How Did Kitchener Lose Ww1

Men saw it as their patriotic duty to enlist in the war effort and to fight in the First Great War. Within days men from all over Britain joined under Kitchener to form the New Armies. These men went to the nearest War Office or local authorities to enlist for three years or the duration of the war. By August nineth through the fifteenth 43,354 men enlisted. On August 9th alone 1,640 men enlisted to join the army. Local authorities gave support to the War Office in each town in Britain to enlist more men to the war effort. The Army Council on August 11 agreed and signed the proposal for the organizations of the First New Army. Kitchener’s use of propaganda and volunteering paid off and Britain created an army worth fighting for against the overpowering German enemy. From the period of August 1914 to December 1915, 2,466,719 men joined the British army. With a heavy influx of
His lack of drive and structure resulted in the British army’s failure to have an army that was well formed. Kitchener failed in training his troops and equipping them with the needed materials to adequately fight in World War I. With the creation of the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee other councils determined the importance of sufficiently housing the First New Army. The Military Member of the Army Council, who were in charge of housing and training, met on August 9 to determine that the Peace Distribution Committee should prepare a plan for quartering the First New Army. Once a plan of action was determined the Peace Distribution Committee began work on huts that were to be built 60ft by 20ft with an average height of 10ft. Kitchener was not sympathetic towards the new recruits and the conditions for the first three New Armies. Britain had not seen such bad conditions during a war effort until the mass increase of the New