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	Suez Canal - MSN Encarta
		Suez Canal, artificial waterway running north to south across the Isthmus of Suez in northeastern Egypt; it connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Gulf of Suez, an arm of the Red Sea.
		The canal utilizes three bodies of water—Lake Manzilah, Lake Timsāh, and the Bitter Lakes (the latter is actually one continuous body of water)—and is not the shortest distance across the isthmus.
		Most of the canal is limited to a single lane of traffic, but several passing bays exist, and two-lane bypasses are located in the Bitter Lakes and between Al Qanţarah and Ismailia.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761578705/Suez_Canal.html (604 words)

	Suez Canal - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		In 1858 La Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez (Universal Company of the Maritime Suez Canal) was formed with authority to cut a canal and to operate it for 99 years, after which ownership would return to the Egyptian government.
		Excavation of the canal was begun on April 25, 1859, and the canal was opened to navigation on November 17, 1869.
		Egyptian nationalists demanded repeatedly that Britain evacuate the Suez Canal Zone, and in 1954 the two countries signed a seven-year agreement that superseded the 1936 treaty and provided for the gradual withdrawal of all British troops from the zone.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761578705___3/Suez_Canal.html (656 words)

	Suez Canal - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Egypt in 1951 repudiated the 1936 treaty, and anti-British rioting and clashes on the border of the zone erupted.
		Suez: the canal before the crisis: Steve Morewood looks at the the Rise and Fall of British Dominance of the Suez Canal in the years 1882 to 1954.
		Suez Canal is raking in the revenues: before the US invasion of Iraq last year, Egypt's Suez Canal Authority predicted that a fully-fledged war in the Middle East would disrupt regional maritime traffic, slashing canal revenues by 10% or more.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/s/suezc1ana.asp (923 words)

	Suez Canal at AllExperts
		The Suez Canal (Arabic: ÙÙØ§Ø© Ø§ÙØ³ÙÙØ³, QanÄ al-Suways), west of the Sinai Peninsula, is a 163-km-long (101 miles) and, at its narrowest point, 300-m-wide (984 ft) maritime canal in Egypt between Port Said (BÅ«r Sa'Ä«d) on the Mediterranean Sea, and Suez (al-Suways) on the Red Sea.
		The Convention of Constantinople in 1888 declared the canal a neutral zone under the protection of the British; British troops had moved in to protect it during a civil war in Egypt in 1882.
		In 1973, during the Yom Kippur War, the canal was the scene of a major crossing by the Egyptian army into Israeli-controlled Sinai; later, the Israeli army crossed the canal westward.
	en.allexperts.com /e/s/su/suez_canal.htm (1636 words)

	Vacilando.org on Suez War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The canal was of strategic importance, being the ocean trade link between Britain and its colonies in India, the Far East as well as Australia and New Zealand.
		The Suez Canal was the way most of the growing volumes of Persian Gulf oil got to Europe, cutting the 11,000 nautical mile (20 000 km) journey around the Cape of Good Hope to Southampton down to 6,500 nautical miles (12 000 km).
		Along with Suez, the United States was also dealing with the near-simultaneous Soviet-Hungary crisis, and faced the public relations embarrassment of criticizing the Soviet Union's military intervention there while at the same time avoiding criticism of its two principal European allies' actions.
	www.vacilando.org /?title=Suez_War (3342 words)

	Suez Canal
		The canal utilizes three bodies of water-Lake Manzilah, Lake Timsah, and the Bitter Lakes (the latter is actually one continuous body of water)-and is not the shortest distance across the isthmus.
		Most of the canal is limited to a single lane of traffic, but several passing bays exist, and two-lane bypasses are located in the Bitter Lakes and between Al Qantarah and Ismailia.
		Egyptian nationalists demanded repeatedly that Great Britain evacuate the Suez Canal Zone, and in 1954 the two countries signed a seven-year agreement that superseded the 1936 treaty and provided for the gradual withdrawal of all British troops from the zone.
	library.thinkquest.org /C007680/suezcanal.html (850 words)

