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Essay / The Significance of the Six Day War - 1310
Could you imagine an event that affected the world at its time, but also the rest of the 20th century? The Six Day War was an event that was not only a defining moment of the 1960s, but also of the rest of the century. The Six-Day War was the third major Arab-Israeli conflict of the century, but arguably the most important. The opposing forces consisted of Israel against the Arab alliance consisting of Egypt, Syria and Jordan. It could be said that each side played a substitute role in the Cold War. The United States was allied with Israel, while the Soviet Union was allied with Arab countries. Although the war lasted a short time (from June 5, 1967 to June 11, 1967), its effects were massive. The Six-Day War was one of the most important wars of the 20th century because it established Israel as a superpower, reshaped the borders of the Middle East, and allowed it to take control of Jerusalem. , there was a series of events that led to the war. Israel and its neighboring Arab countries have always experienced tensions. The Suez Crisis of 1956 was the most recent of the Six Day War. After the United States canceled its proposal to finance the Aswan High Dam, the new Egyptian leader, Gamal Abdel Nasser, decided to nationalize the Suez Canal on July 26, 1956. This caused a stir among the British, the French and Israelis. On October 26, 1956, the Israeli army struck first, followed by the British and the French. Eventually, they take control of the Suez Canal. The Soviet Union saw this as a threat to its ally, Egypt, and its leader, Nikita Khrushchev, threatened to bomb Western Europe. The United States quickly intervenes and warns the three countries to give...... middle of paper ......drew1. “British Literary Responses to the Suez Crisis.” Literature and History 22, no. 2 (October 2013): 53-72. OmniFile Full Text Mega (HW Wilson), EBSCOhost (accessed April 10, 2014). HISTORY.com. “Suez Crisis – Cold War”. Accessed April 10, 2014. http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/suez-crisis. Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Message from Prime Minister Eshkol to King Hussein - June 5, 1967. 1967. Accessed April 10, 2014. http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/ForeignPolicy/MFADocuments/Yearbook1/Pages/16%20Messag %20from%20Prime%20Minister %20Eshkol%20to%20King%20Huss.aspx “Six-Day War Ends,” The History Channel website, http://www.history.com/this-day-in history/six-day-war-ends (accessed April 10, 2014). Stephens, Elizabeth. “AMERICA, ISRAEL AND THE SIX-DAY WAR.” History Today 57, no. 6 (June 2007): 12-19. Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed April 10, 2014).