Mushure mekupinda muSuez Canal muna Chikunguru 1956, Nasser akazviita nyika yeSuez Canal. Mhinduro yaAnthony Eden, uyo akatsiva Churchill saMutungamiriri weHurumende, yaive yekurangana neFrance kuronga kurwiswa kweIsrael kuEjipitori kwaizopa Britain neFrance chikonzero chekupindira nemauto uye kutorazve mugero. Eden akatsamwisa Mutungamiri weUS Dwight D. Eisenhower, nekushayikwa kwekubvunza, uye Eisenhower akaramba kutsigira kupamba. Kumwe kwekushushikana kwaEisenhower kwaive mukana wehondo yakakura neSoviet Union mushure mekunge yatyisidzira kupindira parutivi rweEjipitori. Eisenhower akashandisa hupfumi nekutyisidzira kutengesa US kuchengetedza kweBritish pound uye nekudaro kukonzeresa kudonha kweBritish pound. Kunyangwe hazvo kupamba kwacho kwakabudirira zvine simba muchiuto, kupindira kweUS pasina chinangwa cheUN kwakamanikidza Britain kuti inyadzise mauto eIsrael kuEjipitori, izvo zvaizopa Britain neFrance chikonzero chekupindira nemauto ehurumende neuto ne
Mutungamiri weUnited States, Dwight D. Eisenhower,