if Nasser hadn't been so stupid in nationalising the canal, he could have avoided all those Egyptian deaths and negotiated the shares of the canal back to Egypt in 1968, when Britains lease would have expired! But Nasser was too busy selling Egyptian cotton stocks in order to buy weapons from the Checks to think straight!
don't insult Nasser , you know very well that you would never give the canal back in 1968 , there was many projects to extend the canal under the british supervision for 40 years more , which means that it will go back to Egypt in 2008 (this year).
And about the "weapons" , this is fake , Nasser wanted to build the High dam southern Egypt , the west refused to give him money , so he took his right by nationalizing the Egyptian canal.
Britain sadly is the underdog to the USA, unfortunately another sacrifice made by the UK in order to defeat the fascists was that Britain accepted American aid. the UK will always owe the USA a debt of gratitude, just as America and the world owe Britain (and the Empire) praise for the sacrifices they made during WW2. But its so much better to be an underdog to the worlds greatest democratic superpower than an insignificant North African nation that cant admit certain truths about its past!
& we can all witness the great democratic superpower and the peace it has brought to earth while meddling in other countries affairs!
Egypt along w those countries still effectivly colonized during WW2 owe nothing to the UK/US infact our own ppl and resources were exploited by Britain in WW2, a war we had nothing to do w & were nt responsible for
Also hraslan, It's the Suez canal that made Egypt an important strategic target, and as the Egyptians think it's solely theirs (even though it was designed by the French!), then Egypt certainly did have something to do with WW2! Even if Britain hadn't been intrested in Egypt, Hitler had his sights set on Suez and would have taken it regardless of whether or not Egypt decided to become chumy with the Nazi's, which I'm sure you would have preferred!
Having a connecting canal was an idea that existed way before West realized how to build boats.
W or w/o suez EGY had stratigic importance
Like all humans we dont want any invaders.Nazis despised Arabs as much as any non-Ariens
EGY was used by Britain during WWII (resources+soilders, etc),in exchange EGYs were given certain promises by Brits which vapourised once Brits won the war.
Like it or nt Suez is in Egy's land+built by EGY workers=belongs to it.
Suez wouldn't exist if it hadn't been designed by French Engineer De Lesseps, and funded by French capital. In WW2 Egyptian troops were only suitable for garrison duty, I haven't read of a single account where Egyptian forces defeated the Axis. Rommel and his Africa Corp were prevented from taking Egypt and Suez by the British 8th Army. Maybe if Egypt had of contributed more to the war effort they would have been recognised for there efforts, but I think they received just recognition.
History is important, and it's only right to get all the facts straight. Some of the comments posted on here have been derogartory towards Britain, so of course I'm going to comment and put my point across.
I accept that you respect Nasser. and although I don't agree that nationalizing the canal was a good thing, I've found most of these documentaries interesting, so thanks for posting them.
I also understand your luv to your country we also love our country. This is not meant to be against Brits or Britain and if you have been to EGY you will know we do not carry grudges at all. If you think reasonable youll figure that each country has a phase or action that was wrong. I agree w Shiffoooo this is a done with thing we have more important issues nowadays to think about.
I agree that both Britain and Egypt have made many mistakes throughout their histories.
Glad to hear Egyptians don't carry grudges, but although this event in history is "done with" lets not forget that the things still going on in Palestine today are due to un-resolved problems of the past. Like I said before History is very importatnt, and it's important to hear both sides of the argument, so thanks for the discussion.
Aagain read history of idea of the canal he wasnt the 1st to get it + if it wasnt for EGY workers it wouldnt hv been built.Point is nt/wasnt recog.I can tell you about hell Egys sufffered getting bombed my grand ma still remembers . Regardless which form of participation &support EGY gave point is it gave aid, troops+got bombed bec of it. nothing of wt Brits promised happened i.e. they just used us. dnt see any point in ur arguments.we got canal back get over it.
I do read history, I comment on here because history seems to have been a little distorted! Ancient Egys had built a man made canal which fell into disrepair, the Romans re-dug the canal, but again it became unusable. The Modern day canal was designed by De Lesseps in 1854, so my statement about Suez not being there if he hadn't designed it, is TRUE!
Sorry to hear your grand ma was caught up in the bombing, my grand parents were bombed during WW2. Innocent civilians always get the rough end.
read history please yes the suez canal were designed by the french but 500000 egyptian worker made the canal by slavery and 2500000 were died in digging the canal .and about ww2 Egypt was occupied by the Britten in that time so how they would have a strong army in the time egypt was occupied and for your knowledge egypt entered many wars in the last cetuary and 300000 were died in this war
Also, as far as the BBC are concerned they often make programmes from the controversial point of view...it makes for better viewing, even when they dont present all the facts!
Shifoooo, Ask yourself the question Why did the west refuse to fund the Aswan Dam? Answer: Nasser was buying weapons from the communists! IT'S A FACT. Nasser would have been in a better position to claim the canal in '68, but he had no right to do it in '56! respect breeds respect, if you showed just a little respect for the truth I would respect you. The UK suffered a political embarrassment in '56 it's the truth...but it is also true that Nasser illegally nationalised the canal! just admit it!
perhaps you didn't watch the video yet. Nasser went for the british and the americans to give him weapons to build his army but neither of them replied.
And about the dam, the reply was insultive and didn't have any thing related to the "weapons" that you say.
and about the fact, it is already known, the video prove that, I mean the BBC VIDEO,not Egyptian.
Nasser NATIONALIZED the canal, he took back the Egyptian right stolen by the west, he didn't take anyones right.
while u r @ it could u plz check wt does int law say about colonization? and wt does int law say about attacking another country? dnt just pick the parts that please u and leave the rest. So, lets see did UK & France compensate the destruction that resulted from their assult? NO
I thought you would be grateful for int law..It's only due to the UN and int law that a ceasfire was called which prevented Britain, France, and Israel from putting an end to Nasser and his very dissapointing Egypt! And in reference to colonialism maybe you should look back at Egyptian history, Egypt was probably one of the first nations in the world to occupy other countries for it's own purposes, weren't most of the Egyptian national monuments built by Hebrew slaves? very hpocritical hraslan.
if u understand any thing about how things work in real life u will no that int law gets applied only if there is a will to follow it by states so,u r wrong,advancement of British troops was delayed bec of resistance meanwhile USSR&US didnt like wt was going on.Remind me again wn was the last time we invaded any other country?off the point.Hebrew slaves hahah there isnt one shred of evidence to that BUT there are evidence on how cities of egy workers were built around major monuments
True about international law, but your other statements are very inaccurate. Egyptian resistance was limited, overwhelmed in the Sinai by Israeli forces, at Port Faud by the French, and by the British at port Said, a delay between British amphibious forces linking up with Para's at Gamel Airfield was due to over cautiousness..and not due to feeble resistance offered by Egyptians. Might be a good idea if you study from non biased sources and not just from Egyptian propaganda!
The last time Egypt invaded another country was in 1973, another failed attempt to destroy Israel..but I guess that doesn't count eh? The Hebrews built the Royal treasure cities of Pithom and Ramses between 1290-1224 recognised by most scholars, but I'm sure you won't find any evidence of that in your Egyptian history books!
allies wrote history of WW2 just and only as they want , allies courts for nazi leaders said only what allies wanted to say, if the courts was for war criminals the USA leaders was to go to hell for what the did in japan "not only the two nuclear bombs but for the ten of thousands of japan civilians who were burned by allies bombing against japan civilian cities" SECDEF Robert Strange McNamara admits this as many americans.
