Speaking of 1973, here in Egypt, where I currently, live October 6th which the is the day the Yom Kippur war started is a national holiday. It's called Army Day. It's marked to celebrate the Victory of the Egyptian army over Israel?
? When I learned that I almost choked on my breakfast! The victory of the Egyptian army???When you think when the cease fire was finally agreed upon Ariel Sharon's panzers were a mere 90 kliks from Cairo and if the Soviets had not threaten to intervene the Israelis would have destroyed the remnants of the Egyptian armed forces and camp in front of the Pyramids.... It shows how delusional the Arabic speaking world can be when it comes to reality. The worst part is that the Egyptian people, completely at the mercy of their government control over the media and education, have no clue at all of what really happened and honestly believe that the Yom Kippur war was a complete victory for their arms and that's the reason the Israelis returned the Sinai to them( which is very partly true).
Imagine the Germans celebrating Stalingrad as a great victory for the Wehrmacht!!!
Tactically, it was an Israeli victory of biblical proportions. Strategically, the Egyptians won. They lost the war, but they regained the Sinai by the end of 1974, which was their goal in the beginning. Delusional in application, but not necessarily completely wrong over all.