For me there are two.
General Haig was in incompetent butcher who cared nothing for the men under his command. Not true the Somme and 3rd Ypres had to be kept going to take pressure of the French, and no general at the time knew how to break the stalemate. It was Haig who broke the German line and forced the Germans to retreat in the 100 days.
Britain was as broke at the end of WWI as it was after WWII and couldn't afford anything above what the actually spent. Money was tight but had they needed to there was money available. For one thing unlike 1945, in 1919 Britain was able to pay for enough wheat that bread didn't have to be rationed.
General Haig was in incompetent butcher who cared nothing for the men under his command. Not true the Somme and 3rd Ypres had to be kept going to take pressure of the French, and no general at the time knew how to break the stalemate. It was Haig who broke the German line and forced the Germans to retreat in the 100 days.
Britain was as broke at the end of WWI as it was after WWII and couldn't afford anything above what the actually spent. Money was tight but had they needed to there was money available. For one thing unlike 1945, in 1919 Britain was able to pay for enough wheat that bread didn't have to be rationed.
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