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Suez Canal
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Britain drew up plans to cut off the Nile to Egypt to force a return of the Suez Canal, files from 1956 reveal.
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Three photos, a dynamic map, and authoritative article (Introduction, Physical Description, and History) on the Canal -- with links to key names, placenames, and events; from Encarta.
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Three-part scholarly recounting and analysis of the Suez Crisis (1956), by Wilfred P. Deac, in Military History Magazine (from About.com).
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Reprint from: All the Year Round, January 8, 1876; from Islamic History Sourcebook, Fordham University.
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Brief description and key-dates history of the artificial waterway, with several links; from Encyclopaedia of the Orient.
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Report dated June 04, 2003, announces that the International Association for Civil Engineers has designated the Suez Canal as a landmark in the history of world civil engineering.
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BBC News maps showing the strategic importance of the Suez Canal and how the crisis unfolded.
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Illustrated article including history, current day, and related links.
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