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Soldiers --- Military biography --- Militaires --- Biographies --- Haig, Douglas Haig, --- Great Britain.
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Marshals --- World War, 1914-1918 --- Campaigns --- Haig, Douglas Haig, --- Great Britain.
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On 21 March 1918 Germany initiated one of the most ferocious and offensives of the First World War. During the so-called Kaiserschlacht, German troops advanced on allied positions in a series of ferocious attacks which caused massive casualties, separated British and French forces and drove the British back towards the Channel ports. Five days later, as the German advance continued, one of the most dramatic summits of the war took place in Doullens. The outcome was to have extraordinary consequences. For the first time an allied supreme commander – the French General Foch – was appointed to command all the allied armies, while the statesmen realized that unity of purpose rather than national interest was ultimately the key to success. Within a few months a policy of defence became one of offence, and paved the way for British success at Amiens and the series of unbroken British victories that led Germany to plea for armistice. Victory in November 1918 was a matter for celebration; what was excised from history was how close Britain was to ignominious defeat just eight months earlier.
Combined operations (Military science) --- Command of troops. --- Military campaigns. --- Foch, Ferdinand --- Haig, Douglas Haig,
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Ypres, 3rd Battle of, Ieper, Belgium, 1917 --- Haig, Douglas Haig, --- Gough, Hubert,
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World War, 1914-1918 --- Guerre mondiale (1914-1918) --- Haig, Douglas Haig, --- Haig, Douglas,
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Military campaigns. --- World War, 1914-1918 --- Campaigns --- French, John Denton Pinkstone, --- French, John Denton Pinkstone, --- Haig, Douglas Haig, --- Haig, Douglas Haig, --- 1914-1918. --- Western Front (World War (1914-1918)).
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Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 --- World War, 1914-1918 --- French, John Denton Pinkstone, --- French, John Denton Pinkstone, --- Haig, Douglas Haig, --- Haig, Douglas Haig, --- Grande-Bretagne. --- Great Britain. --- Great Britain. --- Histoire --- History --- 1914-1918.
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World War, 1914-1918 --- Military biography --- Première guerre mondiale --- Militaires --- Personal narratives --- Récits personnels --- Biographies --- Haig, Douglas Haig,
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World War, 1914-1918 --- Marshals --- Première guerre mondiale --- Maréchaux --- Historiography. --- Biography --- Historiographie --- Biographies --- Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, --- Haig, Douglas Haig,
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For years, Douglas Haig has been considered perhaps the most controversial military leader in British history. Today his career is at the center of a swirling historiographical debate concerning the nature of the First World War. The traditional school contends that Haig, like the majority of generals from both sides, were overmatched, hidebound relics of a bygone military age who could not come to grips with modern war. They allegedly sent their soldiers "over the top" in waves, with a criminal disregard for the mounting cost in lives. A new revisionist school contends that many Great War lea
Generals -- Great Britain -- Biography. --- Haig, Douglas, Sir, 1861-1928. --- World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns. --- Generals --- World War, 1914-1918 --- Regions & Countries - Europe --- History & Archaeology --- Great Britain --- Campaigns --- European War, 1914-1918 --- First World War, 1914-1918 --- Great War, 1914-1918 --- World War 1, 1914-1918 --- World War I, 1914-1918 --- World War One, 1914-1918 --- WW I (World War, 1914-1918) --- WWI (World War, 1914-1918) --- Campaigns. --- Battles, sieges, etc. --- Military operations --- Haig, Douglas Haig,
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