BBC6 年
WW1 leader Field Marshal Haig was not a 'pantomime villain'
The reputation of Scottish World War One leader Douglas Haig has been controversial but it is finally being recovered from the ruins by historians. Field Marshal Haig was a national hero and was ...
BBC6 年
Field Marshal Haig 1920s silk poppies found in time for Armistice Day
That year, Field Marshal Douglas Haig set up the Haig Fund to support veterans - Haig Fund or H.F. was printed on the middle of each poppy. Past and present: How old and new poppies compare Mr ...
Cambridge University Press2 年
Douglas Haig and the First World War
"Paul Harris has not only written the definitive biography of Field Marshal Douglas Haig, but the most important book on the First World War to appear in over a decade. His judicious use of sources ...
Cambridge University Press1 年
Douglas Haig and the First World War
The Times 'This is a landmark book … if you take your history seriously, it must be read.' The Society of Friends of the National Army Museum 'Paul Harris has not only written the definitive biography ...