Nahas introduces, and Parliament approves, decrees abrogating unilaterally the Anglo-Egyptian

Treaty of 1936 and proclaiming Farouk king of Egypt and Sudan in October 1951.

Egypt exults, with newspapers proclaiming that Egypt has broken "the fetters of British imperialism."

The Wafd government gives way to pressure from the Brotherhood and leftist groups for militant opposition to the British.

"Liberation battalions" are formed, and the Brotherhood and auxiliary police are armed.

Food supplies to the Suez Canal Zone are blocked, and Egyptian workers are withdrawn from the base.

A guerrilla war against the British in the Suez Canal Zone is undertaken by students and the Brotherhood.