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    the Suez Canal after its closure for 8 years after the 1967 Six-Day War. The U.S.-led clearing effort undertaken in 1974 consisted of three operations: the...
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    dignitaries in June 1975 after the 1974 Suez Canal Clearance Operation cleared the canal of mines and debris. Closure of the Suez Canal (1956–1957) Yellow Fleet...
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    container on the Ever Given. Egypt portal 1974 Suez Canal Clearance Operation, a US-led operation to clear the canal of naval mines and wrecked ships after...
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    The Suez Canal (Arabic: قَنَاةُ ٱلسُّوَيْسِ, Qanāt as-Suwais) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red...
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    Yellow Fleet (category Suez Canal)
    stranded in Lake Timsah Closure of the Suez Canal (1967-1975) 1974 Suez Canal Clearance Operation 2021 Suez Canal obstruction Time 1969 Pearson & Anderson...
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    into the Sinai and Golan Heights. Egyptian forces crossed the Suez Canal in Operation Badr and advanced into the Sinai, while Syrian forces gained territory...
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    October War) of 1973, clearance of the Suez Canal after 1973, several confrontations with Libya during the 1980s (including Operation El Dorado Canyon),...
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    towards the Suez Canal, so at first the Bar-Lev and his men met little resistance as they advanced across the northern Sinai. On 29 October, Operation Kadesh...
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    Raymond Albert Wheeler (category 1974 deaths)
    water resources. He commanded the United Nations Suez Canal Clearance Operations following the 1956 Suez Crisis. Wheeler's military awards included the...
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    United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (category United Nations operations in the Middle East)
    on the Suez Canal and in the Sinai while Syria attacked Israeli forces on the Golan Heights. Israel eventually repulsed the Syrian operation, and crossed...
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