WI Kitchener survive

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What if Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener ship never struck a mine and arrived at Arkhangelsk?would he have any effect in eastern front? maybe get appointed to lead Russian army or at minimum be a important advisor about Russian army tactic, and campaigns planing?supposedly he was a good field Marshall who realize that ww1 was not short war but several years of war and have good recommendations that were ignored.

 
It would be nice to think Kitchener would have made all the difference & turned the tide on the
Eastern Front but unfortunately I can't see it- by 1916 the rot in Russia was already @ a too-
advanced phase. Plus another problem IOTL in Russia: how could Kitchener have gotten rid of
the incompetent Nicholas II without removing him? Answer: he couldn't- which meant any changes he made would be tiny & short- lived. Nicholas- & his wife- would have seen to that. Of
course without such changes he & his regime were doomed but Nicholas- like Chiang Kai-Shek in
China during another World War IOTL- was simply incapable of seeing this.
 
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