Presumably you mean the French pressure on Haig. However, on July 11 Falkenhayen ceased all offensive offensive operations and there was no need for...
It all revolves around the definition of "Donkey". The word comes from the descriptions of the British Army as "Lions led by Donkeys" and I am not...
It is difficult to disagree with you that tens of thousands of his men were killed or maimed as the result of Haig's decisions and mistakes. However...
Haig was a man who had been trained to fight in the mobile Imperial wars of the Victorian period where cavalry and mobility were essential. The...
"Shellshock was originally thought to be a physical phenomenon associated with (unspecified) damage to the brain due to "windage" of a near miss from...
When war was declared, the German light cruiser, SMS Köningsberg, under Captain Loof, was in Dar es Salaam and left port on 1 August 1914. She had a...
Extracted from Haig's Diary: Haig attended Downing Street and gave his opinion on the terms to offer Germany if they asked for an Armistice....
Only a brief summary of the Battle of Tannenberg can be given here; reference has been made to Liddell-Hart's 'History of the First World War',...
I must apologise for repeating this post. Due to an error I submitted it twice. Mea culpa!
Grey had initially relied on Germany and Britain working together to solve the looming Crisis that occurred when Austria threatened to attack Serbia,...
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