Quote Originally Posted by Rion View Post
In the lore its specifically mentioned Hammerfell won against the Thalmor because 1) the Thalmor had lost a lot of their army in the previous war 2) Hammerfell had the terrain on their side to an even greater extent than SKyrim has. Skyrim may be a frozen tundra up north, but everyone of the areas were the Redguards beat the Altmer were scorching I]deserts[/I]. 3) The Redgaurds are born warriors to an even greater extent than the Nords and finally 4) several complete imperial legions "deserted" under the emperor's orders to help them win the war.
I remember that book. It was written by an Imperial general. His boss is the Emperor. Of course he's going to try and make the Empire's decisions look good.