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Nov 11, 2011 · Haig wrote a daily diary entry throughout the Great War, starting in 1914 with the early days of the British Expeditionary Force. Haig continued to write the diary until his return from France in April 1919, when he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Home Forces.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig commanded the British Army when it achieved arguably its greatest victories, those over the Germans on the Western Front. But for many his leadership was marked by unacceptable losses.
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.
Haig wrote an entry for almost every day of the war. Thus the diary — written from the stance of a professional soldier — gives us a detailed insight into the day-to-day workings of the mind of the General who was in command of the largest British Army ever to take the field of battle.
Written by Haig on 1st July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. We had heavy looses in men and material. As a result of the Somme we were completely exhausted on the Western Front… Defeat seemed inevitable. Autobiography of the German General Ludendorff, ‘My Wartime Memories 1914-1918’, written in 1919.
Nov 29, 2022 · A Scot, born in Edinburgh into a family made wealthy by distilling whisky, Douglas Haig (b. 1861–d. 1928) is historically important because he held senior commands in the British army in the First World War.
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Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE (/ h eɪ ɡ /; 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. [1] [2] [3]
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