Strategies of Alexander in the Battles of Issus and Gaugamela

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HISTORY ALEXANDER

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
The strategy of Alexander at the battle of Issus..............................................................................2
The strategy of Alexander at the Gaugamela battle.........................................................................3
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................4
References........................................................................................................................................5

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Introduction
Alexander was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He was the greatest
military leader (Worthington, By the Spear: Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Rise and Fall
of the Macedonian Empire, 2014). He dealt with his enemies at home. He reasserted the power
of Macedonian within Greece. The biggest strength of the Alexander army was mobility
(Worthington, Alexander the Great, 2012). Alexander used the strategies in the battle of Issus
and Gaugamela, which have been covered in the following discussion.
The strategy of Alexander at the battle of Issus
Battle of Issus, (333 BC), conflict early in Alexander the Great's invasion of Asia in this
battle. Alexander conquered the empire of Achaemenian. The objective of the war was revenge.
Alexander always stood at the front of the battle. The strategy of Alexander in this war was that
the unit of Alexander was positioned in a wedge position as Alexander believes this made their
soldiers impossible for the opposing army to punch a hole and harder to crack (Brosius, 2003).
He moved to Issus with his army and then along the cost road. He predicted to meet the
challengers at same point. The battlefield, on the plains of Issus, was bordered on the one side by
a range of mountain and by the Mediterranean on the other. At the right flank of Alexander
quickly overtook left plank of Persian. The Greek mercenaries took the Macedonian’s left flank.
The right flank moved to the center causing Darius to retreat and the Persian army to lose.
Alexander copied the phalanx from the Greeks. In the battle, there was 16 men wide and 16 men
deep (Murrison, 2012).