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493 1956 Suez Canal Stock Photos and High-res Pictures

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Students from Manchester University demonstrate against British policy in Egypt during the Suez Crisis 1956 - In October 1956, Egypt's President...

Students from Manchester University demonstrating against British policy in Egypt during the Suez Crisis, October 1956

Suez Crisis 1956 - Royal Engineers in Port Said in Egypt build a Bailey Bridge over the Suez Canal 1956These British troops were posted in Egypt to...

British forces in Egypt during the Suez crisis, November 1956

The Egyptian President Gamal Abdel NASSER announcing the nationalization of the Suez Canal to a crowd of 250,000 people during a celebration of the...

Nasser Nationalizes The Suez Canal

This picture taken on November 17, 2019 shows the Liberia-flagged container ship RDO Concord sailing through Egypt's Suez Canal in the canal's...

EGYPT-POLITICS-TRANSPORT-SUEZ-CANAL-HISTORY

Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser is cheered by crowds as he returns to Cairo after his speech in Alexandria announcing the nationalisation of...

Gamal Abdel Nasser

This picture taken on November 17, 2019 shows the Hong Kong-flagged container ship CSCL STAR sailing through Egypt's Suez Canal in the canal's...

EGYPT-POLITICS-TRANSPORT-SUEZ-CANAL-HISTORY

This map gives the location of former British bases in the Suez Canal zone, in Egypt, 11/1/1956.

MAP OF FORMER BRITISH BASES IN EGYPT

British soldiers fishing in the Suez Canal while stationed there during the Suez crisis.

Fishing In Canal

Egyptians crowd the streets of Cairo to protest the British and French invasion of the Suez Canal area during the Suez Crisis of 1956.

Egyptians Protesting during Suez Crisis

Royal Navy divers begin the task of clearing the Suez Canal of blockships sunk by Nasser's government during the crisis, 26th November 1956. Original...

Clearing Blockships

Suez Crisis - nationalisation of the Suez Canal: The first session of the new Suez Canal Authority

Suez Crisis - nationalisation of the Suez Canal: The first session of the new Suez Canal Authority

Suez Crisis 1956 - Royal Engineers in Port Said in Egypt build a Bailey Bridge over the Suez Canal 1956These British troops were posted in Egypt to...

British forces in Egypt during the Suez crisis, November 1956

Students from Manchester University demonstrate against British policy in Egypt during the Suez Crisis 1956 - In October 1956, Egypt's President...

Students from Manchester University demonstrating against British policy in Egypt during the Suez Crisis, October 1956

Navy Salvage vessel is shown alongside a sunken ship blocking the Suez Canal during operations to clear the vital waterway. A total of approximately...

Navy Salvage Vessel

British at Port Said. Port Said, Egypt: British troops advance through Port Said as oil installations burn during the Anglo-French invasion of the...

British Troops Moving Through Port Said

Painting depicting the Westland Whirlwind helicopters in the air as No 42 and 40 Commando Royal Marines storm the beaches, during the Suez Crisis, at...

Suez Crisis - No 42 & 40 Commando Royal Marines Landing, Port Said

Was the year of the joint British, French, Israeli invasion of the Egypt known as the Suez Crisis. The map is captioned in Cyrillic script. The blue...

Map of Palestine showing the increase in Jewish population between 1934 and 1956.

Dammam, Saudi Arabia- King Saud joins hands with Syrian President Shukri Al-Kuwatley and Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser after Nasser and...

King Saud with Syrian and Egyptian Presidents

Anzio, Italy: A playful Farouk throws sand with his foot at pretty playmates, as the portly ex-king of Egypt enjoys the resort of Anzio, a...

King Farouk Kicks Sand

Photo d'archives datée de 1956 de la conférence de presse du Président Gamal Abdel Nasser au cours de laquelle il a décliné l'invitation qui lui a...

BIO-NASSER-CONFERENCE-SUEZ-CANAL

Royal Navy divers begin the task of clearing the Suez Canal of blockships sunk by Nasser's government during the crisis. Original Publication:...

Picture released on August 18, 1956 showing demonstrators supporting Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, in the Maarad street of Beyrouth, during...

LEBANON-SUEZ CANAL-CRISIS

Suez Crisis 1956 - British Paratroopers in Egypt build a small rail engine out of a motorbike for moving supplies 1956These British troops were...

British forces in Egypt during the Suez crisis, November 1956

Students from Manchester University demonstrating against British policy in Egypt during the Suez Crisis, 1956In October 1956, Egypt's President...

Students from Manchester University demonstrating against British policy in Egypt during the Suez Crisis, October 1956

Egyptian soldiers stand guard during an organised tour for diplomats to mark the 150th anniversary of the inauguration of the Suez Canal, in the...

EGYPT-POLITICS-TRANSPORT-SUEZ-CANAL-HISTORY

An aerial view of ships which have been sunk at the entrance to the Suez Canal to prevent passage during the Suez crisis. On the right is an Naval...

Ships Sunk In Suez

The Suez Canal and Bitter Lakes near the town of Fayid.

Canal And Lakes

Plate taken from 'L'Exposition Universelle' , showing a series of drawings by M Lancelot after paintings by M M Rube and Chaperon. The Suez Canal is...

Views of the Suez Canal, Egypt, 1867.

The Suez Crisis. Seen from the air the block ships which have been sunk in the entrance to the Suez Canal at Port Said. At extreme right is one of...

