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Suez: 24 Hours That Broke the British Empire

DocumentaryWar & Politics

Created by Chris Holt

The dramatic inside story of 6 November 1956, the final day of the Suez Crisis. A day that changed Britain forever. Exactly as it happened - hour by hour, minute by minute. From TMDB

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  • William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 31, 2026

    A new mega series begins today from @empirepoduk.bsky.social THE ARAB-ISRAELI WARS Part One: Israel, Palestine, Suez & Closing The Straits of Tiran

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  • AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 6, 2023

    Debating between "don't quote dunk here" and "nobody is going to believe you found someone who thinks that Israel's secret plan is to create a new canal through Gaza to compete with the Suez unless you show them it's real"

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  • Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 30, 2025

    If you need to listen to some EXTREMELY DERANGED political history this weekend, the first two episodes of our Suez Crisis series are out on the brilliant Empire podcast with @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social. And it’s going to get even wilder.

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  • Simon Dalling 🇪🇺🇬🇱 @simond1954.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 7, 2026

    News update, you, the US never helped us directly, boots on the ground, planes in the air. The allies, but not us. Crete 1941 - didn’t show up Suez 1956 - didn’t show up Falklands 1982 - didn’t show up Granada 1983 - did show up to British protectorate but were not invited. So que sera sera 🤷‍♂️

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  • Katy M @writebikerepeat.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 7, 2025

    NEW POST: Preview #10 – FDJ-SUEZ The French team enters a new era, and despite key losses, have had arguably the best transfer season in the whole WWT. Rémi looks ahead to their prospects in 2025 - with the best climbing squad in the peloton... ⤵️ writebikerepeat.com/2025-preview...

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  • Empire: World History @empirepoduk.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2025

    Who's been listening to our SUEZ CRISIS series? Episode 4 is out today! How did Britain and France almost start World War 3 in 1956? Who was Anthony Eden and why did he hate Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser? Why was the Suez Canal so vital to European oil supplies in the 1950s?

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  • missingjigsaw.bsky.social @missingjigsaw.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 5, 2026

    So tired of arguing with a Stupid Suez. When's the Smart Suez gonna show up?

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  • Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 17, 2026

    Other things that were the same age as the "Use Your Illusion" albums are now at the time of their release: the Suez Crisis, Elvis' debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, and the nomination of Adlai Stevenson.

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  • 🅁🄾🄱 @coppergrease.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 1, 2026

    I dont understand how a ship like this can pass the Suez canal. You should be required to show your insurance and registration details for passage!

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  • VamosCiclismo @vamosciclismo.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 1, 2025

    Ally Woolaston 🇳🇿 is on fire 🔥 Double W for Ally down under, with this win in the Cadel Evans Road Race after winning Surf Coast Classic on Wednesday 🌊 Swinkels 🇳🇱 and Rüegg 🇨🇭 show their continued run of form to complete the podium. 📸 FDJ-Suez #CadelEvansRoadRace 🇦🇺

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  • Assistant Deputy Takesmith, Reporting For Duty @tofuttibreak.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 10, 2026

    Oh I think we will look back and find a series of Suez moments starting about a decade ago.

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  • Agent641 @[email protected]Lemmy · Sep 18, 2026

    Suez-max ass thigh gap

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  • Dr. Uncle Beard 🦊 🌈 @unclebeard1978.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 27, 2024

    TV quiz show: What part of the body does a baby pass through when being born? Mum *half asleep*: 1956 Me: What? Mum: Suez Canal Me: …

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  • James Davis Nicoll @jdnicoll.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 12, 2026

    The US should show those Strait of Hormuz-mining Iranians what's what by mining both the Suez and Panama Canals.

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  • snakeling @snakeling.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 14, 2025

    I once stopped reading in the middle of the 4th or 5th installment of a series because a character said, "I can't wait for the Suez Canal to open, it'll make the journey from Alexandria to London so much shorter." Another book also had tomatoes and humming birds in late 15th century Venice.

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  • K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 21, 2026

    Not the kind of history Farage wants but two-part series on Channel 4 on Suez 1956 is worth a look. The end of Britain's imperial role. Clips of Nye Bevan speaking at a Law not War protest in Trafalgar Square & a statue being blown up in Port Said

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  • Andrew Ivimey @ivimey.bsky.socialBluesky · May 9, 2025

    Andor discourse is exhausting. The show is beautiful and meaningful but not EVERYTHING means something. "Saw Gerrera's jet pack represents the Suez Canal. Which is why he'd vote Libertarian" You gotta go outside sometimes I'm begging you. Feel the sun.