	Suez Canal
		The canal is 163 km long, and its width varies, and 60 metres at its narrowest.
		The canal is extensively used by modern ships, as it is the fastest crossing from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean.
		The canal cuts through 3 lakes, the Lake Manzala, in the north which is protected from the canal with a bedding on its western side, the Lake Timsah in the middle, and the Bitter Lakes further south.
	www.i-cias.com /e.o/suez_can.htm (497 words)

	Stand To - Airborne - The Suez Crisis
		The Suez Canal was built in the 1860's by French engineers of La Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez (Universal Company of the Maritime Suez Canal).
		The northern end of the canal is at Port Said that is named for Sa`id Pasha the Viceroy of Egypt who gave permission for the canal to be built.
		Ownership of the canal was to be held by the French/Egyptian company for 100 years and then pass to the Egyptian government.
	www.standto.com /airborne/suez.html (1432 words)

	Suez Canal, Information on the Suez Canal in Egypt
		According to the Chronicle of the Pharaohs by Peter A. Clayton, under Necho II (610-595 BC) a canal was built between the Pelusian branch of the Nile and the northern end of the Bitter Lakes (which lies between the two seas) at a cost of, reportedly, 100,000 lives.
		This canal is said to have been extended to the Red Sea by Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285-246 BC), abandoned during the early Roman rule, but rebuilt again by Trajan (98-117 AD) Over the next several centuries, it once again was abandoned and sometimes dredged by various rulers for various but limited purposes.
		Unfortunately between the Suez Crisis and later wars, the canal was damaged extensively and was not operated for several year after 1967.
	www.touregypt.net /suezcanal.htm (1611 words)

	Suez Canal Zone
		The Nationalist (Wafd) Government of Egypt started fomenting trouble in the Canal Zone (mainly to cover for their own inefficiencies and blundering), with government sanctioned demonstrations and defamatory articles in the Egyptian press against the British.
		Churchill insisted that the British troops left in the Canal be armed and in uniform.
		Lord Robertson was the only one to attend the ceremonies in Cairo to mark the final withdrawal of British forces from the Canal Zone and he attended as a counterweight to Shepelof, the Russian Foreign Minister.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /Canal/hist.htm (1604 words)

	Suez Canal
		This canal is said to have been extended to the Red Sea by Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285-246 BC), abandoned during the early Roman rule, but rebuilt again by Trajan (98-117 AD).
		Zone, and in 1954 the two countries signed a seven-year agreement that superseded the 1936 treaty and provided for the gradual withdrawal of all British troops from the zone.
		The Canal is really not wide enough to allow two way passage of ships, but there are several passing bays, and areas where ships may pass each other in the Bitter Lakes and between Qantara and Ismailia.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/suezcanal.htm (1871 words)

	Suez Canal Crisis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Egyptian nationalists repeatedly demanded that Great Britain evacuate the Canal Zone, and in 1954 the two countries signed an agreement, superseding the 1936 treaty that provided for withdrawal of all British troops, and in 1956 all British troops left.
		History of the Suez Canal is another short article, as is a student literature paper at Brown University and another short essay.
		and the Suez Crisis (1995); Keith Kyle, Suez (1991); William Louis and Roger Owen, eds., Suez 1956: The Crisis and Its Consequences (1989); and Anthony Eden, The Suez Crisis of 1956 (1960).
	novaonline.nvcc.vccs.edu /eli/evans/his135/Events/Suez56.htm (907 words)

