Who is General Haigh?

Question

Who is he?
Why is he important?

Answer 1

Further to other answers. Feild Marshall Haig was one of the few Genrals that learnt a lot from his previous campaigns and was a great supporter for Technology, the appreciation of arms and tactics in the feild.
When he took over the BEF in 1916, he took over an army of conscripts he had become static and locked into a letargic stalemate situation, was the person who stood up to French Bullying to open new battles quickly and was able to bring a great deal of loyalty from his troops for his leadership.
He did not order the deaths by firing squad of all those people for battle fatigue (shell shock) or cowardice. He actually reprieved 1000's of troops sentanced to death.
He supported the Tank Production, the Royal Flying Corps and by 1917 had turned the Mass Attacks by Infantry after a bombarment into the ideal set piece battle which was continued ever since up to the mid 70's when night attacks become technologically feasable.
The blunders of Sir John French, Henry Wilson who came before where the real mass casulaty culprits who implemented the plans for 1914 - 1916.
After the war and before his death he set up and activley championed the British Legion and war pensions, he never forgot his allegance to all those soldiers who fought with him.

Answer 2

Are you speaking Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig?
He was the Commander-in-Chief of the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) in France from December 1915 until 1918 (during the Great War, or the First World War).
"Haig was a thoughful, meticulous soldier, very ambitious and supremely confident in the belief that his rightful place was that of commander-in-chief...He is generally to be considered to have been at his best in 1918 after the German offensive began in March had finally petered out, but it would seem that it is on his handling of the Somme and Passchendaele offensives that his reputation rests."

Answer 3

General Alexander Haig was US Secretary of State under Ronald Reagan.
He was a four-star General in the U.S. Army, Military Assistant to the Presidential Assistant for National Security Affairs, Henry Kissinger, in 1969, Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs in 1970, White Hosue Chief of Staff in 1973, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) and commander of NATO forces from 1974-1979.

Answer 4

Haig was indeed Ronald Reagan's Secretary Of State. I believe you will find that he is "important", if detonating bombs on people can be so described, and among other such atrocities, for being responsible for implementing Kissinger's somewhat novel - to say the least - answer to Ron's question:- "Gentlemen, (sic) how can I get out of Lebanon without looking like a chicken-livered asshole?"

The answer being provided: "Bomb Syria!"

Which is precisely what clever old Al indeed went and did - damned nearly starting world war three!

Answer 5

Ha ha a case of creative confusion I think.
George Haigh was a psychopathic murderer who killed his victims and dissolved their bodies in acid.
Douglas Haig was the British C-in-C for most of WWI. He too was a bit of a butcher, but so were most of those generals.
Alexander Haig was, and I think still is, an American, high up in the 'Republican Party, who was on Richard Nixon's staff.

Answer 6

If memory serves General Hague was one of the military leaders of WWI for the British but was stuck in the past and did not allow for the development of a modernised war until practically too late. His strategies and battle plans were all based on previous British experience with dealing with the Empire - not taking into account the technological advances of the German i.e. better guns, poisonous gas, modern strategies.

He was one of the generals people refer to when the Germans said during the War that the British soldiers were; 'like lions led by donkeys'.

Answer 7

Note to JS, I bet if you ask all those British Squaddies who who shot at dawn what they thought of Douggie Haigh, i bet you wouldnt have heard the words thoughtful or great

Also white fu, the clues in the question.... army sergeant (geez)

Answer 8

He was instrumental for the expansion of British Empire

Answer 9

i haven't heard that name for years, i think he was an ex army seargent, he was very good at his job, if it the one im thinking of, he was like hitler but very very good,