battle, Cold War

1952 Clash of Ismailia

Name: 1952 Clash of Ismailia
Location: Egypt

1952 Clash of Ismailia was a battle fought in 1952 in what is now Egypt. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of the Anglo-Egyptian War. Recorded strength: 7,000 soldiers; 6 tanks against 880 policemen.

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Fought1952

WhereEgypt30.583N, 32.267E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeBritish victory; Cairo fire; Attacks on British soldiers by Egyptian guerrillas in the Suez Canal Zone increase and get more violent; Egyptian Revolution of 1952

BelligerentsUnited KingdomagainstEgypt

Casualties and losses13 killed; 22 wounded; 33 killed (fedayeen attacks)and56 killed; 73 wounded

Part ofAnglo-Egyptian War1882

Where it sits in the Anglo-Egyptian War

3 placed engagements of the Anglo-Egyptian War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1952 (year precision)
Place	Egypt 30.583N, 32.267E
Kind	Battle, Cold War
Strength	7,000 soldiers; 6 tanks	880 policemen
Casualties and losses	13 killed; 22 wounded; 33 killed (fedayeen attacks)	56 killed; 73 wounded
Commanders	George Erskine	Fouad Serageddin Salah Zulfikar

Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of the Orchard Complex 1973, 12 km SE
Battle of Ismailia 1973, 13 km SE
Battle of Seraphum 1973, 13 km SE
Battle of the Chinese Farm 1973, 20 km SE
Battle of Tel el-Kebir 1882, 33 km W

In the same war

Before: Battle of Tel el-Kebir 13 September 1882
All 3 engagements of Anglo-Egyptian War

Elsewhere in 1952

Battle of Na San Vietnam
Battle of Triangle Hill North Korea
Battle of Nanri Island People's Republic of China
Battle of White Horse South Korea
Battle of Old Baldy South Korea

1952 Clash of Ismailia is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 110 in present-day Egypt.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q12246335, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Ismailia (1952), revision 1370443871, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.