He was Britain's commander-in-chief on the western front for most of the First World War. To some, he was a butcher and a bungler. The man who willingly sent a generation of young men to their deaths. He presided over the bloodiest day in British military history. He is Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig.

Gordon Corrigan

Major Gordon Corrigan presents a profile of Field Marshal Douglas Haig, commander-in-chief of British forces during World War One&apos;s Battle of the Somme. Corrigan explains why he believes the military leader does not deserve to be ...

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Field Marshal Douglas Haig

Major Gordon Corrigan presents a profile of Field Marshal Douglas Haig, commander-in-chief of British forces during World War One's Battle of the Somme. Corrigan explains why he believes the military leader does not deserve to be blamed for the thousands of British casualties, and actually played a key role in winning the war thanks to his coordinated use of planes, tanks and troops. Douglas Haig was the man who took a tiny British army, expanded it five fold through the inclusion of the Commonwealth countries, then trained and deployed it to fight until it was the only allied army capable of defeating the Germans in 1918.

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