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The Sinai War
( Arab-Israeli Conflict )
  colour Scheme background:#bccccc
  date October 1956 &ndash March 1957
  place Egypt , ( Sinai and Suez Canal zone)
  result United Nations cease-fire<br /> UNEF occupation of Sinai
  casus Egyptian Nationalization of the Suez Canal
  combatant1 Israel <br/> United Kingdom <br/> France
  combatant2 Egypt <!-- Egypt used a slightly different flag from 1952-1958, see Flag Of Egypt (Republic of Egypt, 1952 - 1958), the current flag was introduced in 1984 -->
  commander1 Moshe Dayan <br/>Charles Keightley<br/>Pierre Barjot
  commander2 Gamal Abdel Nasser <br/> Abdel Hakim Amer
  strength1 175,000 Israeli<br/>45,000 British<br/>34,000 French
  strength2 70,000
  casualties1 197 Israeli KIA <br/>56 British KIA<br/> 91 British WIA <br/> 10 French KIA<br/> 43 French WIA
  casualties2 650 KIA {Link without Title} <br/> 2,900 WIA<br/> 2,000 POW