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what was the importance of suez canal for Britain and France during colonial period?​

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The history of Egypt under the British lasts from 1882, when it was ocupied by British forces during the Anglo Egyptian War until 1956 when the last British force withdrew in accordance with the Anglo-Egyptian agreement of 1954 after the Suez Crisis. The first period of British rule (1882–1914) is often called the veiled protector During this time the Khedivate of Egypt remained an autonomous province of the Ottoman Empir and the British occupation had no legal basis but constituted a de facto protectorate over . This state of affairs lasted until the Ottoman Empire joined the First World War on the side of the Central Powers in November 1914 and Britain unilaterally declared a protectorate over Egypt. The ruling khedive was deposed and his successor, Hussein Kamel, compelled to declare himself Sultan of Egypt independent of the Ottomans in December 1914.

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