Study source’s J and I. Why and I do you think J and I differ about the battle of the Somme?
Sources J and I were both written by Lloyd George. Source I was written on the 21st of September in 1916, (In the middle of the war, 2 months in to the battle of the Somme which would last for 5 months) after he had visited the Battlefield. This source was a private letter to Haig. Straight away, we can tell Lloyd George has an important part to play in the war as he was the secretary for war during the Somme. This meant he was in overall charge of the war. He had to work and support Haig no matter what. The whole source is saying everything is going well and congratulates Haig on his skills. Such as: “I congratulate you most warmly on the skills”. He may have said these thinks as he was under a lot of pressure to make decisions that could change the whole of the war, so he liked to deal with the problems later like the 620,000 casualties! He may have said these things to keep the morale up as they didn’t have another plan other wise if they gave up they would quite probably lose war. They had to simply stick together and stick to the plan. After all Haig was Field Marshell Haig was appointed as a commander in chief of the British forces on the western front. So were people scared of Haig?
