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GCSE History · key term
The personal qualities and decisions through which a commander directs, organises and motivates an army.
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Paper 2
Revise: Opening Campaigns: Saguntum and the AlpsStrategy concerned his wider plan: taking the war into Italy rather than allowing Rome to fight it entirely in Spain. His success also depended on leadership beyond combat — choosing trustworthy subordinates, securing supplies, gathering intelligence and maintaining morale.
Evaluate leadership through both achievements and costs. Reaching Italy was a major success, but losses of soldiers, horses and baggage animals weakened Hannibal’s army.
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