Steve Morewood

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Eden’s Balkan Odyssey

Steve Morewood investigates Anthony Eden’s frenetic diplomatic efforts to forge a Balkan front to save Greece from Nazi Germany and the controversies that resulted from his failed mission.

view of the Suez Canal, opposite the governor’s palace, by Justin Kozlowski, c. 1869. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Public Domain.

The Suez Canal Before the Crisis

When the Suez Canal was opened its creator predicted that he had marked the site of a future battlefield. When Britain occupied Egypt in 1882, it seemed inevitable they would be the ones to fight for it.