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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 Fr
Haig with Major-General C. C. Monro (commanding 2nd Division), Brigadier-General John Gough (Haig's chief of staff), and Brigadier-General E. M. Perceval (commanding 2nd Division's artillery) in a street in France, 1914. Haig crossed over to Le Havre. [87] The BEF landed in France on 14 August and advanced into Belgium.
In 1973, Haig became the youngest four-star general in the Army's history. Haig was born and raised in Pennsylvania. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy and served in the Korean War, during which he served as an aide to general Alonzo Patrick Fox and general Edward Almond. Afterward, he served as an aide to defense secretary Robert ...
Arthur, Sir George Lord Haig (London: William Heinemann, 1928) De Groot, Gerard Douglas Haig 1861–1928 (Larkfield, Maidstone: Unwin Hyman, 1988) Harris, J.P. Douglas Haig and the First World War. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-521-89802-7; Marshall-Cornwall, General Sir James Haig as Military Commander (London ...
General Haig not only signed all the death warrants but when questioned later on this issue lied repeatedly. General Haig's behaviour in choosing to murder his own men places him in the category of war criminal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.72.236.203 09:04, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
The inspector general and Congress often acknowledged that the Biden administration inherited massive problems that SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman worked to correct.
In the manoeuvres, Sir James Grierson decisively beat Douglas Haig, calling into question Haig's abilities as a field commander. J. E. B. Seely, the Secretary of State for War had invited General Foch, a Russian delegation under Grand Duke Nicholas, and the Ministers for Defence of Canada and South Africa .
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