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BEF Command Succession Discussed

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1915Date range
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1915

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1stDecember 1915

London · Warfare / World War, 1st

Haig emerges as the leading candidate to replace Sir John French as commander of the BEF.

Names involved

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1st

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