Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv Alexander the Great is well known for his tactics on the battlefield. Some aspect that is often forgotten is that victory on the battlefield requires well supplied troops. This is especially true, because Alexander's conquest covered a vast area. Sources Seibert, Jakob: Die Logistik der Feldzüge Alexanders des Großen; in: Vorträge zur Militärgeschichte: Die Bedeutung der Logisitik für die militärische Führung von der Antike bis in die neueste Zeit. (Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt (MGFA)). Dtv-Atlas Weltgeschichte http://www.ancient.eu/Battle_of_Issus/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_Alexander_the_Great http://www.ancient.eu/Alexander_the_Great/ http://www.pothos.org/content/index.php?page=army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_logistics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander's_Balkan_campaign https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Granicus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_campaign_of_Alexander_the_Great https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Issus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diades_of_Pella https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Hydaspes http://www.ancient.eu/article/676/ http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Alexander*/8.html http://www.livius.org/aj-al/alexander/alexander_t38.html Additional Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Lebanon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontoon_bridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Matapan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Road