PoohShoes"So you really should be grateful to the people of Great Britain for their efforts, if Britain and the Allies hadn't defeated the Axis powers you would be speaking German"
second -no one was able to force this nation to speak the whatever , UK occupation"Protectorate" for more than 40 years and this nation still speak its language,and even if under german occupation "which i doubt" this nation was able to extort its freedom as it did with western imperialism.
PoohShoes"So you really should be grateful to the people of Great Britain for their efforts, if Britain and the Allies hadn't defeated the Axis powers you would be speaking German"
iam grateful only to my morale my arm and my hands,keep resisting and accept nothing but victory , we keep struggle , we may lose some battles BUT WE NEVER LOSE A WAR .
war for egypt war for sinai etc etc from history we won these wars,yes we lost some battles but we won,victory may be late but it always comes.
milkana 22, YOU should be grateful that we along with the USA and other Britsh Colonies of that era defeated the Axis, because YOU along with everyone else would be speaking German... so YOU BE GRATEFUL... also you talk about our acts of terrorism, man i could go on about your acts of terrorism towards Isreal, or do you deny those facts of pure truth..You need to learn and get educated instead of educating yourself with pure hatred and fear...
stop being so narrow minded and prideful long enough to admit yor country had fault and problems too and that you lost those couple of battles, we as a country, as a nation admit that we lost battles, thats how we learnt from them, where as your nation and country not excepting that you got defeated has caused you to and your country major problems... DEAl with it mate!!!!
blondiesweetcheeks,iam not narrow minded as you,i know my country faults/setbacks and i try to learn from it,we still call our defeat in 1967 war as "the setback" we admit it and in the same year we learned from it and since 1973 we showed everyone that we learned from it.and i was CLEAR indeed we lost the battle at 1882 orabi had been defeated and egypt was occupied,but URABI had seriously defeated the british army in several battles,and urabi defeat was his own tactical mistake.
the "pure hatred" comes from israel , israel is the one who attack its neighbours and occupy their lands, not the opposite. and their history proves that.
you are the one who needs to "get educated" instead of beleiving your false propaganda.
blondiesweetcheeks,sounds you don't understand english or may be just blind ,IAM GRATEFUL to no one by MY NATION MY PEOPLE MY FIGHTERS STRUGGLE, because british occupation or german occupation or french occupation or WHATEVER no occupation was able to break this nation willpower, more than 40 years under british occupation and we didn't spoke english WE SPEAK our language and the british empire was kicked out and vaporized same was to happen to german occupation if happened.WE ARE NOT REDINDIANS
Milkana22, I'm sorry to tell you this but you have been completely misinformed. Do you really believe that it was a good strategy to leave the entire Egyptian air force on the ground to be destroyed by the RAF?!
The Israeli forces in Sinai categorically defeated Egyptian forces! Every source book available on the subject confirms it. Yet you seem to believe that Egypt was making some kind of tactical withdrawal in the face of Israeli advances! Have you been smoking some illegal substances?
Milkana22, Your comments referring to the Allies as war criminals for taking nuclear action against Japan in WW2 are appalling. The Atomic bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima are an awful part of world history. The Japanese would not surrender. Either the allies invaded Japan (costing thousands of more lives) or atomic weapons were used to prove once and for all that Japan could not win the war. The latter course of action ended the war and the Allies were able to re-build Japan and move on.
Interesting documentary, thanks for posting. Although, it is biased. Nasser broke the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1954 he also appears to have had no morals and would have sold himself to the highest bidder, American or Russian. It's a shame Anthony Eden didn't have the political backing of the U.S.A in 1956, the British had a right to their shares in the Suez canal, international intervention is the only reason why Egypt wasn't crushed just as it was in 1882 when Britain put down the Arabi revolt.
No, I think you meant the other way around right? Nasser wouldn't sell out to either the West or Communist Russia. Thats why the Russians set up the 6 day war;they falsely accused Israel(the tool of the superpowers) of being prepared to invade Syria. And were Nasser to have sat on the masters hands and be waved around like other leaders in the area, he would have avoided 6 day war. The Russians gave him rusty outdated equiptment w/o many spare parts (50yrswar). Nasser was destroyed by both.
No, I meant it just as I wrote it! It's a fact that Britain and America were quite happy to build the Aswan dam, but Nasser decided to work with the Russians because the USA openly supported Israel. The USSR provided capital and engineers for the Aswan project, and as you pointed out, they also provided arm's. So it's a fact that without Russian support in 1956 Egypt would have been deafeated by the British.
Defeated? THe Invasion of 56 was a fake.Of course Egypt couldnt stand upto UK,FR,ISRAEL. It wasnt Russia that saved him though. It was the US. They were angry that UK and France pulled this trick without informing him their main ally. The Russians offered to interfere jointly with the US. See, everybody wanted the Mid-East. They were after the oil since 1900..Nasser just wanted a free egypt then united Arabia..Other Arabs had oil. they didnt want unity..they didnt want Nasser either.
The US wouldn't support Britian because Russia threatened nuclear action, yes Britain didn't consult the US because the US probably would have advised against any action, America had nothing to gain. However, The British had majority shares in the canal and had a reason to intervene..and that's all I disagree with in this documentary, it protrays the British in a negative light for taking action against Egypt, but the truth is the Egyptians under Nassers direction stole British shares.
Thanks for your comments it's always interesting hearing another person's point of view...and yeah, I am a sad history buff! but history is fascinating!
PoohShoes , your words teeling only one thing , you are nothing but another copy of EDEN , the big liar who lied to his english people before he lied to the world , first of all 1-egypt had payed for british and french for their shares in the canal , egypt just payed every sent for the canal , all what happened was nationalizing the canal means buy the canal by force and the french and british were payed for their shares so fair.
In 1956 The British still had shares in the canal, and were justified in taking military action. Egyptian forces were defeated in the Sinai by Moshe Dayan's Israeli forces, while British and French forces occupied the Canal Zone. Egyptian resistance was limited. Please don't misunderstand that the Egyptians were never going to beat the British. As I have said before, the only reason Great Britain did not succeed in taking control of Suez was because of international political pressure.
don't deceive yourself and don't try to deceive us.
the "international political pressure" didn't prevent America from attacking Iraq of afghanistan few years ago, and you talk about "pressure" in 1950s, I mean after british won the WWII!!!
the Egyptian army retreated from Sinai to face the british and french forces on the western bank of the canal.
And about the "limited" Egyptian resistance, you just have to know that they already captured the british Qween's cousin in Portsaid city.
...Maybe you're confusing Britain's war with Egypt, with Egypt's disastrous attempt to subdue an uprising in the Sudan in 1883? In this Egypt had modern weaponry but were defeated by the Sudanese who only had swords.
Maybe you don't understand that America is the "international political pressure"!! what they say goes. Britain won the war but as I've said before it was a pyrrhic victory, the USA has been the world's super power ever since the war, not Great Britain! Also, if it makes you feel better to think the Egyptians put up stiff resistance in '56 then ok. Although it obviously wasn't that good because the British and French troops took all their objectives in less than a few days
What does Obama have to do with this?0_0
hopedream11 3 months ago
British Intelligence was wrong on Nasser and they wrong about Saddam getting uranium from a country that has no uranium.
v19d 6 months ago
why are these video's cut and chopped ? the whole thing should be longer than this....i sense a biased video poster?
please at least post the whole doco, so i can get the whole picture?
