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In 1956, Egypt seized the Suez Canal and nationalized it, prompting an international response and a three-country invasion.
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"Showdown" by Kevin MacLeod
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Sources:
- “First United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF I) - Background (Summary).” United Nations, n.d. peacekeeping.un.org/mission/past/unef1backgr1.html.
- “The Sinai War ‘Operation Kadesh.’” Map. Tel Aviv: Israel Defense Forces, 1957. inlibris.com/item/bn52380
- Past Works
In 1956, Egypt seized the Suez Canal and nationalized it, prompting an international response and a three-country invasion.
➤ Support this channel with my Patreon!: patreon.com/emperortigerstar
Music used:
"Showdown" by Kevin MacLeod
found at incompetech.com
Sources:
- “First United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF I) - Background (Summary).” United Nations, n.d. peacekeeping.un.org/mission/past/unef1backgr1.html.
- “The Sinai War ‘Operation Kadesh.’” Map. Tel Aviv: Israel Defense Forces, 1957. inlibris.com/item/bn52380
- Past Works








![The Wrong Map of Syria No One Noticed
Somehow multiple maps of Syria had an incorrect border with Jordan, and virtually no one seemed to notice. Why?
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Music used: Hard Boiled by Kevin MacLeod
Sources:
- “Jordan, Syria Seal Border Accord.” UPI, February 28, 2005. https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2005/02/28/Jordan-Syria-seal-border-accord/75971109605450/.
- SKETCH MAP To illustrate proposed settlement of Syria - Trans-Jordan Frontier [186r] (1/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2848, f 186, in Qatar Digital Library https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100054845815.0x0000b9
- “Syria, Jordan Began Border Demarcation.” UPI, April 3, 2006. https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2006/04/03/Syria-Jordan-began-border-demarcation/67341144057990/.
- Vignal, Leïla. “The Changing Borders and Borderlands of Syria in a Time of Conflict.” International Affairs 93, no. 4 (July 2017): 809–27. https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iix113.
- https://syria.liveuamap.com/
- https://www.evl.uic.edu/pape/data/WDB/ (Source of CIA World Data Bank coordinate files) The Wrong Map of Syria No One Noticed](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OAM9zw1eMPs/mqdefault.jpg)

