The occupation of Egypt was carried out for economic and strategic reasons; however individuals were important in the timing of annexation. In 1881, Colonel Arabi, head of the nationalist movement in Egypt overthrew Turkish rule with a nationalist uprising. Britain was concerned that Arabi might close the canal to Britain, blocking the route to India and ceasing trade in Egyptian cotton which was highly sought. Therefore, then Prime Minister Gladstone decided there was no alternative option but to invade in order to protect these interests. In 1882 at the battle of Tel El Kabir British victory saw the Khedive re-installed as puppet leader under British control.
This created some issues as the Jews that were living in Palestine, the preferred home for both Arabs and Jews; it meant that the country would be under direct Arab rule. The Sykes-Picot Agreement of October 1916 was a secret agreement between Great Britain, France and Russia, which divided up the conquered Ottoman Empire. When Russia pulled out of WW1, due to the Bolshevik communist government rising to power, they were removed from the agreement. This agreement completely contradicted the Arab-favouring
The group became known for an anonymous leaflet campaign that called for active opposition to Adolf Hitler. Most Germans took the position, that once war broke out, it was the duty of the citizen to support the government. But Hans and Sophie Scholl, the founders of The White Rose, believed
An example of this was the remilitarization of the Rhineland in 1936. Britain and France allowed him to do this and the British released a statement saying Hitler was simply, ‘marching into his back yard.’ This policy taught Hitler that aggression paid off. More importantly, Appeasement scared Stalin. Stalin was the dictator in the U.S.S.R. His army were not advanced enough to stand a chance against even a small German army and he feared Britain and France would not help the Soviets if the Germans invaded them. This therefore led to him signing the Nazi-Soviet pact.
The Truman Doctrine Between 1945 and 1949 the USA sought to contain the spread of communism, first in Europe but later around the globe. The USA believed that the USSR was determined to expand and that the USA should use any means possible to stop that expansion. Greece was the first country to benefit from this policy. During WW2 the Greek resistance to the German occupation had been divided into supporters of the monarchy and the communists. At the end of the war British troops had helped to restore the monarchy but were now under attack from the communists.
The party split into two during the 1980s, after it had expelled Martin Webster. On one side were the Political Soldier ideas of young radicals such as Nick Griffin and Patrick Harrington who were known as the Official National Front. They had little interest in contesting elections, preferring a 'revolutionary' strategy. The opposition, NF Flag Group contained the traditionalists such as Andrew Brons and Ian Anderson . The Flag Group did some ideological work of its own, and the ideas of social credit and distributism were popular, but the chief preoccupation was still race relations.
* 1956 -- Nasser becomes president and, in July, nationalizes the Suez Canal to fund the Aswan High Dam. In October, a tripartite invasion of Egypt by Britain, France, and Israel takes place in response. In November, a ceasefire is declared. * 1958 -- Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic (UAR) in the first step of their aim for Arab unity. * 1961 -- Syria withdraws from the union with Egypt, but Egypt remains known as the UAR.
As a result the British Government published a White Paper in 1922, it declared that Britain did ‘not contemplate that Palestine as a whole should be converted into a Jewish National Home, but that such a home should be founded in Palestine’, it however reminded Arabs that the Balfour Declaration was ‘not susceptible to change’. It can be seen based on this that through Britain being unpopular in the region it tried to reach a compromise with both sides. These compromises did not work and more attacks followed in the 1920’s these attacks include: on 23 August
Essay Number 1 Nasser And Nassersism 1. Nassarsim: Nasserism is an arab nationalist and is a pan arab ideology, combined with a vaguely defined socialism, often distinguished from Eastern bloc or western socialist thought by the label Arab Socialism. Though opposed ideologically to Western Capitalism, Arab socialism also developed as a rejection of communism, which was seen as incompatible with Arab traditions, and the religious underpinnings of Arab society. As a consequence, Nasserists from the 1950s to the 1980s sought to prevent the rise of communism in the Arab World, and advocated harsh penalties for individuals and organizations identified as attempting to spread communism within the region. Who is GamalAbdel Nassar: Born in 1918, he was appointed as the second president of Egypt from 1956 till his death in 1971.
Germany, after their defeat in World War I, was especially affected by the recession. For this reason, the Lausanne Peace Conference was held. At the Conference, Britain decided to provide Germany with a form of economic aid in return for peace. Because of this, Germany now had the economic resources required to remilitarize. Britain unknowingly was succumbing to Germany’s desire to rearm by providing them with economic aid.