Photos 1956 Suez Crisis pictures

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In 1944 this was the final marshalling area for EAD8, Portland, in 1956 it became the marshalling area for the Suez crisis. The Saracens, Saladins and Carriers were assembled and painted at the TA Camp at Wyke Regis.

 

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Reconnaissance patrol of the 2nd RPC (2 Régiment Parachutistes Coloniaux) on a beach near Port Said. November 1956

Port-Souad

Evacuation of a wounded man from the 2nd RPC by a British Navy helicopter to a hospital ship

Paras of the 2nd RPC in progress on the outskirts of Port Said

paratroopers of the 2nd RPC firing a 106 mm SR (recoilless) gun at an Egyptian resistance point on an Egyptian resistance point in Port Said

Colonel Château-Jobert with his command post at the Port Said

A paratrooper of the 2nd RPC crosses the railway line in the direction of El Raswa, a strategic junction towards Port Said. November 1956

 

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Paratroopers of the 2nd RPC in progress during the attack on Port Said in November 1956

Progression of paratroopers of the 2nd RPC towards Port Said under the protection of British tank. November 1956

2 paratroopers of the 2nd RPC under observation. November 1956

Port Fouad le 11 novembre 1956
Capitaine Duteil, Colonel Château-Jobert chef de corps, Lieutenant Colonel Fossey François adjoint chef de corps

Lieutenant Colonel Château-Jobert on his arrival on the ground in Port Said on 5 November 1956

Paratroopers of the 2nd RPC on a landing barge at the end of the Suez expedition All paratroopers will have left Egypt in 1956

Paras of the 2nd wave embark on 5 November 1956 to jump on Port Said. the aircraft is a Nord 2501 (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_2501)

Paratroopers of the 2nd RPC embark for Port Said on 5 November 1956.

Paras of the 2nd RPC in a North 2501 bound for Port Said on 5 November 1956

 

[BravoZulu]

An Egyptian M4 Sherman is abandoned on a road along with a large number of trucks during the Sinai War, 1956. Almost certainly knocked out by Israeli forces

 

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Egyptian prisoners captured by the French at Port Fouad, part of Port Said

 

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Thanks @Kadir93
IDF soldiers armed with IMI Uzi 9x19mm parabellum submachine guns right next to Egyptian jeep during Operation Kadesh 1956.

 

[BravoZulu]

A battle-damaged de Havilland Sea Venom touches down on HMS Eagle during the 1956 Suez Crisis.

 

[uktabber]

That one was a wheels up landing with a tailhook snatch! Jolly Good landing I'd say!

 

[Connaught Ranger]

Thanks @Kadir93
IDF soldiers armed with IMI Uzi 9x19mm parabellum submachine guns right next to Egyptian jeep during Operation Kadesh 1956.
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Not a jeep but a Dodge WC54 I believe.

 

[NebrHogger]

Female Egyptian partisans in training.

 

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the British ships HMS Eagle, HMS Albion, and HMS Bulwark in action during the Suez Crisis

Oil tanks on fire during the initial Anglo-French assault on Port Said on November 5, 1956

British tank in Port Said

 

[Newtonk]

And,

 

[TheKiwi]

Is that a Buffalo behind the Centurion or one of the legendary Oxford Carriers?

 

[BravoZulu]

Is that a Buffalo behind the Centurion or one of the legendary Oxford Carriers?

That's a Buff mate, the Oxford had a similar suspension as the Universal (Bren) carrier

 

[SamWell]

A British paratrooper from the 33rd Light Field Regiment of the Royal Artillery patrols the area around Port Said, an Egyptian city occupied by British and French forces.