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Germany
Cramb’s bête noire
rise of
relations with Turkey
First World War
Jewish refugees from
reoccupation of the Rhineland
Second World War
Nazi concentration camps
economy
NATO reserve
Ghali, Boutros
Giap, General Vo Nguyen
Gibraltar
Gilbert, Pierre Eugène
Gilles, General
Giza, Egypt
Gladstone, Wlliam Ewart
Glubb, General Sir John (Glubb Pasha)
Gold Coast (Ghana)
Goldeneye, Jamaica
Gordon, General Charles George
Gore-Booth, Paul
Gower, Captain John
Great Bitter Lake, near Cairo
Greece
Grenadier Guards
Grisewood, Harman
Guinea
Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf Oil
Gulf of Oman
Gulf of Suez
Gulf States
Gur, Motta
H-bomb
Haifa, Israel
oil refinery
Hailsham, Lord
Hall-Patch, Sir Edmund
Hammarskjöld, Dag
Hanoi
Harkaby, General
Hassanein Pasha
Hayter, Sir William
Head, Anthony
Heath, Sir Edward
Heathcoat-Amery (agriculture ministry)
Hedjaz, Saudi Arabia
Heikal, Mohamed H.
Henderson, Lieutenant Brian
Henderson, David
Hennessey, Peter
Henriques, Robert
Herbert, Sir Edwin
Higgins, Ronald
Hilmi, Khedive ’Abbas
Hiroshima
Hitler, Adolf
Hobbs, Reginald ‘Pooh’
Holborn Viaduct, London
Holland-Martin, Christopher
Home, Lord see Douglas-Home
Home Fleet Training Squadron
Hoover, Herbert, Jr
Horne, Alistair
Huckstep arms dump, Egypt
Hughes, Emmet
Humphrey, George
Hungary
Hunt, Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth
Hussein, Ahmed
Hussein, King of Jordan
Hussein, Saddam
Hussein ibn Ali, Sharif of Mecca
Hynd, John, MP
Ibrahim al-Awwal (Egyptian frigate)
Ibrahim Pasha
IMF (International Monetary Fund)
Imperial Defence College
India
Napoleon and
service to Bombay via Alexandria
and British attitude to building of Suez Canal
Suez Canal’s importance as route to India
and British control of Egypt
independence
Indo-China
Information Coordination Executive
Iran
British involvement in
oil issue
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company nationalised
Mussadiq regime
reinstatement of the Shah
Khomeini takes over
Baghdad Pact (1955)
keen for Western aid
at Canal Users’ conference
see also Persia
Iraq
Feisal becomes king
independence
failed coup by German sympathisers
oil issue
British involvement
air bases in
Turco-Iraqi Pact (1955)
keen for Western aid
relations with Britain
friendly occupation of Jordan
Syrian army attacks pumping stations
and Kuwait
comparison between Suez 1956 and Iraq 2004
Iraq Petroleum Companu
Iraqi army
Iraqi Revolution (1958)
Irgun Zvei Leumi
Ismail Pasha
Ismailia, Egypt
Canal Company offices
and invasion plan
start of the war (29 October 1956)
Israel
declaration of an independent state (1948)
Arab attack on
and disappearance of Palestine
US aid to
lack of protection for
Lavon affair
arms issue
denied entry to Suez Canal
relations with Britain
relations with France
nuclear technology
Paris delegation (September 1956)
attack on Qalqilya (October 1956)
and ‘The Plan’
invades Sinai (October 29 1956)
refuses to withdraw troops from Gaza and Sharm el-Sheikh
arms supplies from US
involvement in Suez crisis adds to the confusion
Israeli armed forces
Israeli Defence Force (IDF)
Israeli intelligence
Israeli secret service
Issigonis, Alec
Istanbul (previously Constantinople)
Italy
Napoleon and
Napoleon III’s involvement
Second World War
Jamaica
Jamaica (destroyer)
Japan
Jay, Douglas
Jean Bart (French battleship)
Jebb, Gladwyn
Jerusalem
Jewish diaspora
Johnson, Lyndon
Johnson, Dr Samuel
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Defence Board
Joint Intelligence Committee
Joint Planning Staff (JPS)
Jones, Angus
Jordan (previously Transjordan)
Jordan River
Kabrit, Egypt
Kamel, Prince Hussein
Kamel, Mustafa
Karnow, Stanley
Kasr-el-Nil barracks, Cairo
Keightley, General Sir Charles
commander-in-chief of allied forces
personality
cautious approach of
supports Mountbatten
and proposed invasion of Port Said
favours seaborne invasion force
clashes with the press
Kemal, Mustafa
Kenya
Kersaint (French destroyer)
KGB
Khalifa
Khalil, Squadron Leader
Khartoum, Sudan
Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah
Khrushchev, Nikita
Killearn, Lord see Lampson, Sir Miles
Kilmuir, Lord
King David Hotel, Jerusalem
Kipling, Rudyard
Kirkpatrick, Sir Ivone
Kirkuk, Iraq
Kitchener, General Sir Herbert (later Lord Kitchener)
Knowland, William
Kodok (formerly Fashoda), Sudan
Korea
Korean War (1950)
Kuntilla, Egypt
Kuwait
oil issue
Labour Party
Lacey, Brigadier John
Lacoste, Robert
Lacouture, Jean
Lake Manzala, Egypt
Lake Mariut
Lake Timsah, Egypt
Lamph, Private Peter
Lampson, Sir Miles (later Lord Killearn)
Lancashire cotton mills
Lancashire Fusiliers
Lancaster House, London
Lancelot, Admiral
Laos
Lavon, Pinhas
Lavon affair
Lawrence, T.E. (Lawrence of Arabia)
Le Père, J.M.