MrWackywil 7 months ago 4
@MrWackywil Thanks for pointing that out. Found a 59minute version of this on video.google
Zeggawong 2 months ago
@MrWackywil
Right??? I've noticed the same thing too here!!! >:(
I assume the parts are removed by BBC. It's another biased news press too.
Well at least they broadcast this documentary.
diaamd 2 months ago
usa and britch and france and jew and wast vs egypt
egypt won
ahmedaamm 7 months ago
He might not of been communist but he was very left winged, wich is good. And justto tell youcommunist belive in god too. Communist belive more in god than capatalist. But nasser was socalist wich is very close to communism, N
ArabianMarxist 8 months ago
This is not the "other" side of Suez crisis, but should be seen as the "REAL" side of Suez crisis. This is a Great piece of evidence of what the west does against small nations like Egypt.
shadeedsalem 9 months ago 7
There's something wrong with translation here at 0:50. What Nasser was saying doesn't match the English sub at all!! :S
diaamd 2 months ago
Eden is an idiot, he calls Egypt fascist. But Egypt was communist back then
ArabianMarxist 9 months ago
@ArabianMarxist How could he possibly be communist, he was a Muslim.
cherryandwhitearmy 8 months ago
@ArabianMarxist Eden and Obama the 2 stupidest leaders of different times.
v19d 6 months ago
ADVANCE BRITANNIA!
stephenbiboy 11 months ago
hackley history woooooo
pktheworld 11 months ago
@pktheworld represent
ckashmir 11 months ago
تاميم القناه كان عمل غير قانونى ولولا وساطه امريكا ما خرج الانجليز و الفرنسيين
mrsamiosman 1 year ago
french pussies doing the dirty work.. as always.
french and british terrorist states should die!!
rajithaify 1 year ago
Even today in the year 2010. Don't trust them. If they think they can get away it, they will do it. No doubt about it their lust for killing and colonialism is still there. Just go to a Italian police station and see the dead bodies of immigrants.
shussey100 1 year ago
Anthony Eden is one of the greatest heroes of all time.
JuanMacready 1 year ago
@JuanMacready
he was one of the greatest terrorist of all time .
he was a lier son of bitch .
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000 The only terrorist was Nasser. So glad he died at only 51, I would have hanged him in 1956.
JuanMacready 1 year ago
@JuanMacready
Did Naser invade England and bomb civilians ??
I don't like Naser but I think he took the right decision in this situation,
the sues canal is Egyptian not British .
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000 I wouldn't be so harsh on Naser - after all he did use the USSR - USA divide well enough to get much needed backing to build up Egyptian army & he handled the Suez crisis well and manged to get his Dam built through the money earned through the nationalisation of the canal although Sadat probably achieved more - peace accord with Israel involving getting all of Sinai back is perhaps a bigger achievement.
revol148 1 year ago
@revol148
Naser was a Dictator supported by America in the 50s .
Sadat and Mubarak are dictators too
the peace treaty with Israel was not a real peace it was a treason and humiliation to Egypt .
Sadat was working for his personal glory not for Egypt .
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000 I thought from an Egyptian point of view you would be happy with getting all of the Sinai peninsula back in return for a non-agression pact with Israel - I take it you would have rather the Israelis held the eastern bank of the canal?It's hard to see what will happen when Mubarak dies - I'm sure the Islmic brotherhood will try to stir things up (as they have done in middle-egypt for much of the past 15 years).
revol148 1 year ago
@revol148
Sadat made this treaty because he was looking for his personal interests but strategically and historically Egypt lost a lot .
Because of this treaty we don't have a real army in Sinai , we can't build a military airports , we have to make unfair trade agreements with Israel , we can't build new cities with high population in Sinai and the most Important thing we recognize Israel as a legal state in the heart of region and this is not acceptable politically and strategically .
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000 do you really need an army base in Sinai anyway?Don't forget the massive amounts of tourist revenue from the resorts around Sharm-el-Sheik that would have ended up in Israel if they kept hold of the peninsula.I wasn't aware you had unfair trade agreements with israel? (mind you I have never actually looked in detail at the 1979 peace accords).
revol148 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000
Because of this treaty you got back Sinai with its oil fields, you opened up Suez canal again with billions USD revenue a year. You have a "real army" in Egypt with US weapons financed by USAID, you got free deliveries of food stuff, you have FTA with the USA. You got influence over decision making in Israel.
All what of Israelis got is a no war agreement. As of peace well you never did the intellectual effort to be in peace with us. Us the adoo zionist
Nir31 1 year ago
@Nir31
Because of this treaty we lost our national pride in the this region and we lost lost billions of dollars too because of this treaty .
Egypt sell natural gaz and oil to Israel will the lowest price 2.5 $ dollars per m2 while the real price is 15 to 20 $ per m2 .
what weapons LOL
a second hand weapon ??
USAID is areal curse . it is not for the people .
Egypt was better before this USAID
u can call it a bribe to the corrupted regime in Egypt
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000
Iraland also wanted to keep national pride and not accept international aid (100 billion Euros). We see how happy Iranlians and Algerians are when they opted for "democratic" Islamists. You see national pride with leaders like Sadam Hussein that killed 800.000 from his own people but sent 39 scuds to Israel and paid Palestinian terrorists as good Arab national leader. How is that when someone that is a killer but kills also Israeli not a dictator?
Nir31 1 year ago
@Nir31
In fact Christians in Egypt make a false propaganda " kidnapping and raping christian girls in Egypt to force them to become a Muslims "
the Egyptian church wants to establish a christian state in upper Egypt and America uses them to keep the political pressure on the corrupted regime in Egypt .
in fact the Egyptian church do inquisition against new Muslims , there is no kidnapping even the regime in Egypt is not Islamic .
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000
Christian in Egypt where there well before the Arab conquest and Islam. Coptic language is similar to the old Egyptian language. You not going to convience me the Arabs built the pyramids.
60 years ago "Dar Al Islam" was pluralist. There were big Jewish communities in the Arab world, even humiliated they lived in pluralist societies. After you managed to make "The Arab world" Judenfrei (free of Jews) you force Christians that were living there even before Islam out.
Nir31 1 year ago
@Nir31
Before Islam most of Egyptian wasn't Christians but there was Pagans, Arians and most of them reverted to Islam . you live in a lie and believe it , I told you to watch a video about Egyptian church inquisition .
did you watch it ?
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000
U don't talk to kids. You really think you can revert history by a video? Maybe link me a vid about the mossad & 9/11
Besides when you write something you can't write the truth?
Egypt sold to Israel gaz in 2001 for 2.5 USD/m² at MARKET PRICE
By 2010 you still didn't deliver it, but now the price jumped to 10-15 USD/m²
Don't deny that Egypt among other Arab oil and gaz producers gained from this jump. We are not responsible that you didn't deliver the gaz yet
Nir31 1 year ago
@Nir31
it wasn't the market price give me your sources .
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000
Google Natural gaz prices yourself. Natural gaz prices move with the prices of oil.
If we bought at 2.5 USD in 2001 and now it was at 25 cents, do you think we could ask our money back?
Nir31 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000
Its typical arab propoganda, tell half truth; things out of the context and brand them names to demonize Israel and the Jews. You can brand Israel Apartheid to uninformed people, and point on things that are true but nothing to do with discrimination but rather security. But you can't BS with market prices that anyone can simply check. Of course you make sure not to tell the whole truth and then cry that it is unfair. The eternal victims
Nir31 1 year ago
@Nir31
I told you to give me your source about Gaz price but you didn't !
