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Lets imagine Gen Douglas Haig doesn't authorized the disasterous Somme Campaign that wiped out the best and brightest soldiers from the British Units. I think with those soldiers who were saved from a certain death, Britain could have continued their tank program unimpeded and launced a campaign in 1917 or even 1918 with tanks used as shields to screen Allied advances. How does keeping the cream of the crop alive affect the BEF's ability to conduct operations for the rest of the war? And we all know about the complete incompetence of the BEF generalship but would better leadership have won the battle or was the Somme a completely inept asinine calamity that was doomed to failure?