[agrandis]

There was a HUGE difference between the way German civilians were treated by American troops at the end of WWII, and the way they were treated by the Red Army. Aren't you GLAD of that? Or should our troops have raped and pillaged and plundered in the fashion of the Red Army?

[Rebelbase]

Go to the bottom line. War is about breaking the enemy's will to fight. Burning civilan homes and crops, yes, by all means if it will end the war and stop the slaughter.

You armchair Generals did'nt live in the time, did'nt bury the bodies, and did'nt see the maimed on a daily basis as did those who had to fight that war. "Civilized" warfare died bewteen 1861-1865. Kill your enemy , burn his houses, crops and farms.

Destroy his will to fight, or end up like we did in Vietnam, "nuetered" by a politcal policy that favored "civilized warfare"--50,000 dead to follow the "rules"...What an idiot concept. And I'm not talking about rape, execute the bastards who do that. Wholesale property destruction to save your and my son's lives? Absolutely.

Johnston and Hooker failed in their orders to stop Sherman. Sherman did what he knew would end the war as quickly as possible.

Damn Hooker and Johnson for failing, not Sherman for winning.