Douglas Haig - battle of the somme
...but is unreliable, as it is biased and Source H is biased as well towards the old German government. e)Source I is written by David Lloyd George who was secretary of war at the time of the Somme. Source I is a private letter written to Haig. In source I Lloyd George is praising Haigs achievements in the Somme but Lloyd George is trying to build morale by making statements such as the tide has now definitely turned in our favour. David Lloyd George was in office at the time when he write this letter so had a duty to express the Governments opinion but the Governments opinion of the battle relied on what Haig had told them about it. This means the Governments opinion of the battle is incorrect because what Haig told them about the battle such as the barbed wire has never been so well cut was false. Source J is Hindsight and was also written by David Lloyd George but as a memoir at a later date when he was not in office. Now that David Lloyd George is not in office he can express his own personal views about the battle of the Somme where as before he had to express the Governments views upon the battle. Due to the fact he is no longer in office he is able to truthfully express his feelings about the battle. I believe Sources I and J differ about the Battle of the Somme because despite both sources being written by David Lloyd George e...