- 3) The final difficulty was the fighting , the conditions where terrible . In the second battle of Ypres chlorine gas was used by the Germans , This was very dangerous when soldiers inhaled it , it was so devastating that it opened up holes in the British front line, the only problem is that the Germans didn’t know how devastating it was . The was constant cannon fire , this would up turn the earth and leave bits of shrapnel flying everywhere . Another problem was that new weapons that the armies had were better for defence than attack e.g. mines and machine guns . Both sides where also well supplied, and could always call up more arms and men , although the Gas attacks on the British made them have to resort to the last option , they had to use the cooks and drivers to attack the Germans . The weather again didn’t help , as it was so wet and muddy it wasn’t the right conditions for a quick attack aswell as the mud there was allot of barb wire scattered around this would also slow down attacks and give the enemy time to plan tactics . For the British the rolling barrage idea seemed good at the time it did not help the advancing soldiers as the bombs would bring up the earth and make it harder to advance , The rolling barrage was when the British would bomb about 100 to 200 yards in front of the soldiers .
So to conclude the second and third battle of Ypres tell us allot about the difficulties in trench warfare , in both battles the weather played a big part in it , but the second battle was the first time that Germans introduced gas attacks . If the health of the Soldiers was better then maybe not as many men would of died , “trench foot” and the conditions in the trenches did not help the soldiers when it came to attack the enemy , from the moral point of view
2) How important was the Home front to the allies victory?
The Home Front played a massive role to Allies victory in 1918 . Propaganda was needed produce nationalism .This Nationalism produced would make the British public feel patriotic enough to sign up and to fight in the armed forces . It also made those remaing at home dedicated more time and effort into the war machine .
Women played a major role in helping the allies win in November 1918 , this was because they started working in factories , driving buses and building ships etc. . They worked in huge numbers in military factories, making the ballets and shells for the men at the front . This played a massive role as without all this ammunition the Germans would have been able to walk right over Britain
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Also the Defence of the Realm Acts or the ‘DORM’ also had a positive effect of the Home Front . It made longer working hours for workers to produce essential equipment to be used at the Front Line instead of people going out and getting drunk etc. . These factors helped in the Allies victory .
3) How important was the war in the air to the Allies victory in November 1918?
The war in the Air was very important to the Allies , although it wasn’t as important as the Home front was but it was still a big bonus to have. At first the planes where only able to fly over and watch enemy movement looking for a weakness in the line , but soon planes had guns and bombs to attack the enemy on the ground . But soon weapons were made to fight back from the air attacks . During this time the notion of “dog fights” came into use in the English Language . Famous pilots became household names e.g. The Red Beron a German Fighter Ace . By the end of the war the notion of who ever controlled the air over the battlefield often won that battle .
Soon the Germans had a new weapon of there own , the Zeppelins , these where huge airships which raided England 20 times in the 1915’s .
4) Where any of these to Fronts as important as the western front in deciding the outcome of the war? , explain your answer
The other two Fronts (War in the air and the Home front) did play a Big part in the Allies victory over Germany in November 1918 . I believe that the Home front was a major help in the victory as without the help of over 500,000 working women not as many men would of joined up to fight for there country .
Also with the help and the ‘DORM’alot of machinery was made in help to defeat the Germans.
I also believe that the War in the Air didn’t have as much of an effect as the Home Front did in the outcome of the War . This is because the aeroplanes that were bombing missed there targets most of the time .
The Western Front was very important thousands of men died there . The Allies also did allot of fighting on the Western Front trying to gain more land . Without the western Front there would of been no need for the Home Front , because they were recruiting and aiding the Western Front .
I believe that the War in the Air and the Home Front were just additions to the Western Front .