Sherman Vs Germany

In World War II the Germans had better tanks than the allies did. The German tanks had stronger armor. They had bigger guns, and a better gun range. They also used better tactics, and their thank crew were better trained with more skills.

The United States used tanks very effectively throughout the war. “In 1943-4 the USA produced 47,000 tanks, almost all Shermans, while Germany produced 29,600 tanks and assault guns. Britain, in 1944, produced only 5000 tanks.”(Keegan 399). “Their rule was that five shermans were needed to knock out one German Panther.” By producing this many tanks they were able to send in loads of them into the battlefield and have the advantage over their enemies. This rule the army had was understandable, since the United States produced 47,000 tanks throughout the

The most destructive campaign against a civilian population during the Civil War (1861-65). Began in Atlanta on November 15,1864. Union General William T. Sherman abandoned his supply line and marched across Georgia to the Atlantic Ocean to prove the Confederate population that its government not protect the people from invaders. He believed that by marching an army across the state he would demonstrate to the world that the Union had a power the Confederacy could not resist. After Sherman’s forces captured Atlanta on September 2,1864, Sherman spent several weeks making preparations for a change of base to the cost. Sherman’s March to the

The use of tanks allowed an attack to be carried out without threat from machine guns or rifle fire, as Richard Haigh, a British tank commander, details in Life in a Tank (Document 7). Thick, metal armor protected the crew of a tank from all but the most powerful artillery shells. Tanks were armed with machine guns to attack exposed enemy infantry and artillery to destroy enemy fortifications. The tank’s use as a purely pragmatic weapon was not as devastating as its effect on the spirit of soldiers defending against armor, German General Hindenburg remarks in his report on the Battle of

On September 1, 1864 Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, Commander of the Military Division of Army of Mississippi with his Union troops, had successfully captured Atlanta from the Confederate Army led by Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood. At that time Atlanta considered as the heart of the South for the Southerns and for the Confederate Army. On the other hand “Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant General in chief of the U.S. Army believed that the Civil War would come to an end only if the Confederacy 's strategic, economic, and psychological capacity for warfare were decisively broken” . So after the south had lost their most important railroad junctions and their important productive manufacturing centers, Sherman would now fight the last battle to make it more difficult for the southern Confederacy.

Sherman arrived on the outskirts of Savannah on December 11, 1864. The city was occupied by Confederate troops, and they had the city locked down. To help seize the city Sherman would have to capture Fort McAllister to be able to safely advance to Savannah. Sherman sends 4,000 infantry to seize the fort. After a very brief struggle the fort is seized and is in control by Sherman, and this fort gives him

Depending on geography, William T Sherman has gone down in the annuals of history as either one of the most hated or most respected generals of the Civil War. Through his March to the Sea, he became the first general in the nineteenth century to use total war against an opponent. He knew civilian anger was inescapable in wars and decided to not only use the outrage for the best military outcome, but also for the psychological and emotional effect. Therefore, the March to the Sea not only left behind in its wake a demoralized and defeated people, but also introduced a new war strategy, which would save the nation.

When we look at war we think of awfulness and cruelness and everything else that is a synonym of terrible. Well Sherman did exactly what gives war the bad name, but also to many people he done what he had to accomplish to give the Union Army the victory. Remember that the Union Army obtain fighting for a good reason to fight and Sherman helped made that happen. This war action remain one of the most critiqued in history. Was it necessary or not? Examination of General Sherman illustrates to us that with destroying anything valuable to the South and help giving the Union Army the victory over the whole war, he is a hero to the North and a evil man to the South. Which side is correct?

On June 27, 1864 the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain was fought. The Union Army was currently carrying out Sherman's March. Richard T Sherman was the commander of the Union Army and was going up against the Confederate Army of Tennessee, commanded by Joseph E. Johnston. Sherman was beating Johnston again and again with flanking maneuvers pushing the Confederates back all the way to Kennesaw Mountain. Sherman decided to change his tactics and ordered a frontal assault rather than another flanking maneuver. John Logan and his men assaulted Pigeon Hill while George Thomas led his men on another aggressive attack on Cheatham Hill. Both failed miserably with costly casualties. The Union did however manage to gain position on the Confederate's left

There was a draw back to the king tiger there was only around 500 of them made and they didn’t introduce it until 1944. The king tiger tank was no doubt the deadliest tank of WWII, but it come into the war to late and there wasn’t near enough of them made to make them a war changing implement. The Americans m4 Sherman tank was a medium tank powered by gasoline which was a major drawback. The Sherman didn’t have near as much armor as the tiger tank did, but they were reliable. Also the biggest thing about the Sherman tank is that it was mass produced and the allies simply overwhelmed

General Sherman 's contribution to the Civil War will forever be remembered in history, although he made some miscalculations, his mistakes did nothing to his reputation unlike his brilliance in strategizing . His military exploits went far beyond getting the attention of American military historians; it went all the way to the shores of Europe. Military historian Basil Liddell Hart compiled a list of the best military strategists and General Sherman was among them, along with others like Napoleon Bonaparte, and Von Clausewitz. General Sherman’s effort in this campaign helped the Union Army deliver the crippling blow

The Battle of the Bulge, known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the largest battle fought on the Western Front in Europe during World War II and the largest battle ever fought by the U.S. Army. The battle was Hitler’s last major battle in World War II; an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. Hitler attempted to split the Allies in two in their drives toward Germany and destroy the ability to supply themselves (Weintraub, 2007). The Germans lost so many troops and equipment that they could not launch another attack on the Allied forces. The Battle of the Bulge is most significant in that it ruined the German army. Essentially, the Battle of the Bulge brought about the end of World War II (Weintraub, 2007). During the Battle of the Bulge, the American Artillery units had been equipped with new American weapons. All the divisions’ Artillery was motorized after the discovery of a defect found on the French Artillery Gun that the Americans used during World War I. The U.S. Army managed to replace all its World War I artillery pieces with the new, modernized howitzers and convert from horse-drawn to motorized artillery. The American artillery units were equipped with M105mm, M155mm and M155mm self-propelled Howitzers and with proximity fuzes, the most notable advances

Hitler’s Watch on the Rheine offensive depended on his three armies, the Fifth Panzer Army in the north, the Sixth Panzer Army in the center and the 7th Army in the south. The German War Machine included 400,000 troops, 1,400 tanks, 2,600 artillery pieces and 1,000 aircraft in comparison to the thin American line consisting of four American Infantry Divisions and one Armored Division totally 83,000 men and 400 tanks (Farrell 37). Despite an overwhelming Wehrmacht (German Army) and their extensive knowledge of terrain and an elaborate plan to infiltrate Allied lines through the use of espionage,

Sherman tank was nothing in comparison to a Tiger. (Milton) The Sherman weighed 33 tons and had a 75mm gun, compared to the Tiger’s 54 tons and an 88mm gun. A Tiger also had 3.9-inch-thick armor, so shells from a Sherman tank did no damage to the Tiger. (Milton)

     In the first phase of World War II in Europe, Germany sought to avoid a long war. Germany's strategy was to defeat its opponents in a series of short campaigns. Germany quickly overran much of Europe and was victorious for more than two years by relying on a new military tactic called the "Blitzkrieg" (lightning war). Blitzkrieg tactics required the concentration of offensive weapons (such as tanks, planes, and artillery) along a narrow front. These forces would drive a breach in enemy defenses, permitting armored tank divisions to penetrate rapidly and roam freely behind enemy lines, causing shock and