User:Hollandboy/The Suez Canal in WWII

The Suez Canal was a major part in world war 2. The Canadiens The United States and the British had launched a number of attacks in attampting to take over the Suez Canal.

In 1942 the Suez Canal was strongly watched over by the Nazis. With close to 20 machine gun nests and a lot of infantry. The Nazis strongly held the Suez Canal on a number of occasions.

In September of 1942 the Nazis fought off a major attack from the Americans. But the Americans did not take the defeat well at all. Just a few months later the Americans the Canadiens and the British teamed up and launched a full scale attack on the occupied Suez Canal witch kicked off a long and bloody battle. The Suez Canal did fortunately fall to the allies.

The Nazis did not give up they fired bullet after bullet at the emerging enemy. The battle lasted from January to February of 1943. The killed or wounded were over 16,000 500 to 600 captured or missing for the allies.

For the Nazis over 19,000 killed or wounded 800 to 900 captured or missing. The Suez Canal was basically destroyed. The Nazis tried to retake the Suez Canal but Failed.