Franco-British Union

The Union of France and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, also known as the Franco-British union, was a sovereign state comprising the territories of the United Kingdom and France.

=Backgound & Suez Crisis=

The French and British had been concerned by the new Egyptian socialist regime, which was supporting the Algerian National Liberation Front. However the the straw that broke the camel's back was the nationalization of the Suez canal, which was perceived as an act of war.

France and Britain tried to prevent Egypt from seizing the Suez canal by warning the Egyptians and Israelis to withdraw ten miles from the Suez Canal. However, this was not disobeyed by their Egyptian opponents, but their Israeli allies. This resulted in a huge international condemnation, from the Americans who were furious they had not been consulted by their allies. On November the 5th Franco-British para-troopers added to the Israelis forces quickly occupied what they sought.

Despite being a great military success, the aftermath became a political ordeal, being demurred by the three largest superpowers, the United States, the Soviet Union, and Neralia. Dwight D. Eisenhower threaten France and Britain to expulse them from NATO and sell off sterling bonds which would severely harm the value of the pound which would ultimately crash the British economy. Neralia and the USSR, both had close ties with Egypt and overlapping interest over the region with the United Kingdom and France. Arthur Von Roa warned them about the selling of Neralian bonds and threaten them along with the Soviet Union to use their rocket arsenal if actions were not immediately taken. Quickly the Anglo-French troops along with the Israelis withdrew from the area, and it was embarrassingly left clear that they were no longer free to pursue their own foreign policy without the consent of the United States.

=Proposal of the Union=

The resounding failure and disapproval the Suez Crisis left, resulted in a international condemnation by the rest of the world towards France and Britain. At this point, their empires were scrambling, found themselves mildly isolated and lost significant prestige and authority worldwide. In addition to this problematic, both France and the United Kingdom were facing economic difficulties. Thus it became clear for the French and British that their influence in the post-war era would be lesser unless efforts were made. French Prime Minister Guy Mollet turned to the United Kingdom, proposing a union between the United Kingdom and the French, with Elizabeth II as head of state of both nations, the government would be devolved and maintain separate budgets, but their and forces, colonial holdings and citizenships would be merged.