League of Empire Loyalists
League of Nations
Lebanon
Leroyd, Roger
Leulliette, Pierre
Levin, Bernard
Levin, Fernand
Libération
Libya
Life Guards
Life magazine
Little, Tom
Liverpool
Lloyd, John Selwyn Brooke (Baron Selwyn-Lloyd)
succeeds Macmillan at Defence
personality
becomes Foreign Secretary
criticism of
failed Washington conference
meetings with Nasser (February 1956)
Bahrain incident
his view on Egypt
a member of the Suez Committee
chairs Canal Users’ Conferences
suggests appeal to the UN
talks in Paris
UN Security Council debate
and The Plan
Palais Matignon meeting
Sèvres talks
lies in the House of Commons
US blamed for British ceasefire decision
conversation with Dulles in New York
persuaded not to resign
Lloyd, Lord
Lloyd George, David
Lloyds of London
Lodge, Cabot
Logan, Donald
London
Canal Users’ Conference (August 1956)
second Canal Users’ Conference (September 1956)
Looker, Private
Lucky Break
Lyttelton, Oliver (later Lord Chandos)
Maclean, Donald
Maclean, Fitzroy
Macmillan, Harold (later 1st Earl of Stockton)
at the Foreign Office
critical role in Suez crisis
personality
moved to the Treasury
Suez Committee
and Robert Murphy
urges Dulles to negotiate with Nasser
and Israel
worried about alienating the US government
and Britain’s financial plight
conversation with Aldrich
as Eden’s successor
appeals to middle England
and defence
works to restore the special relationship with the US
Bermuda summit
‘winds of change’ speech
Macnamara, Group Captain
Madoc, Brigadier R.W.
Mahdi, the (Mohammed Ahmed)
Maher, Ali
Maillard, Pierre
Makarios, Archbishop
Makins, Sir Roger
Malaya
Malta
Mamelukes
Manchester
Manchester Guardian (later the Guardian)
Mangin, Louis
Manningham-Buller, Sir Reginald
Marshall, SS
Massu, General Jacques
Maude, Angus
Maurice, Sir Frederick
Mayo, Second Lieutenant Peter
Mediterranean Sea
and Egypt’s strategic position
Napoleon’s Suez project
and the building of the Suez Canal
Anglo-French invasion of Egypt (1956)
Mehmed V Reshad, Sultan of Turkey
Meir, Golda
Mendès-France, Pierre
Menon, Krishna
Menzies, Robert: Cairo negotiations
Meon, HMS
Mesopotamia
Messina conference (1955)
Meynell, Hugo
MI5
MI6
Middle East Command
Middle East Defence Organisation
Midland Bank
Millard, Sir Guy
Milner, Alfred, Lord
England in Egypt
Milton, Dec
Mini car
Ministry of Defence
Mitla Pass, Egypt
Mobil
Moguy, Brigadier Salab ed-Din
Mollet, Prime Minister Guy
Monckton, Sir Walter
a lawyer and politician
Director General of British Propaganda and Information Services
opposes military action during the Suez crisis
considers resigning
and Musketeer Revise
Head succeeds
Monde, Le
Monnet, Jean
Mons
Montgomery, Bernard Law, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Moorhouse, Lieutenant Anthony
Moreni, Count Vincente
Morocco
Morrison, Herbert
Morrison, John
Moseley, Sydney: With Kitchener in Cairo
Mosul, Iraq
Mott-Radclyffe, Charles, MP
Mountbatten, Admiral Earl
Muggeridge, Malcolm
Muhammad, Prophet
Munich debates (1938)
Murphy, Robert
Muscat
Musketeer operation see under Suez campaign
Musketeer Revise see under Suez campaign
Muslim Brotherhood
Mussadiq, Dr Mohammed
Mussolini, Benito
Nachmias, Yosef
Nahas Pasha
Naples
Napoleon Bonaparte
Egypt Expedition
Suez Canal project
Napoleon III, Emperor of France
Narriman, Queen of Egypt
Nasser, Gamal Abdel
military education
Egyptian nationalism
