... on Britain's behalf. It also shows that we are winning the war giving people at home the thought of joining the army when in fact a considerably large amount of men have had to sacrifice their life with 20,000 dead on the first day. Both sources are propaganda supporting the success of the war when they are untrue and have miss-led readers into thinking the Battle of the Somme was a hard hitting battle when it was a very bloody and death-ridden war. Both sources are pure propaganda because they depict the battle of the Somme was successful making the readers at home think that the English are winning the war. The newspapers are using propaganda like this to make the public think the war is successful. 2. In source B part one, Sir William Robertson, a general in the British Army, believed the "necessity of relieving pressure on the French ...

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