Suez Crisis – First Tier

Guy Mollet

• Prime Minister of France
• participated in the French resistance in World War II
• Socialist

Gamal Abdel Nasser

• President of Egypt
• in Cairo when his mother (with whom he was close) died; sent there due to mother’s illness or exceptional intelligence
• traveled to various schools, given a complete view of Egyptian life
• read writings from outside Egypt/Islam
• strongly anti-British
• head of student committee for political committee
• Socialist
• was incapable of entry into military and police academy (lack of a wasta [patron]) upon first attempt
• was granted entrance from secretary of state; met future advisers at military academy
• planned British expulsion with Axis powers in WWII
• anti-British sentiment heightened by Lord Lampson’s interference
• attempted to join the Arab Higher Committee but Egyptian government denied permission
• first fought in 1948 Arab-Israeli war; shocked by army’s lack of preparation or organization

Anthony Eden

Prime Minister of United Kingdom

David Ben-Gurion –
Moshe Dayan – had an eyepatch –
Dwight Eisenhower – President of United States – oppo