Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig

Douglas Haig was appointed commander of the army on 10th of December 1915 - he was fifty-four at the time and he had had a very successful military career. Haig decided to attack the Germans at the river Somme in 1916 to attract German soldiers from the town of Verdun where they were fighting the French and had almost broken through. But even though he was victorious there was a very high casualty figure. I will explore whether Haig deserves the title ‘Butcher of the Somme,’ with reference to multiple

LIEUTENANT--GENERAL SIR ARTHUR CURRIE (A brief account of the battle of Passchendaele)      Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Currie was the most capable soldier that Canada has produced. Certainly, he did not look like the great soldier he had become. A very tall man, at six-foot-four, he was also somewhat overweight. Through his successes as the Commander of the Canadian Corps, he knew how to delegate authority and stand by the decisions of his subordinates.      Currie

war, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig was appointed the Director of Military Training. In an effort to create a reserve standard army which could double up as a 'home front' defence force, plus a fighting unit for use abroad, he managed to achieve this by pushing for legislation that lead to the creation of the TA (Territory Army) and the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) which were to be later used in the war effort in the 'war to end all wars'. Haig is most famously renowned

Haig was a significant character for various reasons during World War One, most of which were negative. In his earlier days, Haig was significant because it was ultimately his leadership that resulted in a number of disastrous losses for the British Army, for example the Battle of the Somme (1916) which is still seen as one of the British Army’s biggest failures to this day. His initial failures stem from his backward leadership and poor connection with the British troops. Conversely, in the later

Douglas Haig (1861-1928) was one of the most renowned soldiers during World War I. He became the Commander in Chief of the British Expeditionary Forces and led very decisive battles at the Battles of Some and Passchendaele. He also was able to stop the Germans last offensive (March-July 1918) which ultimately led him to create a veteran’s facility called the Royal British Legion.” This caused him to be elected to be an earl in 1919 . Douglas Haig became Commander in Chief of British Expeditionary

Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig (19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a senior commander in the First World War (WWI), and perhaps one of the most notable figures in British Military history. Although he served as the commander of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from 1915 to the end of the war – which was one of the greatest victories in Britain’s military history – the involvement during the Battle of the Somme, lead him to become one of the most criticized Commanders in the WWI. The Battle

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