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A comment on The Tipping Point: How France Changed the Tides of the American Revolution. Parent comment

Re:The Tipping Point: How France Changed the Tides of the Am... by wbl on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @12:53PM (#34151408)
So I don't really know the history but I thought British Army planned on mass call-ups either voluntary and then if needed by conscription long before WWI, as mass mobilization isn't something you can do overnight without prep.
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Re:The Tipping Point: How France Changed the Tides of the Am... by hardlianotion on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @01:17PM (#34151741)
I believe Lord Kitchener campaigned for this in WWI until it became clear to the government at large that sustaining an army appropriate to the struggle they had entered was going to be an order more difficult than envisaged.
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