Lions Led By Donkeys Ever since the end of WW1 in 1918 which was won by the British allies against the Germans it‚ has been hugely debated whether the famous interpretation ’Lions Led by Donkeys’ is correct. I am going to look at various peoples interpretations of this statement to reach an overall conclusion. I will be looking at different views for and against the statement. I will evaluate poems by soldiers‚ letters written by Douglas Haig and also authors of books written
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“Lions led by Donkeys.” How accurate an assessment is this of the British Army on the Western Front in the First World War? Written by Alan Clark a politician in the 1960s this quotation describes the leadership of the British Military and their strategies used in the Great War. It suggests that soldiers fighting in the World War were brave and courageous as he refers to them as lions. In comparison their leaders‚ the generals were mindless and stupid like donkeys. By holding these characteristics
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LIONS LED BY DONKEYS – A HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION QUESTION To what extent is the phrase “Lions led by donkeys” a fair description of what happened at the Battle of the Somme? INTRODUCTION In 1916 witnessed the commencement of the battle of the Somme. Through the course of that one battle‚ a million British men were slaughtered compared to the combined number of American casualties in both the first and Second World War. The Battle of the Somme was planned as a joint French and British
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The question "were the British soldiers ’Lions led by Donkeys?’" has been an ongoing debate since the end of the war. A war which is dominated by images of bloody battles such as the Somme and Passchendaele - futile frontal attacks against the machine guns. There is a lot of evidence to suggest that the troops were ’lions led by donkeys’. The definition that the soldiers were ’lions’ in the war has never been questioned - due to the horrific reports of their lives in the war. The soldiers were
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Is it fair to criticize General Haig as a donkey who led lions? Douglas Haig was a General during World War One. There is much controversy over General Haig’s reputation due to the high level of losses during his battles in command. Many people agree with David Lloyd George’s attitude of Haig and many other British Generals of World War One. They are said to be “donkeys”‚ incompetents who sent the “lions” (the soldier) into futile bloody battles. Many popular books‚ films and television programs
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Was Haig really “a donkey leading lions”? General Douglas Haig was the commander of the British army during WW1. He was accused of getting soldiers killed‚ and sacrificing thousands of men just to win the war. They blamed him because he was the commander and all orders came from him or passed through him. Approximately 900‚000 British soldiers died and about 3/4 of these deaths were due to rubbish leadership. The main reason he was blame was because of bad leadership. It was said by Gary Sheffield
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‘Lions led by donkeys’ How accurate is this assessment of the British army on the western front in the First World War? The statement ‘lions led by donkeys’ means that there were brave soldiers led by incompetent generals. The statement blames the generals for the number of lives lost‚ although England did eventually win. The statement is therefore untrue as the generals fulfilled their duty as their army and country were on the winning side. There are many reasons why the generals cannot be
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The donkey or ass‚ Equus africanus asinus‚[1][2] is a domesticated member of the Equidae or horse family. The wild ancestor of the donkey is the African Wild Ass‚ E. africanus. In the western United States‚ a small donkey is sometimes called a burro (from the Spanish word for the animal). A male donkey or ass is called a jack‚ a female a jenny‚ and an offspring less than one year old a foal (male: colt‚ female: filly). While different species of the Equidae family can interbreed‚ offspring
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Benjamin is a fictional donkey in George Orwell’s novella Animal Farm. He is the oldest of the animals and is alive in the last scene of the novel. He is less straightforward than most characters in the novel and a number of interpretations have been put forward. It has been suggested that he represents the aged population of Russia‚ or that he represents the Menshevik intelligentsia: as intelligent‚ if not more so‚ than the novel’s pigs. He is very cynical about the Revolution and life in general
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case‚ for instance in the children story “Donkey-donkey” by Roger Duvoisin. The first encounters of Donkey showcases his environment‚ the social structure‚ thus‚ the farms society. Donkey-donkey believed that he looks ridiculous with long ears that stick straight up‚ so he consults his friends on the farm. Each having its own idea of beautiful ears—all remarkably like their own. The writers’ undertone of depression and anxiety are exposed as Poor Donkey-donkey becomes sadder and sadder as he tries to
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