Total war, as the name implies, involves the
application of all resources (human, military, industrial, agricultural,
natural, technological, scientific, or any other) resources of a nation. The
purpose of this war is completely defeating the enemy. The total war concept
came into use since the nineteenth century, but the conflicts seen today are
now known as total war and were already taking place for centuries before. Carl
Von Clausewitz is known for been in the military and he is credited with the
mentioned concept. Initially, Clausewitz called such conflicts "absolute
war" the difference between these concepts is the domain of war on the
government and the prospect of victory.
The Napoleonic wars are examples of total war. The
background of these wars begin when a French army desertion just faced when
monetary resources were not sufficient to sustain the war in the eighteenth
century. This was what prompted France to declare total war. Thus, the French
government was responsible for finding all the necessary resources, and
employed. This as the trait of total war, broke with the everyday life, since
the main purpose of the nation was war. This mandatory sense, became reformed
with Napoleon Bonaparte, who through total war managed to acquire control of
much of continental Europe.
The total wars have been around for a long time,
therefore, there are many examples. Later I will detail the most important
total wars of the twentieth century, as before mentioned was the bloodiest.
Below I enclose you a video of a video game trailer on total wars. Graphically
you can see some examples of wars, weapons, army and more which are the main
basis of total war you soon!
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