Redeployment requires recovery, equipment, and training

Would British and Dominion troops be too fatigued to move from a North American war to the Western Front?

Months of sea travel, rest, re-equipment, training, and phased deployment could return them to useful condition.

Units would not leave combat in Canada and appear in a European battle two days later. Redeployment would require concentration, transport, recovery, re-equipment, training, and gradual movement into the front line. The Atlantic voyage itself provides some separation from the previous campaign, but it is not a substitute for rebuilding readiness ashore. The troops could become useful reinforcements without being permanently exhausted, though their arrival would be delayed by months. Operational plans had to allow months for recovery, re-equipment, and phased deployment.