صمود الشعب المصري في بورسعيد ضد عدوان 1956

Abstract EN

The war, known as(Suez War of 1956), did not began with the commencement of military operations of the international coalition forces (Tripartite Aggression) (England-France-Israel), on October 29, 1956, only, but it began months earlier.

And, the beginnings have been graduated even reached a point of clash on the day of military operations.

And so, the battle in fact was not timed by 10 days which ranged intensity between light skirmishes, and fierce battles (29 October-7 November), but actually continued to after months, but by different ways what preceded the appearance of aggression.Occupation of Port Said was the third phase of the aggression, where the aggressors wanted to take a bridgehead of their brutal attack on Egypt.

It was necessary for British and French fleet to descend its troops in the city to be reassured that it had paralyzed all means of defense; so the process began by sending huge regiments of aircraft to bombard the city; as well as they set up a fence around it to prevent arrival of supplies.