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Why did people think Haig was a hero?

From the end of the war 100 years ago, until his death of a heart attack in 1928, Edinburgh-born Haig remained a popular figure. He came to symbolise everything that was wrong with the war and was blamed for sending thousands of soldiers to needless deaths in the bloody battles of the Somme and Aras.

What was Douglas Haig remembered for?

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig commanded the British Army when it achieved arguably its greatest victories, those over the Germans on the Western Front during the First World War (1914-18).

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Under Haig, the British Empire engaged the main enemy in the main theatre of war and defeated it.

Why is Douglas Haig important?

Haig presided over the largest army in British history. He shaped the BEF into an effective fighting formation that played a decisive role in the defeat of Germany in the titanic battles of late 1918.

He was also instrumental in creating the combined Allied command struct