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From what I recall of the Mandalorian Wars, the Republic was getting absolutely wrecked before Revan showed up.
Nobody could match the Mandalorians tactically or strategically, they were losing on all fronts and retreating, and had suffered catastrophic military casualties.
Then Revan came, and things turned around due to Revan. They were winning battles, pushing back the Mandalorians, however they were still taking enormous casualties( Dxun is an example of this. 10 Republic soldiers died for every Mandalorian), and they couldn't truly sustain a war of attrition. Thus Revan used Malachor V as a trap, luring the majority of the Mandalorian power into a battle over Malachor V, where she confronted Mandalore in 1v1 on his ship, and they fought, whilst The Exile was tasked with setting off the trap, which wiped out the vast majority of the Mandalorian fleet as well as a lot of the Republic fleet there too, and then Revan slew Mandalore, taking the mask and shattering the clans.
Yes, Revan had competent underlings, such as Meetra, whose noted as being decent enough tactically/strategically to be a General, but everybody regards Revan as single-handedly saving the Republic. She was made Supreme Commander of the entire Republic Military she was that highly regarded.
An example of Revan's strategy is she commanded Meetra Surik(The Exile) to conquer Onderon and Dxun, which had become Mandalorian strongholds, and ordered the launch of hundreds of small-unit feints along the front, probing the Mandalorians for a weakness, whilst she launched an offensive in another area where she crushed a significant portion of the Mandalorian army. Then she used Malachor with Meetra having half of the Republic fleet to lure in Mandalore and the Mandalorian fleet, before she also came in and attacked.
Furthermore, the Republic was on the verge of collapse before Revan came. The Mandalorians had managed to break into the Core Worlds:
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