Unless you win. Lee threw thousands and thousands of lives away as well. In fact while Grant commanded armies for about 4 or 5 months longer than Lee did, Lee had a greater total number of casualties among the troops under his command than Grant did. And Lee lost.
I’m not saying either one was genius. I think the whole think was a terrible waste of American lives that could of been avoided.
Yeah, I hear everyone died at Massada. Am willing to bet they killed more than their number of Romans first.
The people who don't have the choice about the dying are the defenders. The Attackers could just leave and save their own lives, but the Defenders do not have that option.