The main criticism is that his tactics and strategies were out of date and totally unsuitable for the type of warfare being fought.
This resulted in the unnecessary deaths of thousands.
Haig was the man who planned the battle of the somme, which on the first day, over 60,000 british soldiers were killed.
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.
Douglas Haig's family owned the whiskey distillery that produced Haig's Whisky and that used to advertise with the slogan 'Don't be vague. Ask for Haig.'
Sir Douglas Haig and Alexander Haig are not directly related. Sir Douglas Haig was a British Army officer and a key figure in World War I, while Alexander Haig was a U.S. Army general and Secretary of State in the 1980s. They share the same last name but come from different backgrounds and eras without any familial connection.
* Douglas Haig for the UK, * Ferdinand Foch for the French, and * Max von Gallwitz and Fritz von Bellow for the German Empire.
Haig was the man who planned the battle of the somme, which on the first day, over 60,000 british soldiers were killed.
Yes. Brian Haig's father was former U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig.
Alexander Haig's birth name is Haig Jr., Alexander Meigs.
If, by Ann Haig-Brown, you mean Ann Elmore Haig-Brown, she was a librarian.
Haig SheKerjian has written: 'A Book of Christmas Carols by Haig and Regina SheKerjian'
The cast of Nick and Haig - 2006 includes: Doug Bresler as Interviewer Nicholas Lejeune as Nick Haig Ourishian as 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.
Gloria Haig was born in 1937.
Axel Haig was born in 1835.
Axel Haig died in 1921.
Brian Haig was born in 1953.
Haig Mardirosian was born in 1947.