Best/Worst generals of WW1

Unfortunately,I would take a guess that you will have to look hard for any books on that particular subject as it doesnt command as much interest as stuff on the western front/eatern front/gallipoli et al.but I'm sure that if you trawl the web long enough, you'll come up with something.
Anyway,my nominations for worst generals of ww1 are Falkenhayn,for his ridiculous idea to "bleed"the french amy to death,as, ultimately it almost sucked the life out of the german army as well!
and General Nivelle,whose abortive and ill conceived offensive on the chemin des dames, almost broke the french army

 

One wonders if Nivelle was in the pay of the Germans or just an idiot. :roll:

 

It might have been peer pressure.
If you can find it, "the price of glory" by Alistair Horne,will give you the most detailed and intriguing insight into Verdun and its consequences.
It appears that a french general,(cant remember his name cos' i've lent my copy of the book out).who was dying of consumption(dont know what consumption is,but it sounds nasty),and was unlikely to see the war out,pushed Nivelle into a position where he had no real option but to begin an offensive!(the french government was screaming for some kind of result).
Common sense went out of the window and of course, the inevitable happened.with almost the entire french army mutinying in the process!
Shortly after, the disaster,the aformentioned general died,and nivelle was unceremonially propelled out of office,while petain was left to pick up the pieces.(poor guy,he knew what tragedies the french people had suffered ,and ended up 25years later paying the price just looking out for his people).
yours,john

 

i have that book and yes it is vry gd

 

Consumption is the old name for tuberculosis.