Douglas Haig
Field Marshal Earl Haig (1861-1928) was British Commander in Chief for the greater part of the First World War. He came from a distinguished Scottish family, and his diaries, which give his account of every single day of the First World War, form part of the National Library of Scotland's Haig Papers. He remains a controversial figure, seen either as the nation's saviour or a heartless autocrat of dubious competence.

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