You know when the best time is to recruit new soldiers and bolster your ranks? It's not 2 years into conflict that has destroyed multiple armies, undermined your defenses, is currently breaking through your weak spots, and nearly all of your equipment is gone. If you do that, you're just sending inexperienced troops into situations that get them killed faster.

Oh they're "ramping up mobilizations", are they? I wonder what that looks like in practice, because it sure would be horrifying to find out that the army has been kidnapping people and foreign news outlets have been hiding that nightmarish reality behind anodyne phrasing.

Turns out the British military know-how they got is pressgang methods.

Jesus. Still?