Egypt was selling Gaz to Israel less than the international price . it started not in the 80s .
even if we sell it with the highest price . we must not sell our natural resources to our enemies .
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000
"Enemies"? That is what "brave peace"?
You can google natural gaz prices yourself. And choose which link to follow. Don't feel like debating with you with info that everyone can get on the net.
There are 100s of graphs over the nets of worldwide natural gaz price between 2000-2010. See it yourself.
Look; we don't have any doubt that the only reason that there is terror is because of your HOPE to destroy us. We will defend ourself. Tfadal
Nir31 1 year ago
@Nir31
do not speak about peace , did you come to our region in peace ??
you came by force and established illegal state in 1948 .
what peace and love are you talking about LOL
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000
did you come to our region in peace ??
you came by force and established illegal arab states in whole of the middle east.
And you play the victims.
LOL
Nir31 1 year ago
@Nir31
first of all, you don't belong to this region
second I am Egyptian and my ancestors were Egyptians reverted to Islam by their choice .
i know you will keep arguing so it doesn't matter .
because when Muslims came to Palestine, it was the Roman empire province not the illegal state of ISRAEL so it is not your business , this is the roman empire problem :) .
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000
First of all who are you to tell us if we belong to the region or not?
Second, we don't need your approval to be legal or not. Israel is not less legal than Egypt, Syria or France, whatever you brand us.
Third, you didn't respond to me. You come from Arabia, Arabs origine is not from North Africa, Syria, Lebanon etc. So what was your right to take over the middle east?
You believe your own lies.
So what was the 2001 mkt price?
Nir31 1 year ago
@Nir31
we will tell you by force , this is the only language the world understand . I told you it is matter of time and world always change .
I answered you I am Egyptian and my ancestors were Egyptians and if you insist we are occupiers this is not your problem , it was the Byzantian Empire problem.
you got it ??
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000
You live in a dream world. Reality is not what you wish. That is called wishful thinking. We all know, you dream about the holocaust of the Jews. Keep dreaming. You are not capable of destroying us. But I guess for you, its better to live in misery where your national resources are wasted for wars, and stay with us in a state of war for the next 5000 years just not to be in peace with us.
The official name of Egypt is "Arab Republic of Egypt", Arabs come from Arabia.
Nir31 1 year ago
@Nir31
give me the site about the gaz price , I can't find what you are talking about in google
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000
why you can't google yourself?
you don't have google?
type "natural gaz prices" in google. Don't feel like giving you links and you will try to say that it is fake etc. see it yourself.
You still didn't answer, if the price today was 25 cents (today in egypt its $4.27 I checked) we could get back the difference?
Nir31 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000
What is funny is that you expect us not to defend ourself. You really think that we will sign a "peace treaty" that sign the end of the Jewish majority state?
The last time you wanted to throw us to the sea, was in 1967. The first was in 1948. since then you and the world try to make us say sorry that we won.
Funny that you have such a nostalgy of the wars against Israel while forgeting its ugly sides. In wars not just Jews dies.
Nir31 1 year ago
@Nir31
this fake peace treaty is nothing to most of the Egyptian people , it was made by corrupted dictator regime .
just keep your good relation with the loser dictator Mubarak because you will never find a traitor like him .
keep sucking what you can from Egypt, this is your golden chance to give Israel another few years to survive in our region .
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000
Its not peace that is true. For blablabla words that you recognize Israel, you get billions from the States. Your government publish antisemitic fairy tales against the Jews. You arm Hamas, and your army that is armed and trains by and with the USA is conducting every year exercises against Israel.
I guess Assad or Sadam were not corrupted dictators and wanted just the good of their people just because they didn't sign a peace. Go live in Syria democratie
Nir31 1 year ago
@Nir31
I told you before we don't need USAID
we just need a real patriot government
I told you just get the maximum benefits to make Israel lives as long as possible you are surrounded by corrupted dictator governments ,
just live the moment :)
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000
Look what you tell me isn't new I know what you think and you don't need to repeat that. You know why there will be never peace? because you will always have the HOPE to kill us all and destroy us. You explain to yourself that becauseof x and y you can't kill us now, but maybe next hour, tomorrow or in 100 years the time will come.
Nir31 1 year ago
@Nir31
you have Falashas , Sferdim and Ashkinaz do u want to say these different races are sons of Jacob " Israel " ?!!
one more thing Sudanese and Mauritanians are Arabs too and they are black .
you know the real Jew son of Israel looks like Arab , he is not blond neither black because Arabs are Semites too so do not call Arabs Anti-Semitic .
who said lies now ??
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000 Falashas were not originally Jews and are not Jews now. They converted to Christianity in the 19th centuary for economic reasons. Sferdim and Ashkinazim are not races. Certainly there were conerts into Judaism throughout history and mixed marriages but it is difficult to convert to Judaism and its not a religion that is into expanding. And Semitism is not a race but a group of languages. Arabic as Hebrew are Semetic languages.
Nir31 1 year ago
@Nir31
Antisemitism is prejudice against or hostility towards Jews, often rooted in hatred of their ethnic background, culture, and/or religion.
While the term's etymology might suggest that antisemitism is directed against all Semitic peoples, the term was coined in the late 19th century in Germany as a more scientific-sounding term for Judenhass ("Jew-hatred"), and that has been its normal use since then.
& yes you are Antisemitic, you embraced the extreme form of it of the Nazis
Nir31 1 year ago
@Nir31 If that is so, how come Arabs are semites? You sound really rediculous and have no credibility when you spew bile from your mouth and sell it as some sort of alternate reality. Get a grip, people in this world aren't easily fooled like in the 50's and earlier....
mattmatt115 10 months ago
@mattmatt115
check it yourself. Semitism is not a race.
The term Semite means a member of any of various ancient and modern Semitic-speaking peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, Arabs, and Ethiopian Semites. It was proposed at first to refer to the languages related to Hebrew by Ludwig Schlözer, in Eichhorn's "Repertorium", vol. VIII (Leipzig, 1781),
Source: Wikipedia (English)
But you can do the search from other sources
Nir31 10 months ago
@egyptianstrider2000 fucken well said!
Hassanov777 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000 DOnt talk to this bitch. i know him long time ago..
Hassanov777 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000
Lol we are not dependant on Egypt. We are not victims of anything. We did mistakes along the way and paid an high price for that. But we can blame just ourself. We are not Arabs that believe in fairy tales how glourious the old times were when Arabs were in the top (even in Turkish Empire, Arabs were second zone citizens) and blame it on others.
Even in the time of full Arab embargo we managed. Our situation depends on our actions, not of what Arabs think.
Nir31 1 year ago
@Nir31
I didn't say our problems because of Jews , u just say that
In fact you are still crying to the world about the fake holocaust not us .
Arab republic of Egypt because we speak Arabic and we are proud to become Arabs .
give me the link about gaz price , i can't find it in Google
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000
You can speard your lies but can't google. You really think that Israelis don't monitor and read what you say to yourself in Arabic? Its amasing how you believe your own lies.
