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Crisis
The initial invasion by the Anglo-French force was a textbook operation that went off without a hitch!
- Days before the US Presidential election
- Only shortly after the Hungarian Uprising
- USSR claim that it could escalate into World War
There was a run on the pound
- Britain asked America for a temporary loan to protect the currency
- Eisenhower refused unless accompanied by a complete withdrawal from the Suez