Battle of Gaugamela | 7600 vs 22 000 Persians - Alexander the Great - Historical Cinematic Battle

The Battle of Gaugamela is the most famous and most decisive for Alexander the Great, the Macedonian King, as he completely destroyed the Persian Empire in a mere span of around 5 years. All of it culminated in a battle near a village in Persia, Gaugamela where he faced King Darius III with 47,000 battle-hardened troops against a force triple his size. The monstrous Persian Empire allowed Darius to amass this massive army, bringing a diversity of troops from all corners of the empire. As Alexander approaches the battlefield, he was camping on a hill near the open field of Gaugamela and rested his troops there. As his troops were preparing to advance in the morning, Alexander is said to have overslept and joined his troops at noon. He mainly directly commanded the right flank along with the famous companion cavalry and Parmenion, his most senior, commanded the left flank. He deployed in a slanted formation and his strategy was to open up his center lines as bait for the Persian king to send most of his army th