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,...
Another, more scholarly, but very readable book on the Origins is "Europe's Last Summer - Who started the Great War in 1914?" by David Fromkin,...
Yesterday, the 28th June 1914, a series of coincidences, and the half baked plans of a consumptive Bosnian youth, caused the heir to the...
Grey's main concern had always been to preserve the balance of power in Europe by supporting France. Military conversations with France about the...
Having read"Mud, Blood and Poppycock' by Gordon Corrigan, I am intrigued by the persistence of the "Revisionist" school of WW1 historians who...
Further to Annie's post, members interested in original documents concerning the medical history of WW1 can either contact me at...
Herewith an extract the book "Gas & Flame in Modern Warfare" by Major Ault M.C. of the Royal Berkshire Regiment, published for the American Gas...
The first plans for the Battle of the Somme were drawn up by Rawlinson and his Chief of Staff, Montgomery at Haig's direction. Rawlinson realised...
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