Suez Crisis

4,400

estimated total dead

Each dot below represents 1,000 human lives. Scroll to watch the scale unfold.

Military Dead

3,400 soldiers killed in combat, from wounds, or from disease. Each = 1,000 lives.

Britain, France & Israel — 204 military dead

Egypt — 3,200 military dead

Civilian Dead

1,000 civilians killed — from violence, famine, disease, and displacement. Wars are not fought only by soldiers.

Civilian dead — 1,000

Deadliest Engagements

Sinai Campaign (Israeli Forces)2,800

Battle of Port Said1,500

incl. 1,000 civilians

Anglo-French Air Campaign100

For Perspective

How Suez Crisis's dead compare to other conflicts and events.

Suez Crisis — total dead4,400

British killed22

French killed10

Israeli killed172

Egyptian military killed3,200

Milestones of Loss

204 dead

Just 204 tripartite military deaths — an overwhelming tactical victory that became a decisive political defeat

1,000 dead

Egyptian civilian casualties in Port Said — images of the bombardment shocked international opinion

3,200 dead

~3,200 Egyptian military dead — Egypt's army was routed yet Nasser emerged politically stronger than ever

4,400 dead

Total dead: a militarily small war whose diplomatic consequences ended the European empires as global powers

All figures are historical estimates and vary across sources. The true human cost of war is impossible to fully quantify — these numbers represent the best scholarly consensus. Each number was a person with a name, a family, and a life unlived.