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What does the term total war mean?

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The destruction of civilian as well as military installations

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Destroying everything, including civilian property. 
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destroyed everything including citizen property

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It depends on the context. The usual definition is the complete mobilization of available resources.

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Where all areas of the econiomy were geared to the war effort, to the detriment of normal production. Germany declared Total war in 1944

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Destroyingeverything except the government

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