Britain's Forgotten Wars with Tony Robinson

Suez: A Line in the Sand (1x3)

Date de diffusion: Oct 09, 2021

First-hand accounts of the Suez crisis of 1956, when Britain and France resorted to military force to regain control of their lucrative transport arrangements in Egypt after the new president nationalised the Suez canal. The programme features personal accounts of soldiers involved in a situation that left the two European nations empty-handed and under heavy criticism from the UN.