Rise and Fall of the British Empire

Israel, Egypt, and Suez Canal (1x31)


Air date: Jan 01, 2009

Learn how Britain's attempt to partition Israel and Palestine in 1948—a strategy unsuccessfully attempted in both Ireland and India—suffered a similar fate. See also how the Suez Crisis of 1956 demonstrated that Britain was no longer capable of unilateral imperial action.

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