Yea right, your ancestors were ancient Egyptians, thats the reason that Iraqis, Algerians and Egyptian (like all Arab countries) looks the same. Probably Iraqis families were also ancient Egyptians
You are the leader of the Arab world part of the Umma just because U speak
LOL
Nir31 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000
What an unfair trade agreement with Israel. You sell Israel oil, from territories that you got back, you got FTA with the States, you Arm Hamas to "peacfully kill the Jews". Sounds very unfair. I guess that Syrians are so proud. They never signed a peace with Israel. Now they are the dogs of the Shia in order to threat Israel. It was so much as national pride to responde when their nuclear site was bombed wow
Nir31 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000 Operation Musketeer was a great success until the Americans intervened.
JuanMacready 1 year ago
@JuanMacready
yes, Americans and Soviets
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000 The British and French were very lenient on the behaviour of the USA towards them.Certainly the idea of a "special relationship" between the USA and UK should have been ripped up there and then.
revol148 1 year ago
Nasser bankrupted his own country.
humpingbird 1 year ago
veryinteresting documentary.s
thank you so much!.
stekel60 1 year ago
it's nice when BBC colorizing the speech's subtitle.. that's not what he meant
ahmadpicasso 1 year ago
That there is Terrorism 101! lol Attack Egypt spread Panic...etc. WAR CRIMINALS!
GuttsandGlory 2 years ago
AMHERST!
siriussorrel 2 years ago
Sadat was wise. If Arafat was a brave and wise as Sadat, the tension would less or even gone.
kreplach2 2 years ago
Where is the rest? : (
GeneralmotorsMHM 2 years ago
british and the US are liars they always have been..... until now. their nation was built on a lie...
tabak777 2 years ago
@tabak777 how is Britian built on a lie? or are you speaking just to make a noise..o_0
tell you what, Germany is on the moon....and Russia isnt really a country its just your imagination....xD
preaacstal 1 year ago
Ahhhhh......Pepe La Pew. That was your idea?
translationwiz 2 years ago
@translationwiz
Pepe la who?
stekel60 1 year ago
@stekel60 ....LOL..........Le Pew........maybe I'm spelling it wrong??? He's a French skunk that forces himself on the female skunks. Dave Chappelle, the great American Comic refers to him as a Rapist. The French "people" are a great ppl. like so many populations. It's those Govts. influenced by the Greedy-Power interests that pit humans 1 against another. The Eng.,Fr; using the Israelis..........wanted to RAPE Egypt. So, I was in 1 of my cooky,goofy, moods&posted that comment.
Peace.
translationwiz 1 year ago
the western terrorism
egyptianstrider2000 2 years ago 14
@egyptianstrider2000 yeah still I suppose you are glad to hear that it is not just muslims who use terrorism as a military option.Although I give use muslims credit you tend to have a near monopoly on it!
revol148 1 year ago
@revol148
The west invented the killing of civilians in the war not the Muslims
look at history America, Great Britain, France, Spain and Germany have killed Millions of Civilians in the name of religion or enlightenment or democracy ,
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000 lovely to see you didn't quite deny my point that muslims currently have a monopoly on terrorism! Such terrorism is hardly a religious war as the horrors of Iraq,Afghanisatn,Sudan,Iran & the crushing of the green movement primarily involve muslims killing muslims - Pakistan is perhaps the most extreme example.You are correct to list those countries which have a blood-stained past/present - very few residents of those named countries deny such atrocities happened however
revol148 1 year ago
@revol148
Muslims are not terrorists :)
you misunderstood
you started terrorism and killing civilians
every action had reaction
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000 I never said they are all terrorists! BUT many conflicts currently under way involve muslims - is it BECAUSE or INSPITE of their religion I ask you? In any case the siutuation in Suez was the British and French pushing countries around for economic gain after all BOTH countries had a lot to lose by the canal being nationalised.Most wars are about money in my opinion.
revol148 1 year ago
@revol148
Because Quran commands Muslims to fight back the enemies whatever the cost
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000 there's nothing wrong in fighting - most religions including Bhuddism allow for a degree for self-defence.
revol148 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000
In order to submit the world to Islam.
Btw, fight back kelesh. How did you expand Islam if it wasn't by war and terror? Arabs conquered the entire middleast and submit its people to Islam. Now you try other tactics in Europe
Nir31 1 year ago
@Nir31
In the middle ages Muslims has the power but they didn't force anyone to embrace Islam , historically it didn't happen
u can't prove it .
Now Muslims just defend we don't have the same power to conquer Europe .
Killing Civilians is forbidden in Islam unless the enemy was killing our women and children .
you started this terrorism not the Muslims .
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000
you don't know your own histroy thats funny.
You want to say that coptic became Muslims since they loved the tchador.
Both my parents comes from Muslim countries so don't talk to me like an ignorant 4 years old.
You kill everywhere, even your own people. But according to you, Muslims are always right, even when they kill other Muslims. While None-Muslims are always wrong even when they act in self defence.
Nir31 1 year ago
@Nir31
your parents lie at you, Muslims never forced Christians to become muslims , this is a big lie
after 1400 years we still have Christians in Egypt and in all the middle eastern countries , I know my history very well and I am asking you to give me a proof about your say .
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000
Yes my parents lied to me all what Arabs Antisemitic teaching is truth. Jews are cowards and killer of the prophet. The Israeli flag is based on the boundaries that the "Adoo Zionists" wants to take over. Jews eat little Palestinian for lunch and Israel infected Egyptians with AIDS. Not to forget that when Israelis wanted to show an Israeli film in Egypt or translate Egyptian books to Hebrew, they had an hidden agenda to destroy Egyptian culture.
LOL
Nir31 1 year ago
@Nir31 watch this and you will see the Egyptian church inquisition
bKAPPppzWmg
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@Nir31
If you can't play the video just type in the youtube search banner " The Tragedy of New Muslims in Egypt "
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000
Prove what?
Even recent events you deny like the fact that Arabs did 9/11 or Sabra and Shatila massacre was an Arab affair
Nir31 1 year ago
@Nir31
i didn't deny 9/11 and Sabra and shatila made by Arab christian militia under the command of General Arial sharon the Israeli ex prime minister .
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
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@egyptianstrider2000
Under the command of General Arial sharon the Israeli ex prime minister.
Blblabla it was an inter Arab affair that you blamed on the Jews like always. Now you blame the US for killing Iraqis while Shia/Sunni conflict goes back 1400 years. If you beat your wife in the morning is it also the fault of "Adoo Zionist"?
Nir31 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000
LOL
The only reason that the wormd embrace your BS is that they hated us in the first place. Not because you are smart.
Sabra & Shatila was an Arab affair that you blamed on the Jews like everything else. How do you always says? "its all the fault of the Israelis/Zionists/Jews".
If you kick your wife its also the fault of "Adoo Zionist"?
Nir31 1 year ago
@Nir31
I don't hate Jews I hate occupiers .
anyway you see Jews are innocent angels .
whatever
WE CAN NOT LET THE ILLEGAL STATE OF ISRAEL NEXT IN THE HEART OF OUR REGION
you came form Europe and steal this land by force and we will take it back,
it is matter of time .
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000
You occupy whole the middle east. Arabs don't come from Egypt, they come from Arabia. I guess you hate just non-muslim occupiers. If China today occupy Saudi-Arabia and the holy sites of Islam, even in 50.000 years you will still want to go back to those sites, even if they will be destoyed and churches will be built on top of them. And everybody will understand that, so why you deny the rights of others?
Tfadal, you want war you will get it. We are not afraid
Nir31 1 year ago
@Nir31
do they have the right to steal another people country ??
Jews came and occupy palestine because God gave them this land since 3000 years !!
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
@egyptianstrider2000
do you have the right to steal another people countries like whole middle east and north Africa? Go back to Arabia!!!