Ships Blocking the Suez Canal

Camera crew for television show "See It Now" visits the Suez Canal, now guarded by Egyptian soldiers, during filming of special hour-and-a-half...

Camera Crew Visits Suez Canal

Israeli tanks, similar to the one shown here maneuvering in rugged terrain, led the drive of Ben Gurion's forces across the Sinai Peninsula to a...

Israeli Tanks Driving Across Peninsula

Cairo, Egypt- Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser is addressing Air Force cadets at Bilbeis after foreign pilots on the Suez Canal walked out. He...

President Nasser Talking to Cadets

The Suez Canal connecting Port Said with the Gulf of Suez.

This picture taken on November 17, 2019 shows the Malaysia-flagged oil tanker Bunga Kasturi sailing through Egypt's Suez Canal in the canal's central...

EGYPT-POLITICS-TRANSPORT-SUEZ-CANAL-HISTORY

British sailors survey damaged ships in the Suez Canal to determine how to remove them at the end of the Suez Crisis.

Damaged Ship In The Suez Canal

Suez Crisis Anglo - French intervention in the Suez area The Ferdan bridge over the Suez Canal south of Port Said that was blasted by the Egyptians

Suez Crisis Anglo - French intervention in the Suez area The Ferdan bridge over the Suez Canal south of Port Said that was blasted by the Egyptians

United Nations vehicle passing Israeli troops nearQuantara on the east bank of the Suez Canal., A U.N. Observer was posted on either side of the...

Suez Canal crisis, 1956.

Jubilant Israeli troops stand on a combat vehicle around the flag of an Egyptian armored brigade captured in the Israeli drive across the Sinai...

Soldiers Holding Flags

Picture released on November 14 of Israeli troops gathering seized artillery weapons in the Sinaï desert, Egypt, during the Suez crisis.

SUEZ-EGYPT-ISRAEL-ARMY

Picture released on September 15, 1956 of an Egyptian ship leaving the port of Ismaïlia to block the navigation, during the Suez canal crisis.

EGYPT-SUEZ-NAVY-EGYPT

Flag and funnel are the only visible remains of a blockship that has been sunk in the Suez Canal at Port Said, Egypt, during the Suez Crisis.

British reinforcements arriving on board the troopship Empire Ken and other landing craft at Port Said, a port on the Mediterranean Sea at the...

Blocking the Suez Canal during the Suez Crisis: only the mast is visible of one sunken ship, and the top of the superstructure of another. A further...

Blocking Suez Canal

The Suez Crisis war in Egypt, 29th October to 6th November, 1956 - This was the scene at the entrance to the Suez Canal. It portrays graphically the...

The Suez Crisis - War in Egypt, November 1956

The Suez Crisis war in Egypt, 29th October to 6th November, 1956 - Roast duck for dinner in the front-line. For this Anglo-French trio Pte Johnny...

The Suez Crisis - War in Egypt, November 1956

The remains of the statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps at the northern entrance to the Suez Canal waterway, running between Suez and the Mediterranean...

Northern Entrance To Suez Canal In Egypt

Ship sunk by Egyptians to block the Suez Canal appears at the surface of water, on November 11, 1956 in Port Saïd. An Anglo-French intervention has...

SUEZ CANAL-CRISIS

British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden gives a television and radio speech about the Suez Canal crisis in London on August 9, 1956. An Anglo-French...

EGYPT-BRITAIN-SUEZ-CANAL-CRISIS-EDEN

British troops listen to a briefing aboard a troopship before departing for the Suez Canal.

Briefing Aboard British Troopship

British frogmen recover weapons hidden by Egyptian forces in the Suez Canal. During the Suez Crisis of 1956, British troops scoured much of the area...

British Frogmen Recovering Hidden Weapons

Here's a general view of the Security Council as it convened to consider the Suez Canal controversy. The 11 nation body heard speeches by Selwyn...

Security Council Members Meeting in Session

Picture released on November 12 of El Ferdan Railway Bridge, near Ismailia, Egypt, destroyed by military operations and blocking the Suez canal. /...

SUEZ-EGYPT-INFRASTRUCTURE-CONFLICT

Picture released on November 1956 of ruins and destroyed weapons, in Port Said, Egypt, during the Suez crisis.

SUEZ-EGYPT-CRISES-DEBRIS

Picture released on November 13 of French soldiers escorting Egyptian prisoners to work, walking along the Port-Said canal, Egypt, during the Suez...

SUEZ-EGYPT-FRANCE-ARMY

Picture released on September 16, 1956 in Port Said of a convoy of ships directed by Egyptian and greek pilots as the traffic has slowed down during...

EGYPT-SUEZ-CONFLICT

Picture released on November 2, 1956 of Israeli troops gathering for an attack at the Sinaï Peninsula, Egypt, during the Suez crisis.

SUEZ-EGYPT-CRISES-ARMY-ISRAEL

Two British soldiers keep guard over a ditched tank beside the Suez Canal.

Blockade ships, sunk by the Egyptians during the battle for the Suez Canal lying at the canal entrance in Port Said. Original Publication: Picture...

The Suez Crisis war in Egypt, 29th October to 6th November, 1956 - This was the scene at the entrance to the Suez Canal. It portrays graphically the...

The Suez Crisis - War in Egypt, November 1956

This picture taken on November 17, 2019 shows the Portugal-flagged container ship MSC Giulia sailing through Egypt's Suez Canal in the canal's...

EGYPT-POLITICS-TRANSPORT-SUEZ-CANAL-HISTORY

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