User blog comment:Thedoucheinthenorth/The Civil War - Why it is great/@comment-1600847-20121031011532/@comment-3492791-20121101101346

You seem to have your facts confused. Hammerfell fought the Dominion to a stalemate, they didn&apos;t beat them. The Dominion left themselves after they decided that it wasn&apos;t worth the effort to continue the conflict.

Also fighting in familiar territory has an invaluable tactual advantage. If the Redguards were trying to defend against the Dominion somewhere other than Hammerfell they likely would have lost. Maybe Ulfric can defend Skyrim against an invasion by the Thalmor, but if he tried to actually move against them he would defiantly lose. The Stormcloaks rely heavily on guerrilla tactics. Guerrilla tactics don&apos;t work if you aren&apos;t very familiar with the area. His entire army would have to be retrained (if the Stormcloaks even have any formal training) to be able to fight the Dominon head on.