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08/11/2010 GMT

Suez canal invasion 1956

BBC World Service - Witness History, Suez canal invasion 1956

In November 1956 Britain and France invaded Egypt - to regain control of the Suez canal

In November 1956 Britain and France invaded Egypt - to regain control of the Suez canal.

When the Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalised the Suez canal in 1956, he took control of one of the main oil routes from the Middle East. France and Britain tried to seize it back.

Witness speaks to Tony Bunce, who was a young British soldier involved in the invasion of Port Said in 1956.

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