Suez canal: what the 'ditch' meant to the British empire in the 19th century
How the Suez crisis sank an empire - Socialist Worker
Eight years stuck on the Suez Canal | Delayed Gratification
Jamie Catherwood on X: "Following anti-European riots in 1882, Britain invaded and took over Egypt, putting it under "protectorate" status. In 1888 the Convention of Constantinople declared the Suez canal a neutral