31 October 1956 was the most intense day for air combat in the Suez Crisis. Both sides kept sending their fighter-bombers against ground targets. This included WW2 vintage piston-engine aircraft and ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: In 1956, the sun had already set on the British and French imperiums, even if they couldn’t admit it to themselves. The war began with an imperialist invasion to seize ...

In July 1956, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, prompting a response from Israel, Great Britain and France. Britain and France had assembled impressive invasion fleets ...

What began as a fight over a canal spiraled into a global showdown. The Suez Crisis revealed the cracks in old empires—and reshaped the modern Middle East. Nepal PM resigns, country in crisis ...