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16 Oct 2026
October Blog: 70th Anniversary of 1956 Hungarian uprising
'Arise Hungarians, your country calls you. Meet this hour, what'er befalls you. Shall we free men be or slaves Choose the lot your spirit craves' A verse which inspired the Hungarian revolution of 1848,...
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Hi Nigel There are no specific word counts given by the IB - our sample on conflict will hopefully give a rough idea (we've kept these answers in line regarding word count with the top scoring sample given by the IB). Yes - we will definitely work...
Example of a Paper 2 response (Conflict) -
Hello," The resulting Treaty of Riga in 1921 fixed the border in the east on what became known as the Curzon Line." - not really - the Curzon Line it is actually the presnet-day Polish eastern border. Then, it reached much much further into the...
a. Germany and the Treaty of Versailles -
Is there a word count for the responses for each of the sections in paper 2 and paper 3? Also would it be possible to share some responses from Paper 2 Authoritarian states. Thank you.
Example of a Paper 2 response (Conflict)
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Site authorThanks David for pointing that out - have removed that reference.
a. Germany and the Treaty of Versailles