Na July 1956, Nasser unilaterally nationalized the Suez Canal. Nzaghachi nke Anthony Eden, bụ onye nọchiri Churchill dị ka Prime Minister, bụ ka ya na France jikọọ aka iji mepụta mwakpo Israel na Egypt nke ga-enye Britain na France ihe ngọpụ iji tinye aka na agha ma weghachite ọwa ahụ. Eden kpasuru US President Dwight D. Eisenhower iwe, site na enweghị ndụmọdụ ya, na Eisenhower jụrụ ịkwado mbuso agha ahụ. Nchegbu ọzọ nke Eisenhower bụ ohere nke agha sara mbara na Soviet Union mgbe ọ na-eyi egwu itinye aka n'akụkụ ndị Ijipt. Eisenhower tinyere ego ego site na iyi egwu ịre ego US nke British pound ma si otú ahụ mee ka ọdịda nke British pound. Ọ bụ ezie na mbuso agha ahụ nwere ihe ịga nke ọma na ebumnuche ya, US na-etinye aka na UN ma mee ka Britain tinye aka na mkparị mkparị nke Israel na-akparị ndị agha ya na Egypt, na-enye ndị agha Britain ihe ngọpụ iji tinye aka na agha agha agha ndị agha na-emerụ ahụ, na-enye ndị agha Britain ohere ịlaghachi azụ na
Onyeisiala mba Amerịka bụ Dwight D. Eisenhower,