Every battle is won, before it is even fought.?

Question

I don't understand the meaning of this quote. Every quote has a meaning.. has an explanation to it. What is the meaning or explanation for this one? Can anyone please explain? :)

Answer 1

I have to disagree with the other answers. I believe it's a reference to fate: the battle is won before it begins; it has already been decided who will win. It could also reference though that willpower, if one side wants it more than other, they will win; therefore, having the battle won before it began.

Answer 2

it means you won the battle because you tried and that makes you a winner

Answer 3

It goes back to Sun Tzu, the Chinese military analyst of 2500 years ago and refers to the strategic underpinnings of battles being more important than the specific tactical implementation.

Many battles can be avoided by bluffing the stronger defender out of joining the fray. Others can be settled by negotiating alliances before the battle even starts.

Yet others will be determined by the ground on which the battle will be joined; classically one refers to having the "high ground". Morale is important in military affairs and some armies believe they can win and other armies believe they will lose. Both inclinations go a long way to determining the outcome even before things start. The element of surprise is, likewise, important and is determined before hostilities actually start.

Finally, technology is frequently determinative of the outcome before the battle starts. For example, the British at both Crecy and Agincourt had superior firepower because their archers, trained in the English longbow for years, could accurately launch about three times as many arrows as their opponents using the crossbow and cavalry.The French were caught up in the idea of mounted, armored knights and English tactics, already at Crecy, a century before Agincourt, had already rendered them obsolete. Obstinacy also loses and the French had warnings of the changed nature of pitched battles well before Agincourt and they seemed not to have learned the lessons of Crecy.

Finally, we have the "strategy of tactics". That is, better generals and officers will undertake better tactics even if those tactics cannot be spelled out in advance of the battle.

Answer 4

It is in reference to good planning.