During WW1 and many years after, generals have been questioned and criticised about their actions and duties towards their soldiers. From my own knowledge I know that thousands of troops where massacred and also suffered horrendous living conditions in the trenches. Sources A-C focuses on soldier's attitudes towards their generals, all 3 sources are arguable to a historian studying WW1 therefore I will have to compare and contrast the 3 sources and see which is most trustworthy and the most useful to a historian.

Firstly I will be looking at Source A, it is a cartoon drawn and published by Punch Magazine in 1918. It shows Marshall Haig being paraded and saluted by soldiers while riding past on his horse. To start off with I can say that the source shows that the soldiers had a strong Positive view towards the generals, secondly it shows that soldiers respected and looked up...