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Does Haig deserve to be remembered as the butcher of the somme?
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Does General Haig deserve to be remembered as "The butcher of the Somme?" On the first of July 1916 at 7:30 am, the order was given for 60,000 British soldiers to go 'over the top.' It was the biggest offensive so far of World War One. Out of the masses who obeyed this order many wouldn't live out the morning. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig had planned and schemed, for this one day, over many months. The battle of the Somme was developed to relieve pressure on the French troops at Verdun. General Haig, who had replaced Sir John French as the leader of the war effort on the western front, was pressured into it by Sir Joseph Joffe, the French high commander. There was to be a seven day bombardment designed to wipe out the Germans and their defences, followed by wave upon wave of heavily laden inexperienced soldiers crossing...
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