# The Suez Crisis stopped the British Empire. Will Hormuz defeat the US?

https://mins.news/en/item/29833

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-23 13:37 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/deja-vu-2/2026/8/23/the-suez-crisis-stopped-the-british-empire-will-hormuz-defeat-the-us?traffic_source=rss

> The latest episode of Al Jazeera’s Deja Vu podcast examines how oil, shipping and war shape the Gulf. It compares the Strait of Hormuz with the Suez Crisis 70 years ago, when Egypt closed the canal and faced three armies alone. The canal reopened months later under Egyptian control, changing the region and the global economy forever.

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