Operation Musketeer’s Military Balance

The amphibious force reused Second World War methods on a smaller scale, including landing ship tanks carrying Centurion tanks. Roughly 175,000 Israeli, 45,000 British, and 34,000 French personnel faced an Egyptian force of about 300,000. The coalition's relatively low losses sat beside heavy Egyptian casualties and the loss of large numbers of tanks and aircraft. Those figures show a decisive battlefield outcome, although diplomatic pressure produced a far less straightforward political result.