Firstly, the British leant from their mistakes from the beginning of the war and started placing commanders into the front line so that they could easily and quickly give out new commands. Also, German’s numbers were significantly diminished and even though the British lost a lot, the German’s also lost many men and materials. Even though we ended the war with many casualties, the German’s numbers were down to 650, 000 by the end. It is difficult to declare the Battle of the Somme a victory for either side. Many argue that the battle was a disaster, saying that the Battle of the Somme delivered so many deaths for the British.
In source 4 we also learn that much must have depended on diplomatic relations with Maximilian and Ferdinand, however Henry’s allies proved unfaithful and unreliable. Source 4, is written by a member of the Government of England. The government is who Henry and Wolsey would go to for Money for these situations. The Government did not like how much Money Henry kept asking for so this could have been reflected in Keith Randall’s report. Henry spent 1.4 millions pounds on fighting wars between 1511-25 and this set England back a far way.
Although in 1807 the Grande Armée still remained undefeated, these changes would cause it to crumble in the years to come. The largeness of the Grande Armée, which was once a strength, was now a massive hindrance. In 1812 over 600,000 crossed the Niemen into Russia with Napoleon. A large army was harder to discipline, manoeuver and to supply. Napoleon was finding it very difficult to control and instruct his army.
Shell shock caused a lot of problems and casualties for the country and for the war. People who were victims of shell shock were most likely to feel panicked and scarred of flight and unable to sleep, walk or talk. At the beginning of World War II, the term "shell shock" was banned by the British Army, though the phrase "postconcussional syndrome" was used to describe similar traumatic responses. By December 1914 as many as 10% of British officers and 4% of enlisted men were suffering from "nervous and mental
Other then the fact that the British had an awful tactic, they did not have the right weaponry. Haig was a strong believer in Calvary, and was skeptical of the newer machinery. When the British walked across no mans land the Germans just mowed them down with their machine guns. At the end of this battle there was 400 000
Brooman uses the statistic to show the high level of casualties resulting from the evacuation. Brooman says on source B9 that “they also abandoned 150000 of their French allies to become prisoner for Germans. This shows a great defeat for Britain because now they have lost their trust with the Frenchs which could have a bad impact on Britain and its
The fact that Lloyd George’s power rested on his political enemies made it very difficult to employ social and economic reforms as he would require the backing of the Conservatives. This weak political position made it virtually impossible to achieve anything during his four year post war period as Prime Minister and Lloyd George found himself in a vulnerable position where, if he wanted to do something, he would have to run it past the Conservatives, often failing, and if he did nothing the Conservatives would remove him from power. It was only a matter of time before they did. A second major reason which caused Lloyd George’s downfall in 1922 was his
The Republic of Korea Army lost 415,000 to death and 429,000 were badly wounded. Syngman Rhee and Kim Il Sung tried to rejoin the North and South of Korea however it remained divided. This war was both a military and political success to the USA to a small extent due to their large economic loss and death of many of their soldiers for a war that nobody won as they only signed a cease fire agreement instead of a peace treaty. The cost of the war for the USA was a lot less than those for Korea and China, however was still a huge annoyance for them. 33,651 American soldiers died during combat and 103,284 were injured.
Haig also devoted the rest of his life to the care and welfare to the Royal British Legion. This service is hardly a task that somebody uncaring would undertake. This is why some do not believe him to be the Butcher of the Somme. Finally, there are many who would argue that Field Marshal Douglas Haig was infact a heartless and stubborn leader who refused to listen to the advice given to him by other generals and therefore was responsible for the enormous death rate amongst the soldiers. Source 4 is a piece of text written by Haig in June 1916, just before the battle of the Somme began; “The nation must be taught to bear losses.
Source B9 is clear in doing this, Josh Brooman comes to the conclusion that Dunkirk was ‘a great defeat’ by focussing on the ’70,000’ men that were killed wounded or taken prisoner, the abandonment of ‘150,000’ French allies and the number of rifles and vehicles left behind. Source B9 also tells us that behind closed doors even Winston Churchill called Dunkirk ‘the greatest military defeat for many centuries’. As Prime Minister, Winston Churchill knew this information would have damaged the morale of the British people, which he didn’t want to do during a war. Although Source B9 fails to tell us how may soldiers were successfully evacuated from Dunkirk, and could be seen as one-sided, I don’t think this takes away from the reliability as it was written by a school history textbook