Suez Canal Authority, شارع الجمهوريه, الدائرة الجمركية, سيريا, بورسعيد, 42529, مصر
Suez Canal Authority
CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterThe Office of the Historian, the National Army Museum and Wikipedia[3][4][5] (Operation Kadesh) agree that Israel attacked on 29 October 1956; Kadesh adds that air attacks began at about 3 pm.
Israeli forces attacked across the Sinai Peninsula on 29 October 1956 as part of a secret plan with Britain and France to retake the Suez Canal. British and French landings followed within days, then a UN-backed ceasefire and withdrawal under US pressure.
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