Kitchener's Army: The Raising of the New Armies 1914 - 1916

by Peter Simkins

Book Overview

Numbering over five million men, Britain's army in the First World War was the biggest in the country's history. Remarkably, nearly half those men who served in it were volunteers. 2,466,719 men enlisted between August 1914 and December 1915, many in response to the appeals of the Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener, by then a natural hero.

Peter Simkins describes how Kitchener's New Armies were raised and reviews the main political, economic and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473821282
• ISBN13: 9781473821286
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"