Total war
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Total war is a type of warfare where a society's entire economy, population, and infrastructure are considered part of the war effort. It mobilizes the totality of national resources to sustain the wa
Ruins of Warsaw's Napoleon Square in the aftermath of World War II
The drownings at Savenay during the War in the Vendée, 1793
Napoleon's retreat from Russia in 1812. Napoleon's Grande Armée had lost about half a million men.
Damage and destruction of civilian buildings in Belgium, 1914
Sherman's March to the Sea
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Sherman's March to the Sea, officially known as the Savannah campaign, or simply Sherman's March, was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until Dec
Total war
…as their organized armies," defending Sherman's March to the Sea, the operation that inflicted widespread destruction of infrastructure in Georgia. Sherman's March to the Sea in the American Civil War (15 November 1864 – 21 December 1864) is sometimes considered to be an example of total war, for which Sherman used the term…
Sherman's March to the Sea by F. O. C. Darley
William T. Sherman and several Generals who took part in the march. Standing, left to right: Oliver O. Howard, William B. Hazen, Jefferson C. Davis, Joseph A. Mower. Seated, left to right: John A. Logan, William T. Sherman, Henry W. Slocum.
Sherman's advance: Tennessee, Georgia, and Carolinas (1863–65)
Sherman's men destroying a railroad in Atlanta