His tactics were old fashioned and led to a slaughter of 450,000 British troops. This compared to the French 150,000 casualties shows the difference in tactics. Theirs were more efficient than Haig's.
In American civil war, the soldiers advanced in large lines towards a defenced area and it showed that by doing this thousands of lives would be lost. In one case 7,000 lives were lost in 10 minutes due to this. You would have thought that all armies would have learned from that mistake as WW1 was after the American civil war. However, Haig didn't learn from this and marched his men in lines and as the technology was a lot more advanced in WW1 you would think they would use a different method. This is why you could say that Haig was a "butcher".
Field Marshall Haig deserves to be named the butcher of the Somme for many reasons; one of which being how he kept sending thousands upon thousands of men into no-man’s land as a result of him being an inflexible commander. And, as if the amount of men up for the murderous power of German machine gunners weren’t enough to quench Haig’s thirst for death, the order was Given out to make the troops walk slowly towards the German trenches. Combined, the strategic positioning of the German turrets, the constant flow of troops and the slow pace caused the deaths of over 20,000 British troops in just one day.
Field Marshall Haig deserves to be called the Butcher of the Somme for many reasons. One reason could be that he didn't utilize the tanks he had on offer. A machine that could wipe out all German battalions and only manned by a few men. This could of decreased the deaths on the British side massively.
Field Marshall Haig used outdated tactics in a situation were the men were likely to die if they were moving quickly and had covering fire. As a result of walking across no mans land almost 60,000 men were dead, wounded or missing. For his failure to change the battle plan Field Marshall Douglas Haig deserves to be called a Butcher.
Field Marshal Haig is deserving of the name "the butcher of the Somme", because it was his fault for 60,000 casualties on the first day and 500,000 casualties over all. He could have prevented the huge amount of British deaths by changing his tactics but he was to inflexible and he chose to use a primitive attack system in a line of what was a modern gun fire. He had the latest tech such as the tanks but it was all used wrongly, if he were to update the battle plan than maybe the battle wouldn’t be a cause of so many British soldiers. Personally I think he used to little amount of tanks and he should of used more.
Haig was in a difficult position because the only way he could have won the war was sacrifice his men learn the enemies tactics and the way they fight (their tricks). Therefore he could be called the Butcher of the war.
Haig deserved to be called the butcher for a lot of reasons. The first is that he ordered the over the top plan where soldiers, millions of them were ordered to walk to the enemy and almost all of them were cut down by the crossfire of German machine gun fire which in retro spec would be the cause of field marshal haigs plan that had failed miserably. Although he had won the battle of the Somme, he had only won it by the skin of his teeth as the big question is, is the victory of one battle worth the life of millions. Apparently not to the butcher, haig.
Haig deserves to be called the butcher of the Somme because he never changed his battle plan leading to the deaths of his men. His reluctance to change his plan and allow men to walk into machine gun fire. Another point that proves he was the butcher of the Somme was the artillery, which did nothing and caused men to die because he didn't take enough time to plan his attack. Once again causing men to die due to his lack in commanding.
Haig deserves to be called the butcher of the Somme for many reasons. One example is his inflexibility. Despite being repeatedly told by his peers alternate plans that would decrease the death toll he insisted on sticking to the same battle the plan despite the different situation.(the Germans weren't killed by the bombings)
Haig deserves to be called the butcher of the Somme as of his inflexibility. He must has acknowledged that so many of his men were dying when they were advancing. This can be proven by the amount of deaths which is placed in the guiness book of world records
Haig deserves to be called this because he wasn't prepared for the battle. He was using old tactics with new weapons by doing this he had caused 500,000 causality's over all of the battle. He told them to just walk straight to the German lines mowed down by the advanced German machine gun set up.
Though Haig did eventually lead the British army to victory, this can be overshadowed easily by the amount of casualties and failures he simply caused.
Field Marshal Haig deserves the title of "The Butcher of the Somme" as his tactics were old fashioned and may have won wars before, but World War 1 was the start of a new fighting method, Haig couldn't see this so refused to deviate from his original plan even when it failed multiple times killing thousands upon thousands of troops.
Field Marshall Douglas Haig deserves to be called "The Butcher of the Somme" simply because of his inflexibility of his battle plans. Because of the failure of the bombardment the Germans were able to prepare with their carefully placed machine guns. Because Haig used the tactic of "in order to win we must advance" he sent thousands upon thousands of men to their certain death with no assistance. It was only when fifty tanks were sent to the battlefield that the British were then able to take more possession. But even then twenty-nine broke down before even reaching the battlefield and the rest either got stuck in the mud or depleted by the German defences.
Arguably Haig does deserve his nickname. This is because Haig sent thousands of men to their deaths continuously after his war efforts seemed not to be working. For instance 60,000 soldiers died in the first day alone in the battle of the Somme. The reason that so many people died was that Haig ordered his men to walk across no-mans land. They were easy targets for the German machine guns. However Haig assisted Britain in winning the war and although he did so with tremendous loss of life, these men did not die pointlessly. They died to protect their families and everyone else on the home front, and they died to prevent Britain from becoming a German Nation.
His tactics were old fashioned and led to a slaughter of 450,000 British troops. This compared to the French 150,000 casualties shows the difference in tactics. Theirs were more efficient than Haig's.
