In 1956, US President Richard M Nixon praises the UK and France's actions in the Suez Canal crisis, a decision that would have been unthinkable before Eisenhower's heart attack in Denver on Sept 24, 1955. Whilst America doesn't actively enter the conflict US bases in the Kingdom of Libya become a major point for operations in the War. Preoccupied with Hungary, the Soviet Union is initially detached and to the surprise of many World War III sees the Arab League fight with the Allies, with Russia and China joining as late entrants into the combat the following year.