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Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig. (1861-1928), Field Marshal. 20th Century Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter in 64 portraits. Commissioned into a cavalry regiment in 1885, by 1904 Haig had become the youngest major general in the British Army. On the outbreak of war in 1914, he helped organise the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), commanded by ...
Douglas Haig, 1. hrabě Haig (anglicky Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, 1st Viscount Dawick, 1st Baron Haig of Bemersyde) (19. června 1861 Edinburgh – 29. ledna 1928 Londýn), byl britský vojevůdce. Od roku 1885 sloužil v britské armádě , několik let působil v Indii , jako nižší důstojník se vyznamenal v koloniálních válkách v Africe ( Mahdího povstání , druhá búrská ...
Earl Haig. El Mariscal de Campo Lord Haig. Douglas Haig ( Edimburgo, 19 de junio de 1861- Londres, 29 de enero de 1928), Mariscal de Campo y primer conde Haig, fue un destacado militar del Imperio Británico durante la Primera Guerra Mundial. En este conflicto dirigió (no sin cierta controversia) la Fuerza Expedicionaria Británica que ...
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig commanded the British Army when it achieved arguably its greatest victories, those over the Germans on the Western Front during the First World War (1914-18). Under Haig, the British Empire engaged the main enemy in the main theatre of war and defeated it. Despite this success, he remains a controversial figure and for many his leadership was marked by ...
5. Jan. 2018 · Der Schotte Douglas Haig, Spross einer berühmten Destillateursfamilie (John Haig & Co Ltd., heute: Diageo plc), den sein Offizierskollege Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 1. Baron Chetwode, als „(…) a dour scotsman and the dullest dog I ever had the happiness to meet (…)“ bezeichnete, wurde am 19. Juni 1861 im schottischen Edinburgh geboren. Aus vermögendem Hause stammend, konnte Haig das ...
29. Jan. 2024 · Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a Scottish 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. He was commander during the Battle of the Somme, the Battle of Arras, the ...
Field Marshal Haig was a national hero and was rewarded with the title of earl for leading Britain to victory. From the end of the war 100 years ago, until his death of a heart attack in 1928 ...