ReplyDeleteIn American civil war, the soldiers advanced in large lines towards a defenced area and it showed that by doing this thousands of lives would be lost. In one case 7,000 lives were lost in 10 minutes due to this. You would have thought that all armies would have learned from that mistake as WW1 was after the American civil war. However, Haig didn't learn from this and marched his men in lines and as the technology was a lot more advanced in WW1 you would think they would use a different method. This is why you could say that Haig was a "butcher".
ReplyDeleteField Marshall Haig deserves to be named the butcher of the Somme for many reasons; one of which being how he kept sending thousands upon thousands of men into no-man’s land as a result of him being an inflexible commander. And, as if the amount of men up for the murderous power of German machine gunners weren’t enough to quench Haig’s thirst for death, the order was Given out to make the troops walk slowly towards the German trenches. Combined, the strategic positioning of the German turrets, the constant flow of troops and the slow pace caused the deaths of over 20,000 British troops in just one day.
ReplyDeleteField Marshall Haig deserves to be called the Butcher of the Somme for many reasons. One reason could be that he didn't utilize the tanks he had on offer. A machine that could wipe out all German battalions and only manned by a few men. This could of decreased the deaths on the British side massively.
ReplyDeleteField Marshall Haig used outdated tactics in a situation were the men were likely to die if they were moving quickly and had covering fire. As a result of walking across no mans land almost 60,000 men were dead, wounded or missing. For his failure to change the battle plan Field Marshall Douglas Haig deserves to be called a Butcher.
ReplyDeleteField Marshal Haig is deserving of the name "the butcher of the Somme", because it was his fault for 60,000 casualties on the first day and 500,000 casualties over all. He could have prevented the huge amount of British deaths by changing his tactics but he was to inflexible and he chose to use a primitive attack system in a line of what was a modern gun fire. He had the latest tech such as the tanks but it was all used wrongly, if he were to update the battle plan than maybe the battle wouldn’t be a cause of so many British soldiers. Personally I think he used to little amount of tanks and he should of used more.
ReplyDeleteHaig was in a difficult position because the only way he could have won the war was sacrifice his men learn the enemies tactics and the way they fight (their tricks). Therefore he could be called the Butcher of the war.
ReplyDeleteHaig deserved to be called the butcher for a lot of reasons. The first is that he ordered the over the top plan where soldiers, millions of them were ordered to walk to the enemy and almost all of them were cut down by the crossfire of German machine gun fire which in retro spec would be the cause of field marshal haigs plan that had failed miserably. Although he had won the battle of the Somme, he had only won it by the skin of his teeth as the big question is, is the victory of one battle worth the life of millions. Apparently not to the butcher, haig.
ReplyDeleteHaig deserves to be called the butcher of the Somme because he never changed his battle plan leading to the deaths of his men. His reluctance to change his plan and allow men to walk into machine gun fire. Another point that proves he was the butcher of the Somme was the artillery, which did nothing and caused men to die because he didn't take enough time to plan his attack. Once again causing men to die due to his lack in commanding.
ReplyDeleteHaig deserves to be called the butcher of the Somme for many reasons. One example is his inflexibility. Despite being repeatedly told by his peers alternate plans that would decrease the death toll he insisted on sticking to the same battle the plan despite the different situation.(the Germans weren't killed by the bombings)
ReplyDeleteHaig deserves to be called the butcher of the Somme as of his inflexibility. He must has acknowledged that so many of his men were dying when they were advancing. This can be proven by the amount of deaths which is placed in the guiness book of world records
ReplyDeleteHaig deserves to be called this because he wasn't prepared for the battle. He was using old tactics with new weapons by doing this he had caused 500,000 causality's over all of the battle. He told them to just walk straight to the German lines mowed down by the advanced German machine gun set up.
ReplyDeleteThough Haig did eventually lead the British army to victory, this can be overshadowed easily by the amount of casualties and failures he simply caused.
ReplyDeleteField Marshal Haig deserves the title of "The Butcher of the Somme" as his tactics were old fashioned and may have won wars before, but World War 1 was the start of a new fighting method, Haig couldn't see this so refused to deviate from his original plan even when it failed multiple times killing thousands upon thousands of troops.
ReplyDeleteField Marshall Douglas Haig deserves to be called "The Butcher of the Somme" simply because of his inflexibility of his battle plans. Because of the failure of the bombardment the Germans were able to prepare with their carefully placed machine guns. Because Haig used the tactic of "in order to win we must advance" he sent thousands upon thousands of men to their certain death with no assistance. It was only when fifty tanks were sent to the battlefield that the British were then able to take more possession. But even then twenty-nine broke down before even reaching the battlefield and the rest either got stuck in the mud or depleted by the German defences.
ReplyDeleteArguably Haig does deserve his nickname. This is because Haig sent thousands of men to their deaths continuously after his war efforts seemed not to be working. For instance 60,000 soldiers died in the first day alone in the battle of the Somme. The reason that so many people died was that Haig ordered his men to walk across no-mans land. They were easy targets for the German machine guns. However Haig assisted Britain in winning the war and although he did so with tremendous loss of life, these men did not die pointlessly. They died to protect their families and everyone else on the home front, and they died to prevent Britain from becoming a German Nation.
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