How many civilians died on Patton's March through Germany?
According to Shelby Foote, while Sherman did massive damage to Confederate infrastructure such as railroads, forges and cotton mills, and his 60,000 men did live off the land, there were few civilians injured in his campaign and even military losses where very low compared to other campaigns during that war.
The end result is that Sherman ended the war far sooner than it would have otherwise. That saved tens of thousands of lives on both sides.
“How many civilians died on Patton’s March through Germany?...The end result is that Sherman ended the war far sooner than it would have otherwise. That saved tens of thousands of lives on both sides.”
Bullshit. They didn’t do anything but plan a genocide.
They were intent on killing everything. At that point, they just wanted to make sure they could take everything and there would be nothing left for the south for decades. They were right, the f*ing fascists. Nice equivocations, though. The fact is, the south weren’t Nazis...they were Americans and that war was driven by greed for power, political agenda and money.... which they got ... to play out their progressive agenda and make the northeast the power center. How’s that working for us, Bud?
Patton? Sherman was no Patton. He was a homicidal maniac...read his letters. He wasn’t a warrior, he was a licensed mass murderer. And his grubby, drunken boss oversaw the demise during and after the war. Nice job there, too.
Yeah, the north won alright. Like a rapist wins when they drag someone much smaller and unarmed into a corner and screw them and beat them and leave them for dead.