He didn't live in the trenches with all his soldiers he lived in a fancy house away from the front line meaning he didn't get killed if a invasion happened :( x
Douglas Haig was a British soldier, a British Field Marshal, and a British Commander of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in world war 1.
General Haig is a hero of World War one because after the war ended, Haig opened up a trust fund for all the people in the war that were killed, injured badly or left homeless. This trust fund grew and is now what we call the Poppy trust.
The most famous general of World War 1 was probably General Douglas Haig of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). He led the BEF during the critical battles of the war, including the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Passchendaele. Haig's leadership and decisions during the war remain controversial and have been the subject of much debate and criticism.
Principally it was Douglas Haig, he took over from Sir John French. Other notable British Generals were Rawlinson, Byng, Smith-Dorrien, Allenby.....
I don't know, but I do know that he fought in war, and that he and Colin Powell were probably war enemies or maybe he was gay. Sorry but that's the best that I can do.
Douglas Haig was a British soldier, a British Field Marshal, and a British Commander of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in world war 1.
Douglas Haig.
Sir Douglas Haig
Haig was the senior officer in charge of the British Expeditionary Force (the British Army in the Western Front in World War I).He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and was the son of John Haig the head of Haig & Haig whisky.
General Douglas Haig was in charge of the British force on the Somme in World War I.
General Haig is a hero of World War one because after the war ended, Haig opened up a trust fund for all the people in the war that were killed, injured badly or left homeless. This trust fund grew and is now what we call the Poppy trust.
At the start it was Sir John French & for most of the war it was Douglas Haig.
nothing he was a miserable thing never to be married to again !!
Some were good but most were very bad because of poor leadership by sir Douglas haig.
Some of the significant leaders in World War I included Winston Churchill, Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, and Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Others were Sir Douglas Haig and Mustafa Kemal.
British Field Marshal Haig commanded the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) in France for about the last three years of WWI. Lloyd George, in particular, detested Haig, but could not sack him because Haig was a favorite of the King.
Throughout World War I, Great Britain was led by three people: H. H. Asquith, David Lloyd George, and Douglas Haig. World War I began on July 28, July 1914 and ended on November 11, 1918.