Abstract
The United Kingdom had ruled nearly the whole world. It is said that the sun never sets on the British Empire. The emergence of World War I and II weaken the power of Britain as a dominate colony of the world. However, by the end of WW-II, the US emerged as the newly famous, powerful country in the world. During the WW-II, the UK and the USA developed close cooperation. The relationship of both countries developed to such an extent that the Prime Minster W.D. Churchill called it the Special Relationship between UK-USA. The special relationship between both nations continued after the end of WW-II. It was believed that the bond of relationship is so strong that it cannot be rifted. It was right considering the close cooperation between both countries during the WW-II and aftermaths. However, the incident of the Suez Canal in 1956, completely changed the scenario. The tension between both states appeared over the Suez Crisis. This historical analysis is made to understand to what extent the special relationship was strong? Moreover, what went wrong during the Suez Crisis that shattered the special relationship between UK-USA. Was the Suez debacle of 1956, served as the litmus test paper in examining the special relationship?
Highlights
States makes relations with another on various grounds such as social, political or religious so on so forth
The individual relationships strengthened between both countries when both joined hands together in the WW-II
The Suez debacle marked the parting of the ways between the cherished Anglo-American relations (Springhall, 2001)
Summary
States makes relations with another on various grounds such as social, political or religious so on so forth. Throughout the history, the UK and US had strong ties Both countries had developed strong relations during the Second World War to such an extent that it came called as the Special Relationship by W.D. Churchill in 1943 (in a private meeting). Churchill’s cultivation in making Roosevelt close was the primary factor that developed this cooperation between both states which culminated in the status of the unique relationships. He had made strong personal relations with Roosevelt during the time of WW-II, by writing letters and meetings. He secured arms, ammunition, money and US troops to defeat Hitler during the WW-II. It will be analysed how long these special relations lived and what implications it left in the foreign policy
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