>>212188168 (OP)Egypt beat Israel in the 1973 October War.
tl;dr,
>Sadat aims to take and hold the east bank of the Suez Canal to negotiate for a return of the Sinai Peninsula from a position of strength>Operation Badr goes off without a hitch and Egypt occupies the east bank>Assad fucks everything up in the Golan Heights and begs Sadat to make unplanned diversionary attacks>Sadat reluctantly agrees>The Israelis exploit these failed attacks as an opening, make a breach in the center of Egyptian lines, and cross to the west bank of the Suez Canal>Israeli forces wheel around to the south side, cutting off Egyptians on the east bank there, but get bogged down at Suez City, while the north half is still entirely under Egyptian control (left map)>UN intervenes>Finnish and other UN troops force Israel back across the Suez Canal>Egypt holds the entirety of the Suez Canal from 1974 until a return of the Sinai Peninsula is successfully negotiated (right map)I don't know what war you lose by achieving your strategic objectives and acquiring more territory than you started with. I'm not saying the breach in the Egyptian center wasn't a fuckup, but Egyptian pretty undeniably came out on top, and ended up fucking over the Arab world because it got everything it wanted.
Also, for added context, does this Israeli General at 1:14 sound victorious and triumphant? Or does he sound like a seething fucking loser, because he knows Egypt got exactly what it wanted?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pqFWkUewso
>Definitely, I am unhappy.Words that victors are known for saying, surely.