On this day 69 years ago, on December 24, 1956 (November 23, 1956 lunar calendar), British and French troops withdrew from Suez. British and French warships on the Suez Canal on December 24, 1956. Although British and French troops had completely withdrawn two days earlier, the Suez area was still scarred. At the UN meeting on the 24th, Egypt introduced a resolution calling for "full compensation". As a condition of withdrawal, Britain wants the UN to immediately clean up the Suez Canal and support free navigation. Britain also suggested that Israeli troops withdraw from the Gaza Strip and that the UN take over the strip. The salvage of the sunken ship, which was delayed because Cairo refused the help of British and French ships, was about to begin on this day because Egypt had agreed to such cooperation. Egypt suffered heavy losses during the war. Port Said was almost flattened, the canal was unusable, and casualties were heavy. But Egypt also achieved a major victory. Although the British made general claims that they had thwarted Soviet plans in the Middle East and ended the conflict between Israel and Egypt, their main goal was not achieved. They failed to overthrow Nasser's regime or force it to accept international co-management of the canal.