Jews come from Israel, they were refugees for 2000 years. That is the place of the birth of our nation.
You have a strategy of whole or nothing, and when you get nothing you cry that you are victims. Stop playing the victims when all you want is to destroy us.
We don't want to convert anyone, don't want to make the world "Dar Al Yhaud"
Nir31 1 year ago
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@Nir31
I don't hate Jews I hate occupiers .
anyway you see Jews are innocent angels .
whatever
WE CAN NOT LET THE ILLEGAL STATE OF ISRAEL IN THE HEART OF OUR REGION
you came form Europe and steal this land by force and we will take it back,
it is matter of time .
egyptianstrider2000 1 year ago
Just like the US at the Bay Of Pigs...stupid imperial plans blowing up!
AndrewMann552 2 years ago
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
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terry123445 2 years ago
انت مع ابرطانيا وفرنسا في ضرب مصر وجمال عبد الناصر
وتستشهد بايات من القران؟
alabader741 2 years ago
120,000 EGYPTIAN MAN died while digging it, it was slavery for a reticules payment and it was during the English occupation of Egypt...It is the least thing ever to take it back after the revolution
England ,France and Israel destroyed Egypt because of that...is that right?
hesha3000 2 years ago
look i can forgive an error when made with good will and intention
nasser is the mark of the 20th century..
there is parties in venzuela, argentina,colombia,another 20 arabic nation out of 22!!!! following nasser principls(called nasserist)
يا راجل ده احنا ما بنصدق لاعب محترف يجيب جون زى عمرو زكى نقوم نتنطط
مفيش انسان عربى مصرى يقدر على الاقل ميحترمش وطنية وشخصية الزعيم الخالد
amr8506 3 years ago 5
ma3aak 7a2
shifoooo 3 years ago
@shifoooo wlek aktar min sa7. rabna yir7amoo salam min lobnen
TheArisola 1 year ago
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
ومن الناس من يعجبك قوله فى الحيوة الدنيا ويشهد الله على ما فى قلبه وهو ألد الخصام 204
واذا تولى سعى فى الأرض ليفسد فيها ويهلك الحرث والنسل والله لايحب الفساد 205
واذا قيل له اتق الله أخذته العزة بالاثم فحسبه جهنم ولبئس المهاد 206
( سورة البقرة )
terry123445 3 years ago
International Law of Nationalisation:
"Every State has the right to nationalise property belonging both to its own or foreign nationals situated within its territory, provided the nationalising state pays adequate and effective compensation".
Nasser offered to compensate the shareholders. However, no steps were taken to make repayments to the UK or France. Therefore, the Nationalisation of the Canal was ILLEGAL. The documentary is interesting but biased as it fails to point out the above.
PoohShoes 3 years ago
we dont have to pay to british any money that we got back our canal ....the canal which third of our people have died in building it...even if traitors from turkey who ruled us sold britain and france the canal ...
britain is the one who should pay for 74 year of Occupation , stealing the wealth , using the land and killing and Arresting thousands of patriot egyptians ...
what have International Law done for 74 year of Occupation....for algeria for Palestine for iraq.u remember IL just for u.
H500n1 3 years ago
YOUR CANAL!? Egypt wouldn't even have the canal if it hadn't been designed by FRENCH engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps and paid for by French Money! What has Egypt done for itself over the past 50 years?! lost another war against Israel, failed to bring the majority of it's people out of poverty, and now relies on foreign tourism to boost it's ever dwindling economy...I think you would be better off if Britain still had an influence over your country!
PoohShoes 3 years ago
write something useful or just don't write anything.
1- The canal was dug by Egypt money and by the Egyptians , 150 thousands lost their lifes during building it.
2- about our economy , this is non of your business. bye
shifoooo 3 years ago
Shifoooo, It's getting a little tiresome that you and most of the other Egyptians posting comments on here can not admit certain truths about Egyptian history...The canal was paid for by French and Egyptian capital, the Egyptian money was put up by a government that H500n1 refers to as traitors from Turkey! Yes the canal was built by Egyptian labour paid for by the reigning Khedive. However, your figures on the Egyptian deaths during the construction of the canal are completely exaggerated!
PoohShoes 3 years ago
these are the real numbers , and don't use this way in your conversation with me , I mean "Egyptians posting comments on here can not admit certain truths about Egyptian history" , I know my history very well.
shifoooo 3 years ago
The only history you know seems to be the tainted Egyptian version. The ancient Egyptians never made record of a defeat, you and your country men seem to be keeping that legacy alive!
PoohShoes 3 years ago
so.....!!!
shifoooo 3 years ago
Shifoooo, here's a bit of news for you... It's wrong when you don't present all the facts! This documentary only paints the picture from the Egyptian point of view! The British had justification in trying to prevent Egypt from stealing it's shares in Suez, it would be a step in the right direction if you could acknowledge that FACT!
PoohShoes 3 years ago
the only fact you must know that IT'S OUR CANAL
and by the way BBC refers to British Broadcasting corporation so it's your point of view not ours
the shares of britain and france was just a rent for 99 year so by anyway it would go to egypt at end
and you won't learn me my history go learn yours
I know your feeling that this war put an end to great britain and made it just a slave to america ,following the orders of its master
great britain which took peoples wealths from india to iran to egypt.
H500n1 3 years ago
H500n1, I think you mean: I have nothing to TEACH you about Egyptian history!! Not, LEARN me my history! Anyway, You have a point, if Nasser hadn't been so stupid in nationalising the canal, he could have avoided all those Egyptian deaths and negotiated the shares of the canal back to Egypt in 1968, when Britains lease would have expired! But Nasser was too busy selling Egyptian cotton stocks in order to buy weapons from the Checks to think straight!
PoohShoes 3 years ago
don't insult Nasser , you know very well that you would never give the canal back in 1968 , there was many projects to extend the canal under the british supervision for 40 years more , which means that it will go back to Egypt in 2008 (this year).
And about the "weapons" , this is fake , Nasser wanted to build the High dam southern Egypt , the west refused to give him money , so he took his right by nationalizing the Egyptian canal.
shifoooo 3 years ago
Britain sadly is the underdog to the USA, unfortunately another sacrifice made by the UK in order to defeat the fascists was that Britain accepted American aid. the UK will always owe the USA a debt of gratitude, just as America and the world owe Britain (and the Empire) praise for the sacrifices they made during WW2. But its so much better to be an underdog to the worlds greatest democratic superpower than an insignificant North African nation that cant admit certain truths about its past!
PoohShoes 3 years ago
& we can all witness the great democratic superpower and the peace it has brought to earth while meddling in other countries affairs!
Egypt along w those countries still effectivly colonized during WW2 owe nothing to the UK/US infact our own ppl and resources were exploited by Britain in WW2, a war we had nothing to do w & were nt responsible for
hraslan 3 years ago
Also hraslan, It's the Suez canal that made Egypt an important strategic target, and as the Egyptians think it's solely theirs (even though it was designed by the French!), then Egypt certainly did have something to do with WW2! Even if Britain hadn't been intrested in Egypt, Hitler had his sights set on Suez and would have taken it regardless of whether or not Egypt decided to become chumy with the Nazi's, which I'm sure you would have preferred!
PoohShoes 3 years ago
Having a connecting canal was an idea that existed way before West realized how to build boats.
