A watan Yuli 1956, Nasser unilaterally nationalized da Suez Canal. Amsar Anthony Eden, wanda ya yi nasara da Churchill a matsayin Firayim Minista, shi ne ya hada kai da Faransa zuwa injiniya wani Isra'ila hari a kan Misira cewa zai ba Birtaniya da kuma Faransa wani uzuri ga hannu soja da kuma sake kama da canal. Eden infuriated US Shugaba Dwight D. Eisenhower, da rashin shawara, da kuma Eisenhower ki goyi bayan mamayewa. Wani daga Eisenhower ta damuwa shi ne yiwuwar wani fadi yaki da Tarayyar Soviet bayan da ta yi barazanar shiga tsakani a kan Masar gefen. Eisenhower amfani da kudi yin amfani da barazanar sayar da Amurka tanadi na Birtaniya fam kuma ta haka ne precipitate a rushewa na Birtaniya kudin. Ko da yake mamayewa ya kasance militarily nasara a cikin manufofinsa, Amurka ta shiga tsakani ba tare da karfi ba, kuma tilasta Birtaniya a cikin wani m matsa lamba tare da raunana sojojin da kuma janyewa da canal.
Shugaban Amurka Dwight D. Eisenhower,