“War Looks Glorious on TV, but It’s Actually Horrific”
Connecting the Mediterranean with the Red Sea, the Suez Canal is an incredible engineering achievement. It’s made life easier for cargo ships, allowing them to cut directly through Asia to Europe instead of having to take the long, arduous journey around Africa.
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The Suez Canal has heaps of exciting tales surrounding it. But arguably the most radical one is the story of the Yellow Fleet – 14 cargo ships that unwittingly found themselves in the middle of a battlefield. Aircraft and bombs were hovering above their heads, and shooting missiles were flying from Israel to Egypt and back again.
“On TV, war looks glorious. But to be honest, it is not. It is completely horrific,” noted John Hughes, a sailor from one of the said ships.