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GCSE History · key term
The overall plan for achieving the aims of a war or campaign, including deciding where to fight and which allies to seek.
Used by Edexcel and OCR
Paper 1
The overall planning of a war or campaign, including objectives and how forces will be used.
Revise: New Weaponry, Tactics and the Decline of the KnightThese changes affected combat, the actual fighting; tactics, the methods used in battle; and strategy, the overall planning of a campaign. A weapon mattered not simply because it could kill, but because commanders could use its strengths to change how they fought.
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.
The overall planning and use of military resources to achieve the aims of a campaign or war.
The overall plan for achieving the aims of a war, including decisions about campaigns, alliances and resources.
The overall plan for achieving an objective in a war, including where to fight and which enemy resources to attack.
Distinguish Hannibal’s successful escape from a particular trap from his failure to overcome Fabian strategy in the longer term.
Distinguish tactics, such as outflanking an enemy during battle, from strategy, such as invading Africa to force Hannibal out of Italy.
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