Total war is a conflict of unlimited scope in which a belligerent engages in a mobilization of all available resources at their disposal, whether human, industrial, agricultural, military, natural, technological, or otherwise, in order to entirely destroy or render beyond use their rival's capacity to continue resistance.
To attack the civilian infrastructure behind the Confederate war-effort - burning farms, wrecking railroads, helping to starve the troops in the field and destroying civilian morale. It shortened the war by at least six months, at almost nil casualties,.
Sherman's occupation of Atlanta. Ironically this represented the failure of his mission to destroy the Army of Tennessee, as ordered by Grant. But it sounded important and made big news when Northern civilian morale was suffering. Also at this time - the liberation of the port of Mobile, and the defeat of Jubal Early in the Shenandoah.
The quality that Grant had - an instinctive urge to pursue a beaten army and destroy it. When Grant's political enemies were trying to persuade Lincoln to fire him, Lincoln said "I can't spare this man. He fights."
Sherman's March to the Sea during the American Civil War is often considered the first modern example of total war. It was a strategic military campaign that aimed to destroy the South's infrastructure and demoralize its population. Sherman's army deliberately targeted civilian resources, including homes, crops, and livestock, bringing the devastation of war directly to the civilian population. This approach set a precedent for future conflicts, where civilian populations and infrastructure became legitimate targets.
Because Grant carried high credibility with Lincoln. And Sherman carried high credibility with Grant. It was Sherman who saw that punitive raids on Georgia would weaken the rebellion, help to starve the Southern armies, and show the outer world that the Confederacy was on its last legs.
A typhoon can destroy infrastructure and peoples because of high winds and rain. The rain leads to flooding and the high winds can sometimes lead to high ocean waves that destroy fishing vessels.
To destroy the civilian infrastructure that supported the armies in the field. Sherman's March to the Sea wrecked farms and railroads, helping to starve the enemy troops. It shortened the war by months at almost nil casualties.
The Germans failed to destroy the RAF or civilian morale.
Total War.
Total war is a conflict of unlimited scope in which a belligerent engages in a mobilization of all available resources at their disposal, whether human, industrial, agricultural, military, natural, technological, or otherwise, in order to entirely destroy or render beyond use their rival's capacity to continue resistance.
Abraham Lincoln.
To attack the civilian infrastructure behind the Confederate war-effort - burning farms, wrecking railroads, helping to starve the troops in the field and destroying civilian morale. It shortened the war by at least six months, at almost nil casualties,.
General Sherman and his superior General Grant believed it was necessary to destroy civilian property that may have been used to supply Confederate troops. In this way, it would weaken the Southern armies.
First it is called the Emancipation Proclamation. He made it to keep the South from continuing to use slave labor. It was basically to help the Union to win the Civil War because they could not do it through brute military strength, they needed to destroy the Confederacy from the civilian level.
A wildfire can destroy forests, grasslands, homes, infrastructure, and wildlife habitats. Additionally, it can have long-lasting ecological and environmental impacts on the affected area.
Well.... We had distoryed a lot of things, but if you do it without permission. Then yes, it is.