What the records say
- When
- Nov 1956
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 30.70° N, 32.34° E
- Description
- 1956 Anglo-French-Israeli plan for the invasion of Egypt to capture the Suez Canal during the Suez Crisis
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
The source
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