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Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig of Bermersyde, Scottish-born British soldier, 1917. Artist: Unknown
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Title:
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig of Bermersyde, Scottish-born British soldier, 1917. Artist: Unknown
Caption:
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig of Bermersyde, Scottish-born British soldier, 1917. Haig (1861-1928) was appointed Commander-in-Chief of British and Empire forces in France in 1915. His conduct of the war on the Western Front was controversial. On the one hand, his pursuit of a strategy of attrition and planning of offensives which ultimately made minimal territorial gains at the cost of massive casualties, as at the Somme (1916) and Passchendaele (1917), earned him the nickname 'Butcher Haig'. General John J Pershing, commander of the US army in France, described Haig as the man who won the war, however. He was made a Field Marshal in 1917, and after the war served as Commander-in-Chief of Home Forces until 1921.
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Technique/material:
CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY
Credit:
Album / Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images
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Image size:
2312 x 4533 px | 30.0 MB
Print size:
19.6 x 38.4 cm | 7.7 x 15.1 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1910S • 1ST EARL HAIG • 1ST WORLD WAR • 20TH CENTURY • BRITAIN • BRITISH • BUTCHER HAIG • CENTURY • CHROMOLITHOGRAPH • CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY • CIGARETTE CARD • CIGARETTE PICTURE = CIGARETTE CARD • CIGARETTE PICTURE • COLOR • COLOUR • COMMANDER IN CHIEF • COMMANDER • CONCEPT • COUNTRY • DOUGLAS HAIG • DOUGLAS • EARL HAIG • FIELD MARSHAL • FIELD MARSHALL DOUGLAS HAIG • FIRST WORLD WAR • GENERAL • GUY • HAIG • LOCATION • MALE • MAN • MEN • MILITARY PERSONNEL • MILITARY UNIFORM • PEOPLE • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • SCOTLAND • SCOTS • SCOTTISH • SIR DOUGLAS HAIG • SIR DOUGLAS • SOLDIER • SOLDIERS • WAR • WORLD WAR I (1914-18) • WORLD WAR I • WORLD WAR ONE • WW1 • WWI
