In the 1967 Six-Day War, Sharon commanded the most powerful armored division
on the Sinai front which made a breakthrough in the Kusseima-Abu-Ageila
fortified area. In 1969, he was appointed the Head of IDF's Southern Command.
He had no further promotions before retiring in August 1973. Soon after, he joined
Likud ("Unity") political party.

At the start of the Yom Kippur War on October 6, 1973, Sharon was called back to
duty and assigned to command a reserve armored division. His forces did not
engage the Egyptian Army immediately, but it was Sharon who helped locate a
breach between the Egyptian forces, which he then exploited by capturing a
bridgehead on October 16 and throwing a bridge across the Suez Canal the
following day. He violated orders from the head of Southern Command by
exploiting this success to cut the supply lines of the Egyptian Third Army, located
to the south of the canal crossing, isolating it from other Egyptian units.

The divisions of Sharon and Abraham Adan (Bren) passed over this bridge into
supply lines of the Third Army stretching to the south of them, cutting off and
encircling the Third Army, but could not force its surrender before the ceasefire*.
Tensions between the two generals followed his decision, but a military tribunal
later found his action was militarily effective. This move was regarded by many
Israelis as the turning point of the war in the Sinai front. Thus, Sharon is widely
viewed as a war hero who saved Israel from defeat in Sinai.

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