Video: 'The Other Side of Suez (BBC Documentary)' (Nov. 5, 1956, at 39:41)

(Monday, November 5, 1956, 10:20 a.m. Eastern European Time; during the Suez Crisis) — British and French paratroops landed in the Suez Canal Zone today as Britain and France opened their military intervention in Egypt, 24 hours ahead of a planned seaborne assault on Port Said. Continue reading British-French commandos land in Egypt during Suez Crisis 70 years ago this hour (Nov 5 1956) →