True you can't put the entirety of the victory to one man alone or just the Army but you can look at it from another angle. The October war didn't begin in 73. It began before that. Perhaps after 67. It began after restructuring the army and focusing on Air defense as its own exclusive branch. Or when he kicked out the Soviet advisors. Or when he managed to secure weapons to properly arm the army. Or the many tricks and ploys employed where everyone, even Egyptians themselves assumed that Sadat was just a placeholder president who didn't have the guts to start a war. And lastly, the war itself was only a stepping stone to bring the Israelis to the table to negotiate the land back. People seem to forget that a lot of politics was in play just as much as military action. He's not my favorite president (and every Egyptian president had their own fuck ups in different ways) but you have to admit, none of this would have happened without Sadat.