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Originally Posted by lwarmonger
Haig had no imagination, when the situation required it. He was an ordinary general, who couldn't come up with any new ideas. The Germans tried a lot of different things, and had the few superb military strategists in that war. Mackensen, Ludendorf, even Falkenhyen (not sure if I spelled their names correctly or not), who's strategy didn't work but it was worth a shot, were far better generals than Haig. Brusilov was the one allied general (Russian) who seemed to be more than merely competent, and by the time he got a chance to shine, the Russian army was starting to come apart.
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It is a little unfair to compare allied generals on the western front with german generals as other than the beginning of the war and a couple of months in 1918 the Germans were on the strategic defensive at a period in history when military technology heavily favoured the defense.
I myself generally lean towards the opinions espoused by sparten and parihaka, funny when you think I too come from a country whose troops were used somewhat roughly by the British general staff.