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Douglas Haig, 1. Earl Haig war ein britischer Feldmarschall. Während des Ersten Weltkriegs war er von 1915 bis 1918 Oberbefehlshaber der British Expeditionary Force an der Westfront. Sein Tagebuch aus der Zeit des Ersten Weltkriegs wurde 2015 zum Weltdokumentenerbe der UNESCO erklärt.
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.
- 1884–1920
- British Army
11. März 2024 · Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (born June 19, 1861, Edinburgh—died Jan. 29, 1928, London) was a British field marshal, commander in chief of the British forces in France during most of World War I. His strategy of attrition (tautly summarized as “kill more Germans”) resulted in enormous numbers of British casualties but little ...
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23. Juni 2016 · Geschichte Erster Weltkrieg. Douglas Haig – Der Schlächter von der Somme. Der Oberbefehlshaber der British Expeditionary Force in Frankreich plante die alliierte Sommeroffensive 1916. Doch der...
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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.
29. Mai 2018 · Douglas Haig Haig, 1st Earl, 1861–1928, British field marshal. He saw active service in Sudan (1898) and in the South African War [1] (1899–1902) and upon the outbreak of World War I [2] (1914) was given command of the 1st Army Corps in France.
20. März 2015 · Haig, Douglas (Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig of Bemersyde) British soldier and Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force. Born 19 June 1861 in Edinburgh, UK. Died 28 January 1928 in London, UK. Douglas Haig was Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force from late 1915 to 1919.
