Was General Haig to blame for so many deaths at the battle of the Somme? In this essay I will be trying to answer the following question: ‘do you think General Haig was to blame for so many deaths in the battle of the Somme?’ Haig became General of the Army on the 10th of December 1915 at the age of 54. At the time‚ he appeared to be the best man for the job as he had led and won successful battles in his past. In 1916‚ he launched an attack. His attack took place near the Somme River‚ against
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To what extent does Haig deserve to be called butcher and a bungler? To a certain extent Haig does deserve to be called a butcher and a bungler as his conduct in WWI proved poor. He was the architect of many of the British failures of 1915-18. In 1915 he was responsible for the offensive at Loos which resulted of huge British losses for very little gain. In 1916 he commanded the battle of the Somme for which he earned the title of “the butcher of the Somme” due to the massively high rate of casualties
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The Battle of the Somme In February 1916‚ after a year of stalemate‚ the Germans decided to attack France and capture strategic French forts in the area of Verdun‚ 15 miles west of Paris. They aimed to ’bleed France white’ with the attrition tactic developed by their commander‚ Falkenhayn. In an attempt to force the Germans away from Verdun‚ the French allies from Britain‚ led by General Haig‚ planned an artillery bombardment of the Germans. The battle carried on for a whole 10 months with a
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The Battle of the Somme The Battle of the Somme took place between 1st July 1916 to 18th November 1916. It was fought on the north and south banks of the river Somme‚ hence the name. The plan was to redirect the German armies from attacking Verdun (which was lower down the Somme)‚ which was a town that was very near Paris‚ the capital. The Battle had some positive and negative views. The best thing that happened during the battle was that tactics were developed that enabled the British to win the
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and terrifying. Mr. Zylco is a representation of Polyphemus (the Cyclops from the Odyssey) and is a fallen butcher with a pet bird who has taken to cannibalism in these financially difficult times. Considering this was originally intended to be a “children’s” play I was shocked by the disturbing image of this character. If I were to do a play I would first do some research into both butchers and famous known cannibals before making any artistic calls on his overall appearance and manner. I would also
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The battle of the Somme started on July 1st 1916 and ended around November 18th. The battle was in Picardy. The Battle of the Somme was part of the ‘War of Attrition’ phase of World War One. On the 3rd of August‚ 1914‚ Germany invaded Belgium. The next day Britain declared war‚ and the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) went to France. For the first two months the armies fought aggressively against each other. These first meetings were called the ‘War of movement’. The Germany armies managed
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Sources 1 and 2 that the Battle of the Somme had achieved worthwhile objectives? Having analysed all 3 sources‚ it can be said that source 3 significantly challenges sources 1 and 2 giving an entirely different perspective on the battle of the Somme. Source 1 is an extract from Sir Douglas Haig’s final dispatch‚ published in March 1919. This source begins to describe the Battle of the Somme as a tremendous victory. Haig claims that “The three main objectives… had been achieved.” Haig also then
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Lugger and Butcher Case Introduction In this case there is an involvement of two departments Luggers and Butchers. These two departments were under Food Merchandising Corporation. This corporation had one of its ware houses in Northern New Jersey. As this is a huge corporation the whole company was dividing among these two departments. The main operation of this warehouse which consists of these two departments was to stock goods and then ship to various stores. The Butcher department (meat
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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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