User blog comment:Zippertrain85/"Why the Empire Should Prevail Over the Stormcloaks" refuted (part 1)/@comment-11532953-20131210060926/@comment-1600847-20131213000524

While I dislike the Stormcloaks, I have to point out a fact to you, Smithis. There is a canon, in-game source that tells us that the Thalmor lost all their armies in the Battle of the Red Ring and that Mede was an idiot for surrendering. Here is an exerpt from the book "The Great War":

"In 4E 174, the Thalmor leadership committed all available forces to the campaign in Cyrodiil, gambling on a decisive victory to end the war once and for all."

" All available forces. "

Now, this doesn't proove that the Thalmor haven't rebuilt since the war ended, but it is proof that they did indeed loose all their forces: because Bethesda says they did.