The goal is to destroy your enemy. They met that goal.
That wouldn't be permissible in today's day and age, but back then it wouldn't have been all bad or necessarily shunned. The only glory found of a war is winning in the end anyway.
That wouldn't be permissible in today's day and age, but back then it wouldn't have been all bad or necessarily shunned. The only glory found of a war is winning in the end anyway.