You left out the part about them wanting to celebrate a second Sukkot because the one they had celebrated in that year was in the mountains, so they celebrated it at the Temple after it was rededicated.  Eight days of Sukkot... Eight days of Hanukkah...

 But I do think you're right in that the true miracle of Hanukkah is people willing to fight and die for a cause, especially when the odds are against them.  How many times have we actually been the likely winner when we fight?  Yet compare that to how often we've been victorious.