Total war is when you involve all aspects of society in war, not just soldiers.
It wasn't Grant who practiced total war, but Sherman. He decided that if he wiped out all crops, rail road routes, burned cities that the south would give in. After the war Sherman was asked to practice total war on the plains tribes by killing the buffalo herds.
To attack the Southern economy, burning farms and wrecking railroads, to starve the Confederate armies in the field.
Sherman was the first to wage war on both civilians & military aspects of the nation Sherman was the first to wage war on both civilians & military aspects of the nation Sherman was the first to wage war on both civilians & military aspects of the nation
patriot forgot the concept of Live and let Live concept
They were in the total war.
Destroy Everything. EVERYTHING!
it involved a complete mobilization of resources and people.
Total War is when a military uses all of their forces which include air force, forces attacking on water and soldiers attacking on land. Its significance to ww1 is that this is were the concept total war was developed.
destroying everything. all the people, it's resources the entire army
total war
Modern total war is best signified by World War I and World War II. However, before the term total war was developed the same concept did exist, as seen in the 18th and 19th centuries, such as with the American Civil War. It was not until the 20th century that total war was recognized as a distinct category of warfare.
It wasn't Grant who practiced total war, but Sherman. He decided that if he wiped out all crops, rail road routes, burned cities that the south would give in. After the war Sherman was asked to practice total war on the plains tribes by killing the buffalo herds.
Tanks, U boats, Long range shelling, and Gas attacks
The Battle of Gettysburg was a three day battle. It forced Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia to retreat back to Virginia. It was not "total war" in any military concept of such terms.
You beat them.
It became a war of attrition. The term and concept of total war was nonexistent in the US Civil War.
i don't know. ask somone else.