The English and French were forced to withdraw from controlling the Suez Canal during the crisis in 1956 because
A. the Egyptians under Gamal Abdel Nasser drove them out.
B. the United States condemned the attack and forced them to withdraw.
C. the Soviets used the threat of nuclear war to force them out.
D. of the threat posed by a rebuilding Germany back home.
E. the Anglo-French alliance fell apart, due to an old dispute between the two traditional enemies.
Answer: B
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