The Great War Generals on the Western Front 1914-1918 |
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... Haig was the exception to many officers of his time in that he devoted a great deal of energy to the study of his profession . This still left plenty of time for leisure pursuits , however . Haig excelled at polo , and had the money to ...
... Haig was the exception to many officers of his time in that he devoted a great deal of energy to the study of his profession . This still left plenty of time for leisure pursuits , however . Haig excelled at polo , and had the money to ...
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... Haig's resignation . Haig said later that if the Government had ever asked for his resignation they could have had it , but that he would not resign of his own accord . Lloyd George did not act to remove Haig for two reasons . Firstly ...
... Haig's resignation . Haig said later that if the Government had ever asked for his resignation they could have had it , but that he would not resign of his own accord . Lloyd George did not act to remove Haig for two reasons . Firstly ...
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... Haig demurred . German resistance was stiffening on Rawlinson's front and Haig had finally learned that to press an attack too far was to throw away the gains already made . He therefore proposed halting Rawlinson's offensive within the ...
... Haig demurred . German resistance was stiffening on Rawlinson's front and Haig had finally learned that to press an attack too far was to throw away the gains already made . He therefore proposed halting Rawlinson's offensive within the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
THE BACKGROUND TO THE WAR 18711914 | 8 |
THE TURN OF THE TIDE AND THE HUNDRED DAYS JuneNovember 1918 483 | 22 |
Copyright | |
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advance Allenby Allied ammunition Arras artillery assault attack Aubers Ridge August Australian barrage Bassée battalions battle battlefield began Belgian bombardment Bourlon Brigade British Army British line Byng Cambrai Canadian Corps Canal casualties Cateau cavalry Cavalry Corps Cavalry Division counter-attack creeping barrage east enemy Field Marshal French Fifth Army fighting Flesquières Foch force forward Fourth Army France French Army front line front-line German Army German defences German line Gough ground Haig Haig's heavy guns Hindenburg Line II Corps infantry Joffre Kitchener La Bassée La Boisselle Lanrezac Le Cateau Lieutenant-General Lloyd George Loos losses Major-General Messines miles military move Neuve Chapelle Nivelle offensive officers ordered Passchendaele Plumer push Rawlinson Regiment reserves rifle Salient Schlieffen Plan Second Army sent shells Smith-Dorrien soldiers Somme staff strongpoints tactics tanks Third Army took troops village Vimy Ridge Western Front wire Wood wounded yards Ypres