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Post by Mountbatten on Oct 11, 2015 13:10:59 GMT
When I was taught about the civil war a long time ago, I never even heard of Sherman. And wasn't it Grant who invented Total War? Grant did, but Sherman really was the first to do total war on a large scale. Also, if you never heard of Sherman from the civil war, then did you ever learn about the March to the sea? Shermans operation through Georgia ( Thanks Wikipedia ) what about it |
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Post by General William T. Sherman on Oct 11, 2015 13:25:44 GMT
Grant did, but Sherman really was the first to do total war on a large scale. Also, if you never heard of Sherman from the civil war, then did you ever learn about the March to the sea? Shermans operation through Georgia ( Thanks Wikipedia ) what about it Idk, maybe it secured Lincolns victory in 1864 and destroyed a crucial railroad and industrial hub of the south. |
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Post by Suvorov on Oct 11, 2015 13:48:03 GMT
When I was taught about the civil war a long time ago, I never even heard of Sherman. And wasn't it Grant who invented Total War? Grant did, but Sherman really was the first to do total war on a large scale. Also, if you never heard of Sherman from the civil war, then did you ever learn about the March to the sea? If you've never heard about Sherman, there's sometbhing really wrong with your History teacher |
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Post by Mountbatten on Oct 11, 2015 13:55:44 GMT
Maybe I did hear about him and can't remember
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Post by Napoleon Bonaparte on Oct 11, 2015 13:55:25 GMT
I never heard about suvorov, lannes or Sherman until I ended up in this forum.
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Post by kanue on Oct 11, 2015 15:02:46 GMT
I never heard about suvorov, lannes or Sherman until I ended up in this forum. The first time I heard about Sherman was from a tank. Interestingly, and no joking, the first name I heard was Mountbatten when I was in elementary school. |
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Post by Mountbatten on Oct 11, 2015 15:36:59 GMT
I didn't know who Suvorov or Lannes were until I downloaded EW4
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Post by Suvorov on Oct 11, 2015 16:10:06 GMT
I never heard about suvorov, lannes or Sherman until I ended up in this forum. The first time I heard about Sherman was from a tank. Interestingly, and no joking, the first name I heard was Mountbatten when I was in elementary school. WW2 education in my elementary school was quite... elemental. The things we had to learn: 10 may 1940: German invasion of the Netherlands; The Dutch fought very brave (not kidding, that's called propaganda) 6 June 1944: D-Day. That's it |
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Post by Haelicon on Oct 11, 2015 16:12:59 GMT
I never heard about suvorov, lannes or Sherman until I ended up in this forum. The first time I heard about Sherman was from a tank. Interestingly, and no joking, the first name I heard was Mountbatten when I was in elementary school. Same, the first I knew Sherman was from the M4A1 Sherman tank. Then I knew it was from the General William Tecumseh Sherman name. And the funny thing is, Sherman tank burned up every time it was shot, while General Sherman burned up every inch of his own land while retreating (Scorched Earth tactic)  |
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Post by Suvorov on Oct 11, 2015 16:16:28 GMT
Same, the first I knew Sherman was from the M4A1 Sherman tank. Then I knew it was from the General William Tecumseh Sherman name. And the funny thing is, Sherman tank burned up every time it was shot, while General Sherman burned up every inch of his own land while retreating (Scorched Earth tactic) Yes, it's nickname was "Ronson", a sigarette lighter I believe. T-34 (in groups) and Panters were a lot better |
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Post by Haelicon on Oct 11, 2015 16:27:49 GMT
Same, the first I knew Sherman was from the M4A1 Sherman tank. Then I knew it was from the General William Tecumseh Sherman name. And the funny thing is, Sherman tank burned up every time it was shot, while General Sherman burned up every inch of his own land while retreating (Scorched Earth tactic) Yes, it's nickname was "Ronson", a sigarette lighter I believe. T-34 (in groups) and Panters were a lot better Yeah and the "Burning Coffin" if I remember correctly? But the M4A3E8 Sherman "Easy Eight" is actually a decent tank, it could compete with Pzkpfw. VI Tiger and Pzkpfw. V Panther. |
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Post by Suvorov on Oct 11, 2015 16:30:59 GMT
Yes, it's nickname was "Ronson", a sigarette lighter I believe. T-34 (in groups) and Panters were a lot better Yeah and the "Burning Coffin" if I remember correctly? But the M4A3E8 Sherman "Easy Eight" is actually a decent tank, it could compete with Pzkpfw. VI Tiger and Pzkpfw. V Panther. If it got support from innumerable amounts of aircraft, anti-tank weapons and My Little Pony's... Which was practically all the time... |
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Post by Haelicon on Oct 11, 2015 16:36:58 GMT
Yeah and the "Burning Coffin" if I remember correctly? But the M4A3E8 Sherman "Easy Eight" is actually a decent tank, it could compete with Pzkpfw. VI Tiger and Pzkpfw. V Panther. If it got support from innumerable amounts of aircraft, anti-tank weapons and My Little Pony's... Which was practically all the time... Like the Germans in 1939-1940. Stukas, Stukas everywhere |
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Post by Suvorov on Oct 11, 2015 16:41:52 GMT
If it got support from innumerable amounts of aircraft, anti-tank weapons and My Little Pony's... Which was practically all the time... Like the Germans in 1939-1940. Stukas, Stukas everywhere And then in 1944-1945: Soviets, soviets everywhere |
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Post by Jean Lannes on Oct 11, 2015 17:11:09 GMT
Like the Germans in 1939-1940. Stukas, Stukas everywhere And then in 1944-1945: Soviets, soviets everywhere And then in the 60s: Nukes, nukes everywhere |
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