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1. Conflict from 750
This thematic study examines the role of conflict. See below for: We will be adding conflicts over the next few months!...
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5. Impact of the First World War on one European country (to 1923)
For this section, we have covered the impact of the War on Britain....
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a Economic and social impact to 1923
The war of 1914–18 was the first total war for Britain; it was on a vaster scale than any previous war in Britain’s history and involved all sections of the population The mobilisation of millions of...
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d. The role of civilians
The First World War saw civilians being involved in many ways: in many countries women were involved in the effort and governments took new measures to control economies and the population. However, civilians...
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c. Leadership and mobilisation
The First World War was fought on a vast scale with more deadly types of weapons. It raised unprecedented challenges for the leaders of the combatant nations. These challenges were faced by the political...
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2. American policy in Vietnam (ATL)
Here are activities for this section of Topic 16. There is much overlap here with the Vietnam for Paper 2 , Topic 11 on Wars: Case Study: The Vietnam War (ATL) and Paper 3, Cold War Conflicts in Asia: ...
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(i) Military strategy on land
War on land took place in several theatres in the First World War. Although the Western Front was the most significant theatre of war, fighting also took place in other areas of Europe, in the Middle...
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4. Reasons for the defeat of Germany and the other Central Powers
Despite predictions of a short war, the First World War lasted until November 1918. The length of the war was primarily caused by the nature of warfare that developed on the Western Front. This was only...
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b. Economic and technological factors
Economic factors played a key role in explaining the final outcome. Similarly the First World War saw the development of new technologies that transformed the nature of warfare in the 20th Century and...
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(ii) Strategies at sea and in the air
From the beginning of the war, it was clear that control of the seas was a strategy crucial to both sides. Britain was reliant on the sea for transporting troops and bringing in supplies from its empire...