Liddell Hart also stated that study of Sherman's campaigns had contributed significantly to his own "theory of strategy and tactics in mechanized warfare", which had in turn influenced Heinz Guderian's doctrine of Blitzkrieg and Rommel's use of tanks during the Second World War.
Liddell Hart hævdede også, at studiet af Shermans kampagner havde bidraget betydeligt til hans egen bog "theory of strategy and tactics in mechanized warfare", som igen havde påvirket Heinz Guderians Blitzkrieg-doktrin og Rommels brug af kampvogne under 2. verdenskrig.