Scorched Earth Collection

Plundering a plantation during Shermans March to the Sea
Shermans troops foraging on a Georgia plantation, 1864. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Bailleul, 1918, Sept 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Bailleul, 1918, Sept 1918. The ruins of Bailleul, France after the German forces left on August 30, 1918 during the Battle of Bailleul which was part of the Battle of the Lys in World War I

Castle at Ham, 2 Mar 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Castle at Ham, 2 Mar 1918 (date created or published later). The Cha^teau de Ham (fort or forteresse de Ham), a castle in Ham, Somme department

French trench, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
French trench, 1918 (date created or published later).

The Battle of La Malmaison; During our artillery fire: explosion of a large French shell... 1917. Creator: Unknown
The Battle of La Malmaison; During our artillery fire: explosion of a large French shell on the concrete casemates of the German machine gunners of Mont-des-Singes, 1917

The Battle of La Malmaison; Before our artillery preparation: German soldiers... 1917. Creator: Unknown
The Battle of La Malmaison; Before our artillery preparation: German soldiers rest on the slopes of Mont des Singes captured by our troops on October 25, 1917, 1917

Italian Offensive of Isonzo; At the top of Monte Santo: the ruins of the convent, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Italian Offensive of Isonzo; At the top of Monte Santo: the ruins of the convent, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

French Attack of July 31, 1917; Artillery preparation on the second German line... 1917. Creator: Unknown
French Attack of July 31, 1917; Artillery preparation on the second German line on the east bank of the Yser canal at Ypres; This view was taken from the west bank of the canal, 1917

In Flanders; The Yser offensive (1917), French front line near Het-Sas... 1917. Creator: Unknown
In Flanders; The Yser offensive (1917), French front line near Het-Sas, before the advance march of July 31. 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L Illustration

The British Push Into Flanders; A crossroads behind the battle, 1917. Creator: Unknown
The British Push Into Flanders; A crossroads behind the battle, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

The Schleswig-Holstein War - Blowing Up of the Screw Steamer "Von der Tan", 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Schleswig-Holstein War - Blowing Up of the Screw Steamer "Von der Tan", 1850. Depiction of...a strategic episode in the war - the blowing up of the screw steamer Von der Tann

Schleswig-Holstein War - Burning of the Lesser Camp, at Kochendorf, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Schleswig-Holstein War - Burning of the Lesser Camp, at Kochendorf, 1850. "The heavy firing at Eckernforde, to the east

The Reds continue their barbaric tactic of destroying cities rather than abandoning them to the nationals (colour litho)
2783706 The Reds continue their barbaric tactic of destroying cities rather than abandoning them to the nationals (colour litho) by Beltrame

Malaya, Britain pursues "Scorched Earth"policy
Malaya, Britain pursues " Scorched Earth" policy. Pursuing the " Scorched Earth" policy, the British forces in Malaya have burnt thousands of bales of rubber

The Destruction of a Polish Village, (1919). Creator: Unknown
The Destruction of a Polish Village, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: In her great and masterly retreat Russia ruthlessly put to the flame towns

Shermans March to the Sea, (1878). Creator: Albert Bobbett
Shermans March to the Sea, (1878). Unionist Major General William Tecumseh Shermans men sabotaging a railrway during a military campaign of the American Civil War

Africa, Namibia, Namib Desert. Crest of Sand Dune

Africa, Namibia, Damaraland. After a scorching day the sun sets over the Table Mountains of the Kalahari Desert

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"Scorched Earth" - a tactic of war and conquest, infamously employed throughout history. From Sherman's March to the Sea during the American Civil War, where plantations were plundered and set ablaze (EVCW2A-00145), to the Red Army's ruthless destruction of cities during the Russian Civil War (The Reds continue their barbaric tactic of destroying cities rather than abandoning them to the nationals, colour litho), this strategy has left a trail of devastation. In Malaya, the British pursued a "Scorched Earth" policy during the Malayan Emergency, leaving a path of destruction in their wake (Britain pursues "Scorched Earth" policy). Major-General Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, notorious for his brutal tactics in the Sudan, led the charge in 1900 (Creator: Bassano Ltd). The destruction of Polish villages during the aftermath of World War I is another grim reminder of this tactic (The Destruction of a Polish Village, Creator: Unknown). The Germans employed "Scorched Earth" during their invasion of Russia in Operation Barbarossa (Spreading fire in Jucourica Operation Barbarossa - German Invasion of Russia, 1941 - 15th Infantary Division), leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. The Namib Desert in Africa, with its scorching sand dunes (Africa, Namibia, Namib Desert. Crest of Sand Dune), and the Table Mountains casting long shadows over a parched land (Africa, Namibia, Damaraland. After a scorching day the sun sets over the Table Mountains), serves as a haunting reminder of the devastation left behind by this brutal tactic.