1. Is Haig the Butcher of the Somme?
... as there is no time. Can you make sure you won't even make the slightest mistake in such massive pressure? It was a war of attrition and there were limited military weapons and tactics, don't forget it's the first time that a trench warfare happened, in such limited circumstances, sending out men to bomb the enemy's trenches was the only way and chance ... of winning such a deadly war. I admit there might be alternative ways on conducting the battle but we cannot use our scientific knowledge nowadays to determine whether Haig was a butcher or not on conducting a battle ... ...
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