Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig (19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a senior commander of the First World War (World War I), and perhaps one of the most important figures in British military history. Although he served as commander of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from 1915 to the end of the war – which was one of the greatest victories in British military history – involvement during the Battle of the Somme. led General Haig to become one of the most criticized commanders of the First World War. The Battle of the Somme is the battle with one of the highest losses in British military history, along with the highest single losses in the entire history of the British Army he was the BEF commander in the battle. Some Britons regard the man who led the largest ever British army to one of Britain's most important victories as a national hero. However, starting in the 1960s, some people began calling Haig “Butcher Haig” or “Butcher of the Somme” who simply did not care how many soldiers were killed to achieve an objective that may be much smaller than a battle should be . However, does General Haig deserve to be remembered as “the butcher of the Somme”? This essay will mainly focus on the reasons why and why Haig does not deserve the nickname "Butcher Haig" or "Butcher of the Somme" and will draw a conclusion on the question of whether or not Haig can be wrongly accused. The Battle of the Somme is undoubtedly one of the most horrific battles in the world, and certainly one of the most horrific battles in British military history. On the first day of battle the English had suffered almost sixty thousand casualties, while by the end of the battle the number had risen to four hundred and twenty thousand million... middle of the paper... shows how those weapons we produce can totally destroy us. Four hundred and two thousand lives: enough to blame someone as a butcher, but as the leader of a major victory in British military history, Haig doesn't really deserve the title "butcher of the Somme". As S. Warburton, writing in an article in the history magazine Hindsight, which takes a fresh look at historical questions (1998), says: 'To blame Haig as an individual for the failures of the British war effort is to place too much weight of blame on a man. Haig was the product of his time, his upbringing, education, training and previous military experience. One argument goes that, in the end, he was victorious and, even if he had been replaced, would there have been someone better for the job? Even on the Somme a German officer called the battlefield "the muddy grave of the German army".'.