Blessed Movement of Free Officers
and the CIA
personality
and Black Saturday
spares Farouk
consolidates his position
wants to control the Canal Zone base
demands total withdrawal of British troops from Egypt
makes an unexpected concession
signs agreement with Britain (1954)
leads the Revolutionary Council
President of the Republic (June 1956)
grandiose dreams
favours neutrality
Shuckburgh and Kirkpatrick seek his overthrow
Cairo meeting with Eden
reaction to Baghdad Pact
arms issue
meetings with Lloyd
plots to oust him
speaks on imperialism and Arab nationalism
nationalisation of Suez Canal
and Algeria
Eden equates him with fascism
and Canal Users’ conference
and first air raids
despair, followed by defiance
credit in the Arab world
pan-Arabism
biggest mistake
popular press portrays as a ruthless dictator
revitalised
Egypt’s Liberation
Nathanya, Palestine
National Assembly (France)
National Guard (Egypt)
National Liberation Army (Egypt)
National Liberation Front (FLN)
National Security Council
National Service Act (1948)
national service (conscription)
Nationalist Party (Iran)
NATO
Navarre, General Henri
Negev, Israel
Neguib, Major-General Muhammad
Nehru, Jawaharlal
Nelson, Admiral Lord Horatio
New York Times
New Zealand
Newfoundland, HMS
News Chronicle
Nicolson, Harold
Nicolson, Nigel
Nile, battle of the (178)
Nile River
Napoleon and
Norcock, Lieutenant Colonel
North Africa
North Vietnam
Northern Tier
Nuremberg trials
Nuri el-Said
Nutting, Anthony
Nutting, John
Observer
Ocean, HMS (aircraft carrier)
OEEC (Organisation for European Economic Cooperation)
oil
Suez Canal as a vital Middle East-Europe route
substantial Middle East reserves
Iraq Petroleum Company
Roosevelt’s talks with King Saud
chief Middle East suppliers
British overseas investments
oil pipeline from Suez to Cairo
increasing activity of US in the Middle East
negotiations with Iran
world production of crude
US willingness to protect supplies
Oman
Omdurman, battle of (1898)
Omdurman, Sudan
Omega operation
Operation Boot (Ajax)
Operation Kadesh
Ordzhonikidze affair
Ottoman Empire
sixteenth century
and France
Egypt returned to
Muhammad Ali founds a dynasty in Egypt
and the Treaty of London
Russia’s predatory incursions
fall of
Wilson’s Fourteen Points
Sykes-Picot Agreement
P&O Navigation Company
Pakistan
Palais Matignon, Paris (Anglo-French summit, October, 1956)
Palestine
British involvement
and King Farouk
and King Saud
terror and counter-terror
King David Hotel bombing
the UN’s unworkable blueprint
declaration of independent Israel
most of Palestine disappears from the map
Palmerston, Viscount
pan-Arabism
Panama Canal
Parachute Regiment, The (3rd Battalion)
Paris Peace Conference
Parker monument, opposite the Suez canal, Egypt
Pathaus, Norway
Pearson, Lester
Peled, Major Benny
Peres, Shimon
Perim
Persia (later Iran)
Persia, Shah of (Mohammad Reza Pahlavi)
Persian Gulf
Philip, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
Pickfords
Picture Post
Pilgrim’s Way
Pineau, Christian
Plan, The
Pliatzky, Leo
Plymouth
Port Fuad, Egypt
Anglo-French invasion of Egypt (1956)
Port Ibrahim, Egypt
Port Said, Egypt
and the Suez Canal opening
Kipling’s view of
British troops leave
Canal Company offices
and invasion plan
and ‘The Plan’
reinforcement of
Anglo-French invasion of Egypt (1956)
parachute drop
de Lesseps statue
Government House
under allied control
