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This 4-page paper attempts to explain the statement "lions led by donkeys" as it pertains to the British military leadership during World War I. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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of "Lions led by Donkeys" is probably appropriate in the case of British military leadership, as the campaigns were frequently clumsy and inept, with most experts agreeing that "Rule Britannia"
was definitely not the strong slogan between 1914 and 1918. On the positive side, soldiers in Britain during this period did have
some military experience. Whiter (2004) points out that technology was such that at least the British soldier was able to enter World War I with vastly superior equipment over that
he had to fight with during the Boer War. The equipment was lighter and easier to tote (especially when it came to carrying ammunition) (Whiter, 2004). One of the main
problems, however, was that British military leaders had no idea how to fight a war that featured much better equipment (MacKenzie, 1990).
According to experts on British military warfare, much of the British military leadership consisted of men whose lives had been spent in the mostly class societal world of Edwardian and
Victorian England - and its army (MacKenzie, 1990). This meant, for the most part, that much of the British military leadership had no idea how to conduct trench warfare (which
meant the sacrifice of thousands of their own men in failed attacks) (MacKenzie, 1990). This also meant that the leadership had no idea of how this new type of warfare
might impact the morale of the first-ever citizens army of Britain (MacKenzie, 1990). Also, because of the whole "class structure" of Britains
fighting forces, this meant that the British generals tended to be very removed from the battlefield, living lives of luxury, while their subordinates were out on the battlefield, getting killed
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