The document discusses the history of the Suez Canal, including its original ownership by the Universal Company of the Suez Maritime Canal. It then covers Egypt's nationalization of the canal in 1956, the international responses including plans by Britain, France, and Israel for an invasion of Egypt, and Operation Musketeer/Operation Kadesh that resulted. The aftermath of these events is also mentioned.
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