and the northern general, william sherman, ordered the destruction of the city he had captured.dustrial and transport center. now sherman was going to lead the army to the sea and did not want atlanta to fall back to the southerners. the population was expelled, factories were blown up, shops, warehouses, and carriage depots were demolished. the fire has started. almost 3,000 buildings burned to the ground due to garbage burning. this event, later depicted in the film gone with the wind, was part of general sherman's scorched earth tactics. in his memoirs, he wrote: behind us lay atlanta, smoldering in ruins. black smoke rose high into the air and hung like a pole over the destroyed city. 90 years ago , on november 15, 1933 , the first trolleybus set off in moscow, the city was growing, there was not enough transport, there was no metro yet, the launch of trolleybuses was more logical than new buses and cheaper than tram lines. the first route was laid from the belorussky station to pokrovsky streshnev, then extended to the center, in january thirty-fourth the second was opened

have at the battle of atlanta 1864 general william sherman had come to believe union victory not onlyting the southern armies, listen also destroying the physical ability and psychological will to continue the war this is also the case of world war ii. world war ii is often called the war against civilians. dresden, berlin, london, nagasaki, hiroshima partially military all aimed at destroying the will of the people to support the regimes, all of them. we were involved in them a big type atlanta transportation industrial center and symbol of confederate strength made a prime target so what did sherman do? he marched through atlanta like crack through a goose soldiers set fire to the city culminating with a troop set much of the downtown area blaze during the last night in the city sherman carefully studied census records to make sure his troops could live off the land before leaving atlanta and to maintain his supply line. the union soldiers rated farms destroyed cotton fields slaughtered livestock burned properties and met resistance took as much food as they could carry. during the

so i wrote my most recent book is about william sherman and geronimo and that generation of people who fought the last phase of the indian wars of the west. the book before that was about folks who lived and fought during american revolution. so when you deal with history that's that deep in the pt then we all look on it essentlly from the same perspective fm long past the time it happed. but if we talk about the 1970s, then we're talng about something that i lived through. please raise yr hand if you have of a fairly active memory of the 1970s. okay. yeah. before this i should say, i was i had lunch with a friend who is a judge in austin. and one of the things that he wasaying, i wrote a book a few years ago about douglas macarthur and harry truman and this gentleman is a little bit older. i said tt was one of his earliest memories in sort of being aware of the world. he remembered when truman fid macarthur. so obviously, the farther back we go, the fewer people there are who remember this stuff. but the reason i'm ying this is that i'm going to use this as a y to kind of frame my app

william t sherman's armies arrived by. land 1863. charleston proved a cauldron of technological tactical innovation. the january iron clad sortie was one of the few actions where multiple confederate iron clouds vanced together. april's fort sumter proved monitorsou withstand severe enemy fire while operating together. uss weehawken minesweeper. the device was modified and used in other theaters, ground and underwater minefield denied u.s. maneuverability. torpedo boats were copied in north carolina and louisiana from within to generations of the submersibles, alligator and h.l. hunley submarines were a staple of naval warfare, breaking the u.s. cipher encryption proved decisive for beauregard, extensive photography was enhanced by photographs captured during fort sumter bombardment. technology is only as effective as those using it, though both sides needed cooperative commanders to accomplish missions, and both underwent command changes in pursuit. following the january ironclad, the more innovative captain john tucker replaced dun

william t sherman's armies arrived by. land 1863.harleston proved a cauldron of technological tactical innovation. the january iron clad sortie s one of the few actions where multiple confederate iron clouds advanced tetr. april's fort sumter proved monitors could withstand severe enemy fire iloperating together. uss weehawken minesweeper. the device was modified and used in other theaters, ground and underwater minefield denied u.s. maneuverability. torpedo boats were copied in north carolina and louisiana from within to generations of the submersibles, alligator and h.l. hunley submarines were a staple of naval warfare, breaking the u.s. cipher encryption proved decisive for beauregard, extensive photography was enhanced by photographs captured during fort sumter bombardment. technology is only as effective as those using it, though both sides needed cooperative commanders to accomplish missions, and both underwent command changes in pursuit. following the january ironclad, the more innovative captain john tucker replaced duncan in

disaster and established pretty grant in charge and nd threw open the gates to georgia so that william t sherman could make its people howl. we can know briefly in defense of davis and bragg, there have e been no better options. the adaptation of the word is a rare product scarcely more than one can be expected in a generation but in this mighty war, there is need for half a dozen. that is what bragg wrote. he certainly never found his he half a ozen. he certainly did not find them in the western theater. one of my forite sketches. after albertson and johnson's death, he could only fid one generalth. joe johnston beauregd who clearly distrusted were no better than bragg. s he referred to as basically incompetent or william party who we know shied away from assignments.. the fact that none of his he successors whether they were e joe . again, i respect it. . again, i respect the fact that none of bragg's rm successors improved upon his record underscores the point that it was lack of talent across the board. in regard to picket commanders in the western. i will say that every critical moment and

so that william t sherman could make its people howl. we can know briefly in defense of davis and bragg, there have been no better option quoted general in the full acceptation of the word as a rare product. scarcely more than one can be expected in a generation. but in this mighty war in which we are engaged, there is need for half a dozen. that's what bragg wrote. he certainly never found his half dozen, and he certainly didn't find them in the western theater. one of my favorite sketches here the fight achickamauga and a great ambrose bierce aphorism after albertson johnston's death, he cod hardly find one general in the full acceptation of the word. who could command the army in the western theater, e johnston or beauregard, who he clearly distrusted, were no better thabragg. there was polk whporter alexander referred to has basically incompetent or william hardy o we know shied away from assignments larger than corps command. i respected the fact that non of bragg's successors, whether they were joe johnston or john bell hood, had i

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