Universal History Archive Field Marshal Douglas Haig was British senior officer during ... little sense to compare him to any other previous general because actually warfare changed so profoundly ...

General Haig, the senior British officer, planned to destroy the German defences with an intense seven day artillery bombardment and by detonating a series of massive mines under enemy lines.

The poppies are made from red fabric, have a thin metal stem and feature the words Haig's Fund or H.F. in the centre. Red silk poppies were first sold by the Royal British Legion in 1921 ...

Jeremy Paxman reads the words of British army commander General Sir Douglas Haig in April 1918, telling his men to fight on until the end, as we see archive footage of battlefield devastation.