HOW FAR DOES GENERAL HAIG DESERVE TO BE KNOWN AS ‘THE BUTCHER OF THE SOMME? By the battle of the Somme in 1916 the war had been in a huge stalemate for 18 months that didn’t look like it was going to
HOW FAR DOES GENERAL HAIG DESERVE TO BE KNOWN AS ‘THE BUTCHER OF THE SOMME? By the battle of the Somme in 1916 the war had been in a huge stalemate for 18 months that didn’t look like it was going to
HOW FAR DOES GENERAL HAIG DESERVE TO BE KNOWN AS ‘THE BUTCHER OF THE SOMME’?
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By the battle of the Somme in 1916 the war had been in a huge stalemate for 18 months that didn’t look like it was going to be broken any time soon. Trenches had been dug on the Western front all they way from the coast at Ostend to the Alps. Just before the offensive at the Somme, Verdun was under a heavy attack from German forces forcing the French to pull all their troops back to Verdun. General Haig was asked to relieve pressure of the French by French commanders. Therefore there was no choice but an offensive somewhere on the Western Front by the British army. I believe General Haig did deserve to be named Butcher of the Somme for several reasons. Firstly because of the number