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BEF Manpower Shortage Reviewed

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

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1918

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1stJanuary 1918

France · Warfare / World War, 1st

Haig warns that reduced infantry strength leaves British armies vulnerable to a major German offensive.

Names involved

Douglas Haig Bemersyde, 1st

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