How Does Alexander The Great's Ability To Maintain Effective Military

Alexander the Great’s ability to maintain effective organizational systems and structure and seamlessly communicate and execute strategies were the catalysts of his defeat of Darius’ larger army (Nassar, n.d.). To begin with, Alexander rigorously trained and prepared his troops to fight prior to an actual battle, which enabled him to maintain a small, agile, highly disciplined, and efficient army (History.com, 2009). Furthermore, Alexander’s appointment of commanders to each unit enhanced real time communication and facilitated coordinated disbanding of phalanxes to allow Darius’ cavalry units to pass through the phalanx, where they were attacked by Alexander’s infantry units (Wasson, 2014). Therefore, attacking Darius’s left flank, in conjunction