War is hell

Cultural  

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.

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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

If war is hell, there’s a creditable case Bakhmut is its ninth circle.

From Los Angeles Times

“War is hell, and it puts the lives of our military personnel at risk if operations get mired in bureaucracy and red tape.”

From New York Times

“All Quiet on the Western Front,” directed by Edward Berger, is hardly the first movie to argue — quite persuasively — that war is hell.

From Los Angeles Times