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23 giu 2016 · Douglas Haig – Der Schlächter von der Somme Der Oberbefehlshaber der British Expeditionary Force in Frankreich plante die alliierte Sommeroffensive 1916. Doch der geplante Durchbruch scheiterte ...
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Douglas Haig ( 1861 – 1928) var en britisk offiser og feltmarskalk under den første verdenskrig. Han kommanderte Den britiske ekspedisjonsstyrken (BEF) fra 1915 til krigens slutt og var kjent som den britiske offiseren som hadde flest tap. På grunn av dette (2 millioner av hans menn døde under krigen) ble han gitt tilnavnet «Butcher Haig».
1 dic 2010 · Douglas Haig, Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) between 1915 and 1919, remains the most controversial British general of the First World War. Thanks to the work of a number of historians, the standing of the BEF has been refurbished in recent years. The fate of Haig's reputation has, however, been rather different.
Douglas Haig. June 19, 1861. Edinburgh, Scotland. January 30, 1928. London, England. Soldier, general, commander of British army. W hen World War I began, Douglas Haig was widely considered to be Britain's greatest soldier. However by war's end, Haig was just as widely considered a butcher, a distant leader who had sent hundreds of thousands of ...
Haig, an experienced British general, took command of the BEF from Sir John French in December 1915. A traditionalist in many respects, notably in his faith in cavalry and in the military value of superior moral character, Haig would strive throughout the war for a breakthrough battle leading to the type of open warfare he always believed ...
Douglas Haig (ur.19 czerwca 1861 w Edynburgu, zm. 29 stycznia 1928 w Londynie) – pierwszy hrabia Haig, generał brytyjski, później marszałek polny, dowódca Brytyjskich Sił Ekspedycyjnych w trakcie I wojny światowej, realizator kontrowersyjnego sposobu prowadzenia wojny, oskarżany m.in. o nadmierne szafowanie życiem żołnierzy i szukanie przełamania frontu za wszelką cenę, co ...
Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) led the British Expeditionary Force during World War I. His reputation is still controversial. Although a popular commander during the immediate post-war years, [1] with his funeral becoming a day of national mourning, Haig also became an object of criticism for his leadership on the Western Front .
