December 1916
Winter Defensive Programme Ordered
Haig orders winter strengthening of trenches, communications and reserve systems across the British front.
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Haig orders winter strengthening of trenches, communications and reserve systems across the British front.
Receives the Military Cross for wartime service
Serves as a young brigade major before the end of the war
Contributes to staff work during the Allied offensives that drive German forces back in the final months of the war.
Air support helps protect the assault and disrupt German movement behind the front.
Haig's armies join the Allied counteroffensive that begins the decisive Hundred Days campaign.
By early September German forces fall back toward the Hindenburg Line after Allied pressure following Amiens and the Somme battles.
Ends wartime staff service when the Armistice stops fighting on the Western Front.
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