W or w/o suez EGY had stratigic importance
Like all humans we dont want any invaders.Nazis despised Arabs as much as any non-Ariens
EGY was used by Britain during WWII (resources+soilders, etc),in exchange EGYs were given certain promises by Brits which vapourised once Brits won the war.
Like it or nt Suez is in Egy's land+built by EGY workers=belongs to it.
urnt making any points here
hraslan 3 years ago
Suez wouldn't exist if it hadn't been designed by French Engineer De Lesseps, and funded by French capital. In WW2 Egyptian troops were only suitable for garrison duty, I haven't read of a single account where Egyptian forces defeated the Axis. Rommel and his Africa Corp were prevented from taking Egypt and Suez by the British 8th Army. Maybe if Egypt had of contributed more to the war effort they would have been recognised for there efforts, but I think they received just recognition.
PoohShoes 3 years ago
PoohShoes, i don't know what do u want from this conversation?!! this is something in history that happened from half a century!!
I respect that u love your country, me too, but these are historical events. we got back our canal, it wasour right and we got it back, thats it.
u don't like Nasser, may be he made some bad things, However, he made many good things for his country (including nationalizing the canal).
shifoooo 3 years ago
History is important, and it's only right to get all the facts straight. Some of the comments posted on here have been derogartory towards Britain, so of course I'm going to comment and put my point across.
I accept that you respect Nasser. and although I don't agree that nationalizing the canal was a good thing, I've found most of these documentaries interesting, so thanks for posting them.
PoohShoes 3 years ago 2
u r welcome, man :)
peace
shifoooo 3 years ago
I also understand your luv to your country we also love our country. This is not meant to be against Brits or Britain and if you have been to EGY you will know we do not carry grudges at all. If you think reasonable youll figure that each country has a phase or action that was wrong. I agree w Shiffoooo this is a done with thing we have more important issues nowadays to think about.
hraslan 3 years ago
I agree that both Britain and Egypt have made many mistakes throughout their histories.
Glad to hear Egyptians don't carry grudges, but although this event in history is "done with" lets not forget that the things still going on in Palestine today are due to un-resolved problems of the past. Like I said before History is very importatnt, and it's important to hear both sides of the argument, so thanks for the discussion.
PoohShoes 3 years ago
Aagain read history of idea of the canal he wasnt the 1st to get it + if it wasnt for EGY workers it wouldnt hv been built.Point is nt/wasnt recog.I can tell you about hell Egys sufffered getting bombed my grand ma still remembers . Regardless which form of participation &support EGY gave point is it gave aid, troops+got bombed bec of it. nothing of wt Brits promised happened i.e. they just used us. dnt see any point in ur arguments.we got canal back get over it.
hraslan 3 years ago 2
I do read history, I comment on here because history seems to have been a little distorted! Ancient Egys had built a man made canal which fell into disrepair, the Romans re-dug the canal, but again it became unusable. The Modern day canal was designed by De Lesseps in 1854, so my statement about Suez not being there if he hadn't designed it, is TRUE!
Sorry to hear your grand ma was caught up in the bombing, my grand parents were bombed during WW2. Innocent civilians always get the rough end.
PoohShoes 3 years ago
read history please yes the suez canal were designed by the french but 500000 egyptian worker made the canal by slavery and 2500000 were died in digging the canal .and about ww2 Egypt was occupied by the Britten in that time so how they would have a strong army in the time egypt was occupied and for your knowledge egypt entered many wars in the last cetuary and 300000 were died in this war
khaledgameboy 1 year ago
Also, as far as the BBC are concerned they often make programmes from the controversial point of view...it makes for better viewing, even when they dont present all the facts!
PoohShoes 3 years ago
please , respect us & say something important.
shifoooo 3 years ago
Shifoooo, Ask yourself the question Why did the west refuse to fund the Aswan Dam? Answer: Nasser was buying weapons from the communists! IT'S A FACT. Nasser would have been in a better position to claim the canal in '68, but he had no right to do it in '56! respect breeds respect, if you showed just a little respect for the truth I would respect you. The UK suffered a political embarrassment in '56 it's the truth...but it is also true that Nasser illegally nationalised the canal! just admit it!
PoohShoes 3 years ago
perhaps you didn't watch the video yet. Nasser went for the british and the americans to give him weapons to build his army but neither of them replied.
And about the dam, the reply was insultive and didn't have any thing related to the "weapons" that you say.
and about the fact, it is already known, the video prove that, I mean the BBC VIDEO,not Egyptian.
Nasser NATIONALIZED the canal, he took back the Egyptian right stolen by the west, he didn't take anyones right.
shifoooo 3 years ago
this is enough , you are wasting my time , you twist words and repeat the same questions you already knew their answers.
don't write here again.
shifoooo 3 years ago
while u r @ it could u plz check wt does int law say about colonization? and wt does int law say about attacking another country? dnt just pick the parts that please u and leave the rest. So, lets see did UK & France compensate the destruction that resulted from their assult? NO
hraslan 3 years ago
I thought you would be grateful for int law..It's only due to the UN and int law that a ceasfire was called which prevented Britain, France, and Israel from putting an end to Nasser and his very dissapointing Egypt! And in reference to colonialism maybe you should look back at Egyptian history, Egypt was probably one of the first nations in the world to occupy other countries for it's own purposes, weren't most of the Egyptian national monuments built by Hebrew slaves? very hpocritical hraslan.
PoohShoes 3 years ago
if u understand any thing about how things work in real life u will no that int law gets applied only if there is a will to follow it by states so,u r wrong,advancement of British troops was delayed bec of resistance meanwhile USSR&US didnt like wt was going on.Remind me again wn was the last time we invaded any other country?off the point.Hebrew slaves hahah there isnt one shred of evidence to that BUT there are evidence on how cities of egy workers were built around major monuments
hraslan 3 years ago
True about international law, but your other statements are very inaccurate. Egyptian resistance was limited, overwhelmed in the Sinai by Israeli forces, at Port Faud by the French, and by the British at port Said, a delay between British amphibious forces linking up with Para's at Gamel Airfield was due to over cautiousness..and not due to feeble resistance offered by Egyptians. Might be a good idea if you study from non biased sources and not just from Egyptian propaganda!
PoohShoes 3 years ago
The last time Egypt invaded another country was in 1973, another failed attempt to destroy Israel..but I guess that doesn't count eh? The Hebrews built the Royal treasure cities of Pithom and Ramses between 1290-1224 recognised by most scholars, but I'm sure you won't find any evidence of that in your Egyptian history books!