	War and forced migration in Egypt: the experience of evacuation from the Suez Canal cities Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) ...
		The case of the displaced and the evacuees from the Suez Canal cities illustrates the social processes of the creation and absorption of refugees.
		Many Egyptians departed the Canal cities and villages to avoid the combat zone in 1967, and with the heating up of the "War of Attrition" (beginning March 1969 through summer 1970) the remaining civilian population left or was evacuated (Waterbury 1973).
		Janet Abu-Lughod (1985:180-181) refers to this as a 'war-induced migration of urban people.' The peak of migration from the Suez Canal area to the rest of Egypt was in 1967-1969, and with the Egyptian recovery of the Sinai through treaty after the 1973 war, a return movement began in 1974 and continued until about 1976.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2501/is_3_27/ai_n15795980 (885 words)

	t & t of suez canal
		Shortly afterwards, the Egyptian government seized the Suez Canal under a decree of nationalisation issued by President Nasser stating that the proceeds would be used to finance the Aswan High Dam.
		The British and French stockholders who owned the Suez Canal Company were understandably more than upset by this move, and united with Israel in a tripartite collusion to take back "their" canal.
		The Suez Canal, 195 km long, 60 metres wide at its narrowest point and able to accommodate ships with 16 metres draft and as large as 150,000 tons was up and running once more.
	www.misterchad.com /suez.htm (1164 words)

	Suez Canal Zone Medal for Sale
		Application for the medal is open to all veterans who served in the Canal Zone form 1945 until 1957 or their next of kin.
		However applicants are not restricted to these dates as the medal commemorates service in the Canal Zone.
		The ribbon represents the involvement of the British and French Forces bordering the same of the desert and in the centre the canal itself.
	www.cjmedals.co.uk /showcase/suez_canal_zone_medal2.html (124 words)

	Canal Zone - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Around the world there are a number of canal zones.
		The informal zone in the area of Egypt's Suez Canal Zone
		The former zone of the Panama Canal's Canal Zone
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Canal_Zone (91 words)

	Medals - Medal for Suez Canal Zone 1951 to 1954
		However, the evidence relating to consideration of a GSM for the Suez Canal Zone in the early 1950s was less clear cut.
		Veterans of the Canal Zone, or the next-of-kin of those who have died, should apply in writing to the MOD Medal Office, giving full name, date of birth and Service number.
		A dedicated Canal Zone new section has been established at the Medal Office and all the available resources are concentrating on recovering the necessary Service files from the Departmental archives, checking individual eligibility and preparing medals for despatch.
	www.veteransagency.mod.uk /medals/suez.html (951 words)

	Suez Canal Summary
		The Suez Canal(Arabic: قناة السويس, Qanā al-Suways), west of the Sinai Peninsula, is a 163-km-long (101 miles) and, at its narrowest point, 300-m-wide (984 ft) maritime canal in Egypt between Port Said(Būr Sa'īd) on the Mediterranean Sea,...
		Discusses the construction of the Suez Canal and Western exploitation of Egypt and Middle Eastern countries.
		Suez Canal: 1881 drawing of the Suez Canal.
	www.bookrags.com /Suez_Canal (116 words)

	Suez Canal Zone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Suez Canal Most People have heard of Britain's involvement in military conflicts in the later half of this The best and perhaps the most complete history of the Canal Zone during this time frame is best guestbook
		The Sweetwater Canal Ferry at Ismailia Circa 1951.
		THE SUEZ CANAL ZONE of EGYPT 1950 - 1955.
	kirnich.de /devel/Impressum/suez-canal-zone (599 words)

	The History Guy:Arab-Israeli Wars:Suez War (1956)
		This plan led to a joint invasion and occupation of the Suez Canal zone by Britain and France.
		Nasser of course refused, and on October 31, Egypt was attacked and invaded by the military forces of Britain and France.
		--Nasser's speech on the Suez Canal and negotiations with Britain and France.
	www.historyguy.com /suez_war_1956.html (930 words)

	Leth Suez Main Page
		Our activities in the Suez Canal zone and Egyptian ports started in 1924 by supplying steamcoal in Port Said.
		As the shipping industry and the number of transits increased the canal transit clearance service was added.
		Grounding in the Suez Canal at KM 78.5 north of Suez today, 8th of February 2006, at 1240hrs LT.
	www.lethsuez.com (427 words)

