FACT CHECK · YOM KIPPUR WAR
Claim: Chat claims: Egypt's 1973 plan was a total victory
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
Chief of staff Saad el-Shazly planned a limited crossing under the SAM umbrella. Sadat ordered a push beyond it on 14 Oct; it failed, and Sharon's division crossed the canal on 15-16 Oct.
SOURCE
Britannica 'Yom Kippur War'; Shazly, 'The Crossing of the Suez' (1980)
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