History A-Level
Leadership and tactics
What Leadership and tactics means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Leadership and tactics
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Nelson's leadership, ability to inspire and unconventional tactics, such as breaking the enemy line at Trafalgar, and their effectiveness against French and allied fleets.
Topics that use Leadership and tactics
- Paper 3, Option 35.2: The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918 - 1 Britain and the French Wars, 1793–1815 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Naval warfare and strategy
- Significance
- The broader context of the French Wars
- Coalition warfare
- Defensive tactics
- Supply organisation
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