Yes
yes, he had a lot of education in school and in the army especially when he thought in the zulu war, but WW1 was the first war where modern fighting styles (e.g. machine guns and stalemate trench warfare) were used so Haigs education of old fighting styles (e.g. cavalry charges) was useless.
Well the General during the WW1 was John Joseph Pershing...(:
General Charles de Gaulle if u mean world war 2
The First World War aka WW1
Haig was a hero because he had the strength of character to administer decisions that no ordinary man could ever make. Also, the British army won a series of victories unmatched in military history.
A war of attrition, in general, is a war with high casualities but little territorial gain. The most famous war of attrition is the conflict on the Western Front in France during World War I.
Sir Douglas Haig (1861-1928), British Field Marshal and Commander in Chief of the British Expedionary Forces during WW1.
Lord Kitchener, Earl Haig, Lloyd George.
Sir Alexander Haig
Ludendorf WW1 German general ?
WWI was fought to gain ground, thus the trenches; designed to hold taken ground. The high losses of troops caused attrition. Vietnam was NOT fought to gain ground, and is thusly termed a war of attrition.
yes, he had a lot of education in school and in the army especially when he thought in the zulu war, but WW1 was the first war where modern fighting styles (e.g. machine guns and stalemate trench warfare) were used so Haigs education of old fighting styles (e.g. cavalry charges) was useless.
yes Douglais Haig was a poor commander and di not have the right tactics for a war as big as ww1 was
That was General John J. Pershing.
Well the General during the WW1 was John Joseph Pershing...(:
General Charles de Gaulle if u mean world war 2
GENERAL "BLACK JACK" PERSHING. THE US DIDN'T ENTER WW1 UNTIL 1917