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  • Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 12, 2025

    2) The case for resilience vs. optimization was made by @brianklaas.bsky.social in January, starting with how contrasting shocks illuminate the fragility of global shipping through the Suez Canal vs. the distributed Estonian power grid &he goes on to show how resilience is key to evolution: 7/19

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  • Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 20, 2025

    Goon Show 7.1: The Nasty Affair At The Burami Oasis. A British garrison at a location not too dissimilar to the Suez Canal comes under attack, and meanwhile there's a football match to be won. Good start to the seventh series, dodgy accents aside. #GoonForARun www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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  • Czigelmajer Bence @cycloben2.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 15, 2025

    Let's start this series here, too. 5 riders to watch from Women's Tour Down Under: - Lauren Bates (Australia) - Eglantine Rayer (FDJ-Suez) - Maria Martins (Canyon//SRAM) - Sandra Alonso (Ceratizit-WNT) - Georgia Baker (LIV Jayco) Yours? #TourDownUnder

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  • Jesse Mac @jessemackinnon.comBluesky · Nov 27, 2025

    I want a James Bond series that's set in the 50s, and has him experiencing historical events like the Iranian Coup, Suez Crisis, and Hungarian Revolution. Or at the very least a much closer adaptation of the novels. Moonraker was probably my favorite book and the movie... ughhh

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  • Ash Oro @ashoro.co.ukBluesky · Sep 11, 2026

    20/20 Over the next 24–72 hours, watch for verified mine warnings, electronic interference reports or changes to actual sailings through Bab al’Mandeb. New demands on ships, restrictions on insurance cover and diversions away from Suez will show how the threat is changing commercial decisions.

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  • John C @badsocialism.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 11, 2026

    "Listen this show was meant to get cancelled after the Suez finale, just be glad the network's still paying us"

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  • nell @handle.invalidBluesky · Apr 29, 2026

    TTTT To Tell The Truth Dick Van Dyke two episodes: pilot + Dec 1956 1956 = Suez Crisis first guest = Mitchell Parish, lyricist behind American standards like Stardust and Deep Purple (GAY) Obituary on 2 April (1993) birthday of Leon Russell (Elton John's mentor) and "the day the Marlboro Man fell"

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  • Homer J Toblerone 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 @homerjtoblerone.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2025

    Terrific series. Don't know why I find the Suez Crisis so fascinating but it appears I'm not the only one.

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  • Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.socialBluesky · May 28, 2025

    Goon Show 7.22: The Africa Ship Canal. In the wake of the 1956 Suez Crisis, in which planes were unable to fly over the Suez Canal, Seagoon proposes to build another canal the length of Africa which planes can fly over instead. #GoonForARun www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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  • SimonB52 @simonb52.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 18, 2026

    His fucking austerity based on flawed data & sociopathic ideology combined with Cameron’s entitled arrogance re the non-legally binding, non-super maj Brexit ref, was the biggest political shit show since Suez & the pair of them can fuck off into the sun They started all of this decade of chaos

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  • Moss Elixir @sorryforlaughing.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 11, 2025

    All the talk about just making the series a pre-Suez period piece (which I know they’d never actually do) indicates they’re well aware of this problem behind the scenes

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  • Czigelmajer Bence @cycloben2.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 2, 2024

    I don't know if the world is prepared for what Amber Kraak and Elise Chabbey will show next year at FDJ-Suez - if you lose sight of them for a second, they will attack, around 12.5 occasions in a single race. Individually they're strong, but together.... it is something on another level.

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  • Alan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 5, 2024

    Book 10 done; Blood and Sand, a diplomatic history of the Suez and Hungary crises in 1956 by @alexvont.bsky.social. Lays out a complex series of situations in a well-written package, and is a good reminder that the UK/US relationship isn't always the most important game in town.

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  • Russia Maritime Watch @rfnosblog.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 11, 2026

    M/V LADY MARIIA AIS data show Lady Mariia, after a recent port call in India and transit through Suez, is holding off Port Said. Its next destination remains unconfirmed. It may call at a Mediterranean port or continue north following routine operational activities.

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  • Tyler Rhodes @tylerlrhodes.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 16, 2026

    Pete Hegseth updating the Risk board game they are using to model the Iran War to show the status of the Suez Canal.

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  • Michael Hindley @hindleylancs.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 16, 2026

    Good idea which would never work in UK with its pathetic clinging to the myth of a "special relationship" with USA, despite all evidence to the contrary, from Suez to Trump. Still kept alive by endless films, tv series, spy stories.

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  • Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 27, 2025

    I really loved The Hour, a beautiful series. But couldn’t believe they didn’t do the *actual* story of the BBC during Suez. Troops were sent in. It’s so dramatic. If you needed that, it would have kept both storylines in close step.

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  • Johnny Gemini @borrowed7time.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 30, 2024

    Russian AF An-124-100 RA-82038 #154076 RFF9926 approaching Latakia from Egypt. Aircraft left Moscow 29 Dec & stopped tracking 2300z near Gulf of Suez. It may have spent the past 22 hrs in Egypt--the altitude graphs show a change--but not 100% certain.

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  • alt-DUP @duponline.eurosky.socialBluesky · Jul 16, 2026

    This will be much worse than the Strait of Hormuz closure as it could effectively close the Suez Canal route. Will somebody have to show him a map or will he just declare war against every country bordering the Red Sea?

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  • EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.liveBluesky · Jul 31, 2025

    This trade deal is the EU’s Suez moment – its subservience to Trump is on show for all to see | Larry Elliott

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  • Svenning @svenning1321.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 14, 2025

    MÆRSK MCKINNEY MØLLER was the first vessel in a large series of SUEZ CANAL Max-Class vessels.... All built in South Korea..... Nick-named: "The profit makers"......