	The Suez Canal Zone Roll of Honour Introduction
		be concentrated in the Suez Canal Zone area, the Zone effectively remaining in British hands for another 20 years, finally withdrawing completely by July 1956.
		The names of those who died and were buried in 1955 are included as it is almost certain they would have been stationed in the Canal Zone during the Emergency.
		Suez Veteran Ted Sparrow for his great help in carrying out extra research and supplying us with the Names collated into the different Regiments, Corps and Units.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /Canal/ROH/RollofHonour_Intro.html (964 words)

	Operation Musketeer - Suez
		The most recent, and to date, the last combat drop by the Paras, took place at Suez, when they joined French forces to protect the shipping canal after Egypt's President Nasser ‘nationalised' the international waterway.
		In November 1956, Lt Col Paul Crook, commanding officer of the 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment, was told to prepare his Cyprus based unit for an operation.
		A sergeant, who was one of the first out of the door at Suez, still remembers his concern for the unexpected 'We were nervous, nobody really knew what to expect, but as soon as we left the aircraft, they started firing at us.
	www.army.mod.uk /para/history/suez.htm (589 words)

	RGJ Suez Canal Zone Medal
		On 11 June 2003 the Prime Minister announced that Suez veterans who served in the Canal Zone between 1951 and 1954 would receive the General Service Medal.
		The qualfying period is 30 days or more continuous service in the Suez Canal Zone between 16 October 1951 and 19 October 1954.
		If qualifying service was brought to an end before the completion of 30 days on account of death, wounding or other disability due to operational service, the reduced period of service will be sufficient qualification.
	www.army.mod.uk /royalgreenjackets/news/suez_canal.html (288 words)

	Suez Canal Zone Memorial
		But the day was going to be a very special day for all Suez Veterans,for the Memorial to their dead was going to be dedicated in the grounds of the National Memorial Arboretum Gardens near the small village of Alrewas, near Lichfield in Staffordshire.
		It is estimated that at least 300 Suez Veterans and wives were in attendance.
		A welcome was given by the Chairman of the Suez Veterans Association, Ron Watt, (Ex RAF Police,) Mrs Jacqueline Fisher the Administrator of the Arboretum then spoke about the work of the centre, and the work put in by its volunteer helpers.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /Canal/SuezCanaZoneMemorial.html (913 words)

	Defence Internet \| Defence For... \| GSM Canal Zone
		The image on the obverse of the medal changed as the reigning monarchs (George V, George VI and Elizabeth II) and their titles changed over the years.
		Although the reigning monarch changed during the Suez campaign, Queen Elizabeth II appears on all the GSMs issued for the Canal Zone because it was Queen Elizabeth that approved award of the Clasp to the GSM 'Canal Zone'.
		The GSM 1918 and the Naval GSM 1915 were discontinued in 1962 when a new GSM was introduced to be issued to personnel of all services.
	www.mod.uk /DefenceInternet/DefenceFor/Veterans/Medals/GsmCanalZone.htm (445 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Army, who gave service in the Suez region during the emergency of 1951 to 1954 has never been issued with a medal for their service.
		The Medal will be the General Service Medal (1918-1962) with clasp, Canal Zone.
		Suez Veterans owe a vote of thanks to all those who have campaigned for many years fighting for the medal.
	members.lycos.co.uk /hwestgarth/canal.html (382 words)

	SUEZ VETERANS ASSOCIATION
		Reference the General Service medal with Canal Zone clasp, have you seen there is one for sale at www.southernmedals.co.uk named 22839948 Driver W.R.Bond R.A.S.C. price 375 pounds
		Veterans, and next of kin of veterans who have died, are invited to apply in writing to the appropriate medal office giving full name, rank, date of birth and Service number.
		As a member of the Suez Veterans Association I was very upset that the Suez Medal was not on display and no mention of the active service between 1951 and 1956 when we had 1,460 casualties
	www.suezveteransassociation.co.uk /medal.html (481 words)

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