Perhaps. I tend to think of these things as 'being in the right place at the right time with the right forces'.
Consider what might have happened to Patton's career had he not slapped that soldier in Sicily & been relieved? Would he have continued in command of the 5th Army at Salerno & beyond? Would his career have been spent in what became the Italian side-show after the Normandy landings? It would have been a terrible waste of America's leading armor expert. But these mistakes sometimes happen.
After the defeat at Savo Island in which the US Navy lost 2 Rear Admirals in a night cruiser battle against the Japanese, Rear Admiral Halsey was promoted to Vice Admiral & put in charge of the Solomons Campaign. He reportedly sent his 3-star VADM insignia to both widows with a note saying that he owed his current status to their husbands' brave deeds. Halsey appreciated 'luck', 'fate', or whatever you choose to call it.
Good point about fate, but it couldn’t have helped the red army that they lost 90% of their senior officers in the purges, and the rest were to terrified to tie their shoes without explicit orders.