War is hell

1. A statement attributed to General William Tecumseh Sherman , a leader of the Union army in the Civil War . Sherman supposedly said this several years after the war, in an address to a group of cadets.

Example Sentences

Weapons from the battlefield, books inscribed by hand, and a family Bible are among the items belonging to William T. Sherman, the Civil War general known for the phrase “war is hell,” that are up for auction in a sale of Civil War-era artifacts.

From New York Times

“We ended up agreeing that we don’t want our grandchildren or great-grandchildren to fight, that war is hell, and there’s no glory in it.”

From Los Angeles Times

War is hell, but as Boy George said, it's also stupid.

From Salon

The latter are fully on display in the virtuosic, nearly dialogue-free recreation of the Omaha Beach landing at the start of the film, as vivid and visceral a demonstration that “war is hell” as has ever been put to celluloid.

From New York Times

The fact that we drag other animals into our atrocious battles is yet another reason war is hell.

From Salon