suez

Once of the major reasons for the decline of the Ottoman Empire and the rise of Western European Powers was the weakening of the stranglehold the Turks had over trade with Asia. The invention of the caravel made long ocean voyages possible, and Spanish/Portuguese navigators made great strides...

In 1956, a brief war between Egypt, Israel, France, and the United Kingdom occurred over the Egyptian occupation of the Suez Canal. The war ended incredibly quickly due to international dismay. What if this hadn't occurred, what if the USA realized that Egypt wasn't trustworthy and helped the...

Eisenhower threatened the 3 invading nations(France, UK, Isreal) with economic sanctions and persuaded the British and French to withdraw. Isreal also withdrew a bit later. I believe that the French would the have continued the operation had the British not called it quits and didn't feel...

In 1973 the Arab forces achieved stunning initial successes. However the situation turned against them in later phases of the war. What would have happened, if a ceasefire would have come into effect significantly later (lets say a week or two)? scenario: 1) Both Superpowers continue massive...

I made a previous thread about this, but I wanted to try again, and I kind of wanted to make a timeline about this after my Russian Ethiopia timeline, but here's the idea. In 1914, at the start of the war, Mehmed V, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, launched a Jihad against the allies. This was...

Your challenge is to make sure Ottomans conquer Egypt all the way to, say, Al Alamein and hold it until the end of the war with a POD no earlier than 1 January 1910.

What if the Suez crisis in 1956 is addressed in a different way than an invasion? In lieu of what is happening with the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam today, would it be possible to convince the Negus to allow building a dam or to divert the flow of the Blue Nile in another way? And if that...

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but as I understand it, the UK and France, who had worked together during the Suez Crisis, had wildly different reactions to the USA slapping down their Imperial Adventures. In brief, as I understand it, the UK undertook to be as pro-American as possible, but...

What would have happened had United states not opposed, but instead supported aformentioned powers during the Suez Crisis? I don't know how plausible this is, I am just interested what would have happened if the Soviet Union had been the only great power supporting Abdel Nasser's regime.

What would be the butterflies if the Ottoman empire had annexed not only the Egyptian levant, but also the Sinai Peninsula during the war of 1841? Could this result in the ottomans building the Suez canal in the future?

In our time line the Suez crisis is seen as putting an end to Britain`s reign as a superpower (Though some see the 1947 loss of India as the end). Following the crisis Britain,and France, had received a major blow to their economies. And their ability to deploy forces overseas in order to decide...

In 1857 Archduke Ferdinand Max of Austria, then commander of the Austrian Navy, sent Tegetthoff on an expedition in the Red Sea to do some surveying of the place together with explorer Theodor von Heuglin. A secret task given to Tegetthof was to negotiate the buying of the strategic island of...

The big reason why Britain was forced to back down in the Suez crisis was US disapproval of the invasion, and their consequent financial pressures. Ike ordered the sale of UK Government sterling bonds, and had an oil embargo too. What if Ike is neutral? Or, do we need to maintain US support for...