Following the Yom Kippur War between Egypt and Israel in 1973, an international agreement was reached in October 1973 to provide measures to reopen the Suez Canal after its closure for 8 years after t
RH-53D sweeping Suez Canal 1974
US Navy RH-53Ds sweeping the Suez Canal in 1974.
On 6 June 1967, after the start of the Six-Day War, Egypt closed the Suez Canal, which it owned and operated, and kept it closed until 5 June 1975, through most of the Israeli occupation of the Sinai
Israeli capture of the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula, 7–8 June 1967, during the Six-Day War
President Nasser's visit to the Suez front with Egypt's top military commanders during the War of Attrition. Directly behind him is General Commander Mohamed Fawzi and to his left Chief of Staff Abdul Munim Riad, 16 November 1968.
Egypt crossing the Suez Canal during the Yom Kippur War
President Anwar Sadat and Minister of Defense Ahmed Ismail in the re-opening ceremony of the Canal, June 5, 1975