H.W Field Marshall Haig - 'The butcher of the Somme' ?

... H.W Field Marshall Haig: 'The butcher of the Somme' ? A. Source A proves that Haig did not care about his men to quite a far extent and it is from a reliable source because it is from Haig himself. He had written about how the nation must be taught to bear losses which showed he did not care much about the lives of people because losses did not seem to mean much to him while it meant a lot more to the soldiers and their families and he did not seem to realise that. In this source he also mentions how 'No amount of skill on the part of his higher commanders, no training however good, on the part of the officers and men, no superiority of arms and ammunition, however great, will enable victories to be won without the sacrifice of men's lives.' When he had wrote this passage

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