1. Is Haig the Butcher of the Somme?
... the French soldiers. They were determined to "bleed the French white". After a battle that lasted for 5 months, 700,000 French soldiers were dead and were desperate for relief from the British army. Sir Douglas Haig therefore led a major attack on the Germans by the River Somme, this battle thus ... tactics. Haig's plan was to bomb the German trenches nonstop until nothing survives in there: Haig demanded the soldiers to advance in waves, at a walking pace to keep formation, next, the Infantry would advance to take hold of German positions then the Cavalry would charge and sweep throug...
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