Since you mentionned the Rebbe, he was adamant that all of Israel's wars were miracles. It's a major point of contention between Chabad and Satmar, Chabad says Hashem did miracles to help us win wars, Satmar says it was the Satan who kept Arabs from wiping us out, to trick Jews to be secular. I have no idea how their opinion has any weight, and there is obviously no historical precedence for such an intellectual dishonesty.