Anthony Eden
Anthony Eden was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1957.
Anthony Eden was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1957. He was involved in the secret planning for the Suez Crisis in 1956, alongside Israel and France. The battle plan called for Israel to initiate the attack, followed by demands from France and Britain for a halt to hostilities and withdrawal from the Suez Canal. When Egypt refused, France and England would launch assaults to occupy the canal.1
Eden, however, became anxious by the fast pace of the Israeli Army and the United Nations ceasefire call. He was the first to break ranks and ordered his troops to cease firing after the Soviet Union issued what was perceived in Israel to be a nuclear ultimatum. This decision, made under extreme pressure from the Eisenhower administration and the opposition Labor Party at home, led to Britain's withdrawal from the conflict.1
Sources
- Hersh, Seymour M. The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy. Random House, 1991. Chapter 3. ↩
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