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the topic "Sinai Peninsula"
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1916World War IWorld War I World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War and "The War to End All War...
: Battle of Magdhaba - In the SinaiSinai Peninsula The Sinai Peninsula or Sinai is a triangle-shaped peninsula [i] lying between the Mediterranean Sea [i] ...
desert, AustraliaAustralia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere [i] c ...
n and New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand is a country in the south-western Pacific Ocean [i] consisting of two large islands and many ...
mounted troops capture the TurkishTurkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, is a Eurasia [i]n country that stretches across the Anatolia [i] ...
garrison.
1956Suez CrisisSuez Crisis The Suez Crisis was a war [i] fought on Egyptian territory in 1956. ...
begins: IsraelIsrael Israel , officially the State of Israel, is a country in Western Asia [i] on the so ...
invades the Sinai Peninsula and push EgyptEgypt [i] country in [[North Africa]...
ian forces back toward the Suez CanalSuez Canal The Suez Canal , west of the Sinai Peninsula [i], is a 163-km-long and, at its narrowest point, 300-m-w ...
.
1957IsraelIsrael Israel , officially the State of Israel, is a country in Western Asia [i] on the so ...
withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula (they captured it from EgyptEgypt [i] country in [[North Africa]...
in a battle on October 29, 1956).
1967 President Gamal Abdal Nasser of EgyptEgypt [i] country in [[North Africa]...
demands withdrawal of the peacekeeping UN Emergency Force in SinaiSinai Peninsula The Sinai Peninsula or Sinai is a triangle-shaped peninsula [i] lying between the Mediterranean Sea [i] ...
. UN secretary-general U ThantU Thant Maha Thray Sithu U Thant was a Burmese [i] diplomat [i] and the third Secretary-General [i] ...
complies (May 18).
1985 Arrow Air Flight 1285, a DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, NewfoundlandNewfoundland Newfoundland is a large island off the east coast of North America [i], and the most populous part o ...
, killing 256, 248 of whom were U.S.United States The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., a...
servicemen returning to Fort Campbell, Kentucky from overseeing a peacekeeping force in SinaiSinai Peninsula The Sinai Peninsula or Sinai is a triangle-shaped peninsula [i] lying between the Mediterranean Sea [i] ...
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