1952 Clash of Ismailia

When

25 Jan 1952

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

30.58° N, 32.27° E

Description

1952 British forces attack on Ismailia police station

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Armed confrontation between the British army and Egyptian police in Ismailia, Egypt

The Battle of Ismailia was an armed confrontation which took place in the Egyptian city of Ismailia on 25 January 1952 between the British Army and Egyptian police. After British forces led by George Erskine tracked a group of fedayeen to a government building in Ismailia, the policemen inside refused to accede to British demands to come outside, surrender their weapons and evacuate the region.

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