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Possible weakness - narrow viewpoint? Somme?

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Ability of hindsight - not personally involved - no emotional bias

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The generals did eventually lead their forces to victory and this is largely overshadowed by Battles such as the Somme and Passchendaele

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the generals triumphs are forgotten

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They did actually win the battle, so there is some truth in this source.

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not all generals were like this, many generals who were in colonial wars were sent back into retirement as they werent able to adapt to the new style of warfare.

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learnt as it went on

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many people choose to only look at the negatives of the Generals instead of giving them credit when they have adapted to an unknown style of warfare

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The battle of the Somme was the most criticised battle.

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The source was written in the 1980's during this time, criticism of the WW1 generals was very high. The opinion that the generals rose to the challenge would not have been a very popular one at the time

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The Generals did adapt to a new type of warfare which nobody recognizes.

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their knowledgeof modern war was poor and yet they learnt

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Taken from 'The smoke and the fire' which was out of Johns study on the battle of the Somme

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As a military historian Terraine would be considered an expert in the military history of WWI.

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The truth is that those ruddy-cheeked, bristling-moustached, heavy-jawed, frequently inarticulate generals rose to challenge after challenge, absorbed weapon after weapon into their battle-systems, adapted themselves to constant change with astonishing success. But no one cares to make a legend out of that.
[John Terraine, a military historian, writing in his study of the Battle of the Somme, The Smoke and the Fire (1980)]