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How useful are sources A, B and M to an historian studying the attitudes of British soldiers to their commanders during the First World War?
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How useful are sources A, B and M to an historian studying the attitudes of British soldiers to their commanders during the First World War? The relationship between soldiers and their commanders has often been called into question since World War I, leading to ultimate victory for Britain, but also extremely heavy losses on both sides. This has raised debate as to whether or not commanders such as General Douglas Haig were really in touch with the men under their command. In the following lines I shall examine whether attitudes between the ordinary front line soldiers and their commanders were really as strained as is often portrayed or if the relationship was one of mutual respect for men doing their duty, the defence of their country and her allies. By 1916 the initial ecstasy after the outbreak of the war was all but obliterated, with the realisation that the war would not...
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