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The total war is ... Historical examples and the urgency of the problem today

Of course, it would be better for us never to know the meaning of the word "total war", but the bitter outbursts of aggression among the world powers increasingly make us think about the most terrible scenario. Do we, as well as our grandfathers and grandmothers, have to dream of a peaceful sky over the city and the land, cleared of blood?

Total war: what is it?

Wars on Earth were conducted almost from the time of the origin of the human race. People wanted power, territorial expansion and augmentation of resources, and these desires pushed them to aggressive and brutal behavior towards the side of resistance.

A total war is a nationwide battle with one or more opponents using all economic, weapons and human resources. The concept of total war provides for not only the permitted methods of combat, but also the use of any kind of weapons, including weapons of mass destruction, biological, chemical and nuclear. In addition, in order to intimidate the enemy, terrorist acts can be conducted against civilians, in particular, to unprotected strata of society (children, invalids, pensioners). These measures are aimed at suppressing the national spirit, developing feelings of helplessness among the people and distrust of the government that allows such acts of violence.

In this war not only the military, voluntarily volunteered to become participants in the fighting, suffer. The total war is a national catastrophe, which can be interpreted as a complete genocide.

The Theory of Mass Destruction

The most vivid example of the concept of total war is well known to us: it is a military program of fascist Germany.

In 1935, the military theoretician Erich Ludendorff used the term "total war" for the first time in his scandalous book. This was the beginning of one of the most terrible periods in the history of mankind. The theory of mass attraction of resources and brutal terror against the enemy pleased Hitler's military commander.

In 1943, the Minister and propagandist of the Third Reich, Joseph Goebbels, issued a call for a total war. In the battle were sent to men and women, and the elderly, and children. Before them was set one priority goal - the destruction of the enemy at any cost, the robbery of property, the destruction of cultural monuments, national oppression.

The theory of total war was also supported by the well-known political figure Benito Mussolini, who dragged the Italians into the war and forced him to accept the side of the fascist regime.

Crime and Punishment

After the surrender of the fascist army, all the perpetrators of the total war were to appear before the tribunal, where they were expected to be charged with crimes against humanity and the death penalty. But the main figures of the war did not live to see this day.

Adolf Hitler and his wife Eva Braun took their lives of their own free will on April 31, 1945, and the next day this feat was repeated by the Goebbels family: the spouses poisoned six of their children, and then took the poison themselves.

Benito Mussolini still failed to punish himself. April 28, 1945, he was shot and hung upside down in the Plaza of Milan, where anyone could mock his body. After the mutilated corpse was thrown into the sewage as a sign of contempt.

The urgency of the problem today

It would seem that humanity should learn from the bloody pages of history and take measures to prevent such situations in the future. But, strangely enough, some fascist ideas of Goebbels are still popular today.

People are deceived, forcing to see the enemy in their brothers. All men from 18 to 60 years old are sent to war, even against their will. Measures to cross borders have been intensified. Social payments and benefits are terminated, the entire economic reserve is directed to the army. Thousands of dead, tens of thousands wounded ... Houses destroyed, maimed destinies. People live in fear and uncertainty.

Total war is not a necessity, but a way to "top" the government to meet the needs of the authorities. And before you take up arms, you should think about it.

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