In 1956, an international crisis over control of the Suez Canal put Britain and France into direct conflict with President Nasser of Egypt, a proud Arab nationalist determined to stand up to foreign ...

The Jewish strategy was to make an all-out effort to regain the positions it had lost at the Suez Canal and at Golan Heights, the two places where the war had ... a part of 1973, and many of ...

In 1973 they launched major offensives against Israel on the Jewish festival of Yom Kippur. The Egyptians drove the Israelis from the Suez Canal. FISK: The '73 war, the crossing of the Suez Canal ...

Egypt was home to one of the world's most important transportation systems: the Suez ... War Using guest speakers, this video clip examines the events surrounding the Yom Kippur War in 1973.