The man primarily responsible for the greatest disaster in British military history was General Sir Douglas Haig, whose over-optimistic planning under-estimated enemy strength and ignored lessons to ...
JUNE 24, 1916: The Battle of the Somme – the bloodiest military engagement in British history - began with an Allied artillery bombardment on this day in 1916. Guns went on to pound the German lines ...
The carnage at the Battle of the Somme is well documented, but the numbers never cease to stupefy. On the morning of July 1, 1916, 110,000 British soldiers climbed over the top of their trenches. By ...
The 39th Siege Battery artillery in action during the Battle of the Somme, Fricourt-Mametz Valley, France, 1916. The 39th Siege Battery artillery in action during the Battle of the Somme, ...
Why was the Somme offensive launched in the first place? The Allies' original plan was for an attack on three European fronts in a bid to end years of sapping trench warfare. French and British ...
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LONDON — Earl Haig, who developed his gift for painting as a prisoner of war in World War II, has died at age 91. Art helped Haig move out of the shadow of his father, Field Marshal Douglas Haig, ...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. Army Gen. Alexander M. Haig's name evoked martial memories of a famous namesake in World War I -- British Field Marshal Douglas Haig, who commanded allied troops in ...
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