Being a good strategist is not necessarily about winning battles, but making the right/favourable preparations and choosing the right conditions for a battle. There are three realms where warfare are concerned: strategy, tactics, and logistics. All are important, but the latter is almost always neglected by amateurs such as Adolf Hitler.
Caius Julius Caesar is particularly well-known for his campaigns in Galia Transalpina (France). He was fortunate enough to keep the gaulic tribes at odds with each other during most of his stay, but responded competently when they united under Vercingetorix. Caesar also fought the loyalists for control of the Roman Empire, and defeated Pompeius Magnus at Pharsalus.
Caesar had the benefit of mostly fighting disorganised and easily startled Gauls during most of his career, not to mention incompetent enemy commanders. Yet his genius was probably more in being able to combine good generalship with very shrewd politicking. He was extremely indebted during most of his career and hounded by Senators that wanted his head because they saw him as a demagogue. Caesar's only choices were to surrender and be forced into some ignominious and inglorious life or to press onward to become the new king of Rome.
He crossed the the River Rubicon with only 5,000 men and forced the Senate to flee the eternal city. He left Mark Antony in his stead to manage affairs in Rome while he campaigned (he had a sound judgment of people) in Greece. It should be noted that Caesar was uncommonly lucky (until the end) and ever so daring. Even though he did not always start the battle with the enemy, he usually forced his enemies to fight him on his own terms. He was very active as a commander and very good at promoting loyalty among the ranks (both thanks to praise and loot). He always took contingency precautions such as when he called for the aid of Mithradates of Pergamum when Caesar was besieged by the Egyptians in Alexandria.
However, take note that there were other very good Roman generals such as Pompeius Magnus, Mark Antony, Caius Marius, Lucius Sulla and Scipio Africanus. All of these are known to history and some even fought more distinguished battles than Caesar, but unfortunately they are neither as significant nor as popular as Caesar.
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Answer:All human societies construct and teach creation myths or origin stories. These are large, extraordinarily powerful, but often ramshackle narratives that try and tell the story of how everything came to be. They offer maps that can help us to place ourselves, our families and our communities and to navigate our world.
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1. Henry Wallace, former vice president and Progressive Party presidential candidate, lashes out at the Cold War policies of President Harry S. Truman. Wallace and his supporters were among the few Americans who actively voiced criticisms of America’s Cold War mindset during the late-1940s and 1950s.
Widely admired for his intelligence and integrity, Henry Wallace had served as vice president to Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1941 to 1945. After Harry S. Truman succeeded to the presidency upon Roosevelt’s death in April 1945, Wallace was named secretary of commerce, but Wallace did not get along with Truman. A true liberal, Wallace was harshly critical of what he perceived as Truman’s backtracking from the social welfare legislation of the New Deal era. Wallace was also disturbed about U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union. During World War II, he came to admire the Soviet people for their tenacity and sacrifice. Like Roosevelt, he believed that the United States could work with Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in the postwar world.
2. Political and editorial cartoons have long been a part of the propaganda that influences the masses. Originating during the Protestant Reformation in Germany, this visual indoctrination gave support to the cause of Martin Luther's religious reforms. Because of the high illiteracy rate among the public at the time, these cartoons became known for their straightforward simple pictorial nature. American political cartooning assumed this direct appeal to the masses as well. Tracing its origins to Benjamin Franklin and his cartoons asking for unity during the American Revolution were the first of their kind in the new country.
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They great general Grant and his men put the city of Vicksburg under siege and along with some very good battle strategies were able to defeat the confederacy.
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The Siege of Vicksburg was a great victory for the Union. It gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union. Around the same time, the Confederate army under General Robert E. Lee was defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg. These two victories marked the major turning point of the Civil War in favor of the Union.
