The Great War Generals on the Western Front 1914-1918 |
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... Lloyd George's attitude is , how- ever , something of a paradox , for if he did not trust Haig to fight the war ... Lloyd George did not act to remove Haig for two reasons . Firstly , though not short of courage , he lacked the nerve to ...
... Lloyd George's attitude is , how- ever , something of a paradox , for if he did not trust Haig to fight the war ... Lloyd George did not act to remove Haig for two reasons . Firstly , though not short of courage , he lacked the nerve to ...
Page 447
... Lloyd George was preventing Haig from prosecuting the war through offensive action . There was , however , a serious flaw in Lloyd George's thinking . Reserves were not only essential for attacks , they were also vital for counter ...
... Lloyd George was preventing Haig from prosecuting the war through offensive action . There was , however , a serious flaw in Lloyd George's thinking . Reserves were not only essential for attacks , they were also vital for counter ...
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... Lloyd George then moved on to the matter of the Inter - Allied Reserve , telling Haig that all the other commanders had agreed to contribute troops and that he was the only ... Lloyd George 456 Haig and Lloyd George , April 1917 - March 1918.
... Lloyd George then moved on to the matter of the Inter - Allied Reserve , telling Haig that all the other commanders had agreed to contribute troops and that he was the only ... Lloyd George 456 Haig and Lloyd George , April 1917 - March 1918.
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