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Field Marshall Haig "The butcher of the Somme"? - source related study
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... Assignment 2: Assessment Objectives 2 and 3 Field Marshall Haig "The butcher of the Somme"? a) Source A is a primary source which is contemporary, it is written before the bombardment occurred. I believe that Source A proves a considerable amount that Haig did not care about the lives of his men. This means he was not emotionally involved with them. Source A proves that Haig didn't care about the lives of his men because immediately it says "The nation must be taught to bear losses" then it states that Haig believes to enable to victories to be won there must be a sacrifice of men's lives. These are Haig's exact thoughts because it was written by the man himself before the bombardment. Source B does not prove Source A and the statement correct, I know this because in the first extract in Source B before the attack it states that the men are














