The battle of the Somme began in the summer of 1916. The British saw their opportunity to look good and be the saviour of the moment. However‚ this did not occur. A four hundred and fifty mile trench network‚ stretching from the Swiss border up and into Belgium‚ was opened up and the battle had truly started. The battle soon deteriorated into trench warfare causing no progress to either side. The Generals decided to forge an all-out offensive on the weaker points of the German lines and started
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Haig was a significant character for various reasons during World War One‚ most of which were negative. In his earlier days‚ Haig was significant because it was ultimately his leadership that resulted in a number of disasterous losses for the British Army‚ for example the Battle of the Somme (1916) which is still seen as one of the British Army’s biggest failures to this day. His intial failures stem from his backward leadership and poor connection with the British troops. Having said this‚ in the
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Douglas Haig has been blamed for the slaughter of thousands of men who were under his control in World War One. The Battle of the Somme was one of his worst fights were 60‚000 British soldiers died in the first day alone. After the Battle of the Somme‚ Haig got the nickname "Butcher of the Somme“. He was given this nickname because some people felt that Haig had not cared how much ground was gained for the heavy loss of British life. 420‚000 British casualties 200‚000 French casualties 500‚000
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At the end of the play‚ Malcolm describes Macbeth as a butcher. Do you think Macbeth is merely presented as a butcher? I somewhat disagree with Malcom’s view that Macbeth is ‘merely’ portrayed as a butcher‚ but rather has an excessive ambition influenced by other characters enabling him to endure ‘butcher’ tendencies. It seems unjust for Malcolm to describe Macbeth as a “dead butcher” because at the beginning of the play he is a Scottish nobleman and shows courage and bravery in battle. He killed
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On the 18th November 1916‚ the Battle of the Somme ended when German troops retired from the final large British attack at the Battle of the Ancre amid worsening weather. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig called a halt to the operation‚ claiming the Somme offensive to have been successful. Haig used 750‚000 men against the German front-line. However‚ the bombardment failed to destroy either the barbed-wire or the concrete bunkers protecting the German soldiers. This meant that the Germans could exploit
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General Douglas Haig General Haig was born in Edinburgh‚ Scotland on June 19‚ 1861. He was the 11th child; his dad was a whiskey distiller. He graduated from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. When he first joined the war efforts‚ he started off as an officer. Then he worked his way up and successfully became the commander of the British 1st Army by 1918. He retired in 1921‚ and then he died of a heart attack in London on Jan. 28‚ 1928. Despite his amazing reputation‚ he was human. During
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What kind of leader was Haig? Interpretation – A view from somebody’s point of view that may not be necessary be true. The battle of the Somme occurred on the 1th of July 1916‚ with the English and French army fighting against the German. English’s army’s leader‚ Haig‚ was considered to be a donkey‚ meaning to be a bad general. The historian John Laffin claims that Haig was an awful leader; he says that “Haig really thought he was doing what the people wanted him to do” which makes us think that
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