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Sherman was one of the first proponents of Total War in the western world. [Genghis Khan and Tamburlaine mastered it on the Asian steppes.] He believed that attacking the source of supplies (food, transportation, communications) was the best way force the army in the field into capitulation. He saw it as an attack on the enemy supply base, but for the entire army, not just for corps on the battlefield. By extension, his view of war led to the near-extermination of Native Americans, unrestricted submarine warfare, and the aerial bombardment of civilian populations in subsequent wars.
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Was William Sherman a general in the US Civil War or the American Revolution?
William Tecumseh Sherman was a general in the US Civil War. He was a Union general.
Who is the Union general who waged total war on the south?
William T Sherman
What man was most associated with the total war strategy of the Civil War?
General Sherman.
What Civil War General was named for an American General in the War of 1812?
William Sherman
Who is the Yankee general of civil war?
Sherman
Sherman believed in what about the Civil War?
During the Civil War, General Sherman held strong to a total war policy.
Who was the Union general in charge of the total war to the South?
General Sherman
Who was William T Sherman's?
William T. Sherman was a great war general;also known as Burnin Sherman.
General Sherman was the first to declare which type of war?
Total War
Who brought the civil war to an end?
General Sherman
What was William t Sherman's in the civil war?
General
General Sherman's war strategy?
Total War: Destroying everything in his path.