PoohShoes 3 years ago
allies wrote history of WW2 just and only as they want , allies courts for nazi leaders said only what allies wanted to say, if the courts was for war criminals the USA leaders was to go to hell for what the did in japan "not only the two nuclear bombs but for the ten of thousands of japan civilians who were burned by allies bombing against japan civilian cities" SECDEF Robert Strange McNamara admits this as many americans.
milkana22 3 years ago
PoohShoes"So you really should be grateful to the people of Great Britain for their efforts, if Britain and the Allies hadn't defeated the Axis powers you would be speaking German"
second -no one was able to force this nation to speak the whatever , UK occupation"Protectorate" for more than 40 years and this nation still speak its language,and even if under german occupation "which i doubt" this nation was able to extort its freedom as it did with western imperialism.
milkana22 3 years ago
PoohShoes"So you really should be grateful to the people of Great Britain for their efforts, if Britain and the Allies hadn't defeated the Axis powers you would be speaking German"
iam grateful only to my morale my arm and my hands,keep resisting and accept nothing but victory , we keep struggle , we may lose some battles BUT WE NEVER LOSE A WAR .
war for egypt war for sinai etc etc from history we won these wars,yes we lost some battles but we won,victory may be late but it always comes.
milkana22 3 years ago
milkana 22, YOU should be grateful that we along with the USA and other Britsh Colonies of that era defeated the Axis, because YOU along with everyone else would be speaking German... so YOU BE GRATEFUL... also you talk about our acts of terrorism, man i could go on about your acts of terrorism towards Isreal, or do you deny those facts of pure truth..You need to learn and get educated instead of educating yourself with pure hatred and fear...
blondiesweetcheeks 3 years ago
stop being so narrow minded and prideful long enough to admit yor country had fault and problems too and that you lost those couple of battles, we as a country, as a nation admit that we lost battles, thats how we learnt from them, where as your nation and country not excepting that you got defeated has caused you to and your country major problems... DEAl with it mate!!!!
blondiesweetcheeks 3 years ago 3
blondiesweetcheeks,iam not narrow minded as you,i know my country faults/setbacks and i try to learn from it,we still call our defeat in 1967 war as "the setback" we admit it and in the same year we learned from it and since 1973 we showed everyone that we learned from it.and i was CLEAR indeed we lost the battle at 1882 orabi had been defeated and egypt was occupied,but URABI had seriously defeated the british army in several battles,and urabi defeat was his own tactical mistake.
milkana22 3 years ago
the "pure hatred" comes from israel , israel is the one who attack its neighbours and occupy their lands, not the opposite. and their history proves that.
you are the one who needs to "get educated" instead of beleiving your false propaganda.
shifoooo 3 years ago
blondiesweetcheeks,sounds you don't understand english or may be just blind ,IAM GRATEFUL to no one by MY NATION MY PEOPLE MY FIGHTERS STRUGGLE, because british occupation or german occupation or french occupation or WHATEVER no occupation was able to break this nation willpower, more than 40 years under british occupation and we didn't spoke english WE SPEAK our language and the british empire was kicked out and vaporized same was to happen to german occupation if happened.WE ARE NOT REDINDIANS
milkana22 3 years ago
mate you have serous issue that you need to sort out with your God, you talk about people going to Hell let me know what its like there ok??
blondiesweetcheeks 3 years ago
Milkana22, I'm sorry to tell you this but you have been completely misinformed. Do you really believe that it was a good strategy to leave the entire Egyptian air force on the ground to be destroyed by the RAF?!
The Israeli forces in Sinai categorically defeated Egyptian forces! Every source book available on the subject confirms it. Yet you seem to believe that Egypt was making some kind of tactical withdrawal in the face of Israeli advances! Have you been smoking some illegal substances?
PoohShoes 3 years ago
Milkana22, Your comments referring to the Allies as war criminals for taking nuclear action against Japan in WW2 are appalling. The Atomic bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima are an awful part of world history. The Japanese would not surrender. Either the allies invaded Japan (costing thousands of more lives) or atomic weapons were used to prove once and for all that Japan could not win the war. The latter course of action ended the war and the Allies were able to re-build Japan and move on.
PoohShoes 3 years ago
Interesting documentary, thanks for posting. Although, it is biased. Nasser broke the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1954 he also appears to have had no morals and would have sold himself to the highest bidder, American or Russian. It's a shame Anthony Eden didn't have the political backing of the U.S.A in 1956, the British had a right to their shares in the Suez canal, international intervention is the only reason why Egypt wasn't crushed just as it was in 1882 when Britain put down the Arabi revolt.
PoohShoes 3 years ago
No, I think you meant the other way around right? Nasser wouldn't sell out to either the West or Communist Russia. Thats why the Russians set up the 6 day war;they falsely accused Israel(the tool of the superpowers) of being prepared to invade Syria. And were Nasser to have sat on the masters hands and be waved around like other leaders in the area, he would have avoided 6 day war. The Russians gave him rusty outdated equiptment w/o many spare parts (50yrswar). Nasser was destroyed by both.
translationwiz 3 years ago
No, I meant it just as I wrote it! It's a fact that Britain and America were quite happy to build the Aswan dam, but Nasser decided to work with the Russians because the USA openly supported Israel. The USSR provided capital and engineers for the Aswan project, and as you pointed out, they also provided arm's. So it's a fact that without Russian support in 1956 Egypt would have been deafeated by the British.
PoohShoes 3 years ago
Defeated? THe Invasion of 56 was a fake.Of course Egypt couldnt stand upto UK,FR,ISRAEL. It wasnt Russia that saved him though. It was the US. They were angry that UK and France pulled this trick without informing him their main ally. The Russians offered to interfere jointly with the US. See, everybody wanted the Mid-East. They were after the oil since 1900..Nasser just wanted a free egypt then united Arabia..Other Arabs had oil. they didnt want unity..they didnt want Nasser either.
translationwiz 3 years ago
The US wouldn't support Britian because Russia threatened nuclear action, yes Britain didn't consult the US because the US probably would have advised against any action, America had nothing to gain. However, The British had majority shares in the canal and had a reason to intervene..and that's all I disagree with in this documentary, it protrays the British in a negative light for taking action against Egypt, but the truth is the Egyptians under Nassers direction stole British shares.
PoohShoes 3 years ago
well, you are the history buff aren't you...I just want it noted for the record: "I wasnt around then. I read it in books."
PS...thanks for the intelligent exchange.
translationwiz 3 years ago
Thanks for your comments it's always interesting hearing another person's point of view...and yeah, I am a sad history buff! but history is fascinating!
PoohShoes 3 years ago
PoohShoes , your words teeling only one thing , you are nothing but another copy of EDEN , the big liar who lied to his english people before he lied to the world , first of all 1-egypt had payed for british and french for their shares in the canal , egypt just payed every sent for the canal , all what happened was nationalizing the canal means buy the canal by force and the french and british were payed for their shares so fair.
milkana22 3 years ago
In 1956 The British still had shares in the canal, and were justified in taking military action. Egyptian forces were defeated in the Sinai by Moshe Dayan's Israeli forces, while British and French forces occupied the Canal Zone. Egyptian resistance was limited. Please don't misunderstand that the Egyptians were never going to beat the British. As I have said before, the only reason Great Britain did not succeed in taking control of Suez was because of international political pressure.
PoohShoes 3 years ago
don't deceive yourself and don't try to deceive us.
the "international political pressure" didn't prevent America from attacking Iraq of afghanistan few years ago, and you talk about "pressure" in 1950s, I mean after british won the WWII!!!
the Egyptian army retreated from Sinai to face the british and french forces on the western bank of the canal.
And about the "limited" Egyptian resistance, you just have to know that they already captured the british Qween's cousin in Portsaid city.
shifoooo 3 years ago
...Maybe you're confusing Britain's war with Egypt, with Egypt's disastrous attempt to subdue an uprising in the Sudan in 1883? In this Egypt had modern weaponry but were defeated by the Sudanese who only had swords.
PoohShoes 3 years ago
what?!!! 1883?!!!
you mean after Egypt was occupied?!!!
shifoooo 3 years ago
Maybe you don't understand that America is the "international political pressure"!! what they say goes. Britain won the war but as I've said before it was a pyrrhic victory, the USA has been the world's super power ever since the war, not Great Britain! Also, if it makes you feel better to think the Egyptians put up stiff resistance in '56 then ok. Although it obviously wasn't that good because the British and French troops took all their objectives in less than a few days
PoohShoes 3 years ago