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At the end of WWII, colonized nations were tired of of their colonizers. Egypt, Vietnam, India, and a host of other colonized nations wanted their freedom.
Egypt started by nationalizing the Suez Canal. The Suez Canal is how shipping gets from Asia and the Pacific to Europe and the Atlantic. That way you don't have to sail all the way around Africa to get to Europe.
France and Britain owned the Suez Canal so they joined with Israel to fight a war with Egypt. This enraged the whole Muslim world, many of whom were colonized nations themselves. And all of them hated Israel with a passion.
So France, Britain and Israel started the war, and it was quickly obvious that they were winning.
Eisenhower told France, Britain and Israel to stop. America produced about 75% of the world's oil back then and Eisenhower threatened an oil boycott. Also, America owned a lot of British currency at that time and America threated to dump the British currency and completely ruin the British economy.
France, Britain and Israel stopped the war.
France and Britain, both huge colonialists were humiliated. Later, this would cause a lot of problems for America, like the Vietnam War.
So why did Ike do it?
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Egypt started by nationalizing the Suez Canal. The Suez Canal is how shipping gets from Asia and the Pacific to Europe and the Atlantic. That way you don't have to sail all the way around Africa to get to Europe.
France and Britain owned the Suez Canal so they joined with Israel to fight a war with Egypt. This enraged the whole Muslim world, many of whom were colonized nations themselves. And all of them hated Israel with a passion.
So France, Britain and Israel started the war, and it was quickly obvious that they were winning.
Eisenhower told France, Britain and Israel to stop. America produced about 75% of the world's oil back then and Eisenhower threatened an oil boycott. Also, America owned a lot of British currency at that time and America threated to dump the British currency and completely ruin the British economy.
France, Britain and Israel stopped the war.
France and Britain, both huge colonialists were humiliated. Later, this would cause a lot of problems for America, like the Vietnam War.
So why did Ike do it?
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