3. Study Sources D E & F. How useful are Sources D E and F in helping you to understand why the public at home supported the war?
These three sources help us understand why the public at home supported the war. The three sources combined are very positive and are always very calm.
Firstly, Source D is an extract from a book. The extract was taken from “The first years of the great war”. It was published in London 1916 already becoming biased as it is all English.
The extract provides a very real clue as to why the general public, waiting at home would be behind the war. The author gives a bright description of the British soldiers. The author spends a picture to the public at home describing the soldiers “leaping from their trenches,”. The author describes the German soldiers by the use of the word “Hun”. The word “Hun” is a negative term used for the Germans. Again the author, is becoming biased as he is very negative towards the Germans whereas he describes the British as being invincible. By this source the public get a vivid description imaging that the war is in favour to Britain as it does not refer to the amounts of deaths for the British soldiers.