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  • Some random nobody @olddaddyp.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 15, 2025

    The anchorage areas around the north and south Suez Canal are a very confusing shit show. Crowded. Lots of deceptive lights. I had a bad experience on the south approach back in the day

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  • Hal O'Wien @kbuts.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 29, 2024

    Here's a spicy one: even though Suez is directly depicted and the Cambridge Five obliquely referred to in the series, the Crown wishes neither had happened.

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  • juliette @juliette.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gyBluesky · May 13, 2026

    It’s a travesty that 5 years after the event, we still don’t have a movie or a mini-series about the Evergiven and the Suez Canal. It was the most glorious global news story ever. It impacted many, yet hurt no one. It had global commerce drama and slapstick comedy. It unfolded hilariously […]

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  • chris daly @chris-daly.bsky.socialBluesky · May 5, 2026

    James, Channel 4 has a two part series on the Suez crisis - various talking heads (e.g. Rory Stewart) plus reconstructed scenes (shudder). I read that the series can't stick to a fixed timeline. www.channel4.com/programmes/s...

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  • Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.comBluesky · May 1, 2026

    Palestine was invaded by the British in 1917 who tried to create a new Algeria as a barrier between French Syria and the Suez Canal There had been a series of war both in Algeria and French Morocco widely supported across the Muslim world against imperialism

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  • Librarian Capital @librariancapital.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 14, 2026

    "Former portfolio manager": "Show me a leader who doesn’t love a crisis" Let's see: Anthony Eden (Suez), Ted Heath (miners' strike), Jimmy Callaghan (Winter of Discontent), Jimmy Carter (Iran hostages), John Major (Black Wednesday), Gordon Brown (GFC) ...

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  • Tyler McKay @tcmdev.caBluesky · Jan 7, 2026

    The Empire podcast is excellent, there is some historical context of why Venezuela is important during the Suez canal series @empirepoduk.bsky.social

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  • Brizo75 @brizo75.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 3, 2026

    If the roundabout artistes need any more proof that the British empire ended with Suez, show them this mealy mouthed bollocks.

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  • Charlie @cbatrun.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 1, 2025

    Didn’t 45 say he defeated the IS during his first term? Then why are we bombing them? Why not go after Boko Haram or Al-Shabaab which have much larger forces or Houthis who attack shipping lanes to the Suez Canal? It’s all for show. abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-...

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  • Yuriy Akopov @yakopov.meBluesky · Jan 20, 2025

    Was watching BBC series set in the time of the Suez crisis, and there were a few scenes shot on a street of postwar semis, and that looked wildly anachronistic in comparison with their clothes and hair because unlike them the houses look exactly the same today.

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  • Bill Geerhart @conelrad6401240.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 16, 2024

    Sorry Suez Crisis. Not enough room in the Netflix Cold War documentary series for you.

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  • RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    What history tells us about the closure of vital waterways. Disputes over the Suez Canal in 1956 and the Strait of Hormuz 60 years later show geopolitical power is often no match for economic power, writes @eoinaldo.substack.com Heriot-Watt University @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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  • New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2026

    From the Suez crisis of 1956 to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the Iran War, our mini-series, SHOCKWAVE, charts this history and explores how the UK could finally shockproof our energy system. Listen to the series here: open.spotify.com/show/6RTiO3D...

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  • Gerry Dunn @ballydunn.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 13, 2026

    Even worse, one drone could block the Suez Canal. That would be a massive shit-show.

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  • Marc Hutton @marc-a-hutton.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 11, 2026

    Could one of these even make it through the Suez Canal or the enlarged Panama Canal? Or would they be like VLCCs today. (It’s amazing how much I have learned watching your show Sal)

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  • William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 2, 2026

    We've already done a series on the Nakba and its aftermath, then another on Suez last year...

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  • Alli DeJong @allidejong.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 1, 2026

    Empire pod is my current favorite, if you like world history. Great interviews, their series on the Suez Crisis was awesome and obviously super relevant for right now

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  • Róisín 🏳️‍⚧️ @roisin.northsky.socialBluesky · Mar 12, 2026

    What if Iran just wedges a series of ships in the Suez now too?

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  • Maximo Torero @maximotorero.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 17, 2026

    Trade underpins food security, but it relies on infrastructure and logistics systems. Disruptions in the Suez and Panama canals show how chokepoints raise structural costs. Our modeling suggests $91-95B annual losses ($18-19B in food trade). Food security requires resilient trade portfolios.

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  • Rosemary Killeen @rosemarykilleen.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 17, 2025

    They have lots of great series. I’ve particularly enjoyed the episodes on history of Ireland, Panama and Suez Canals.

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  • Rivers @finl3y.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2025

    Great series on the Suez Crisis podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

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  • Paula Kate @pkmarmor.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 12, 2025

    I abandoned a historical mystery series when a character mentioned that opening the Suez Canal would improve sailing time from Alexandria to London.

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