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King George the Fifth's Political Influence in the Second World War
The king is commander in chief, but delegates power and decision making to the commander in chief in the field. Douglas haig was quite a controversial figure, wasn't he? He was. This is not a symbolic figurehead role in the first world war. George the fifth is a much more politically active king. Theis very direct political interventions, in some cases, by george the fifth throughout his reign. There is royala, royal influence going on. And it is affecting some of the decisionmaking process.
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