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The phrase 'lions led by donkeys' is often used in relation to the Western Front. It implies that brave soldiers were sent to certain death, by leaders who were at best incompetent or at worst, indifferent to their fates. Historians, Heather Jones, Richard Grayson and Keith Jeffrey discuss.