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Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE ( / heɪɡ /; 19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a senior officer of the British Army. During the First World War he commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front from late 1915 until the end of the war. He was commander during the Battle of the Somme ...
- 1884–1920
- British Army
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig. Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig was a Field Marshal of the British Army. He was ‘Commander-in-Chief’ of the British troops in France and Belgium during most part of World War I. He became a controversial figure because of his war strategy of ‘Attrition,’ which led to heavy casualties (around 2 million during ...
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On 1st January 1917, he was made Field Marshall, by King George. During the war, the British premier David Lloyd George was highly critical of his generals, such as Douglas Haig, complaining they were too willing to sacrifice the lives of men. But, Douglas Haig felt he had little alternative but to keep attacking.
Douglas Haig was born in Edinburgh on 19 June 1861 into a wealthy family who owned a whisky business. He studied at Oxford University and in 1884 went to the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst.
World War I. (Show more) Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (born June 19, 1861, Edinburgh—died Jan. 29, 1928, London) was a British field marshal, commander in chief of the British forces in France during most of World War I. His strategy of attrition (tautly summarized as “kill more Germans”) resulted in enormous numbers of British casualties ...
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The son of a wealth whisky distiller, Haig (1861-1928) was born in Edinburgh into a large family of ancient Scottish lineage. He joined the British Army in 1884 where he excelled at polo, saw active service in Sudan and South Africa and became a recognised authority on cavalry warfare. Haig's assiduity, aptitude for staff work and social ...
Haig's fall from glory was a signal that the world had been changed forever by World War I, and that the old ideas of glory and honor were no longer as important as they had been in the past. An Unlikely Soldier. Little in Douglas Haig's early life indicated that he would become a great soldier. Born on June 19, 1861, Haig was one of nine children.
