"Haig was an uncaring general who sacrificed the lives of his soldiers for no good reason. How far do these sources support this view?"

William Martin Assignment 2 Q: 6 "Haig was an uncaring general who sacrificed the lives of his soldiers for no good reason. How far do these sources support this view?" In the Question all the sources will be or relevance, some will support Haig and some will not. This is a summary of the sources that support the question. Source A was written a month before the attack and it is preparing the nation for the heavy losses and casualties that they will have to suffer. Winning is the main objective and it doesn't matter about the lives of his men. The whole source has a cold tone to it. In the second part of source B it claims that the battle is going well but it was only the first day and far to early to be drawing conclusions from it. From background knowledge we know that actually going badly but he still sent in more men to be killed. At the end of the first day alone there were about 60,000 men lying dead on the battlefield. Source C is from an extract with George Coppard who was Private in the battle of the Somme and would have been fighting at the front line. Although it was written a long time after the battle it is still a primary source and can be trusted. It shows that the men had little confidence in their senor officers and the plans and tactics that they came up with. "any Tommy could have told them that shell fire lifts wire up and drops it down, often in a

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"Haig was an uncaring generalwho sacrificed the lives of his soldiers for no good reason"

"Haig was an uncaring general who sacrificed the lives of his soldiers for no good reason" How far do these sources support these views Source A tells us that Haig did not care about his men and is willing to sacrifice lives in order to win. The source itself was written by Haig in June 1916, a month before the battle of the Somme, and was intended to be seen by the general public. " The nation must be taught to bear losses" This makes it look like Haig doesn't care about his mens' well being and seems to be telling people to "toughen up" and "live with it". Personally, I don't think Haig meant it to sound like that. I think he meant for it to explain that in war, men do die no matter how precautious you are. "No amount of skill on the part of the higher commanders, no training, however good, on the part of the officers and men, will enable victories to be won without the sacrifice of men's lives. The nation must be prepared to see heavy casualty lists." This sentence seems to tell us that Haig was ready to let people die in their thousands, if not millions, in order to win the war and also tells us that Haig believed that it was the only way to win. I feel that the purpose of the source was to explain to the public that the only way to win is to sacrifice lives. He is being realistic but harsh.this source leads uus to believe that Haig was a butcher, even though he was

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"It was work that women did during the war that earned them the vote''

Study Sources H, I and J and Use Your Own Knowledge. "It was work that women did during the war that earned them the vote'' Use the Sources and Your Own Knowledge to Explain Whether You Agree with This Interpretation. I personally think that it was not only the war that got women the vote, but it was a large factor. An argument against this is that other issues post war and suffragette activity that gained women the vote. When war broke out it had a huge impact on Britain economically and politically. Industry Trade Unions became extremely powerful and a woman voting was at the bottom of the government's list of priorities. During the war, women played a huge part and showed great patriotic support. In the work place, they replaced men, in shops, factories, government office and transportation systems like driving because men were called to the front line, this change had to be made so the country could function. Women finally had economical and financial independence due to them working. The dependence on men was decreased dramatically. Prior to this, traditional men and government used the excuse that women were weak-minded and to emotional to vote. But their participation in the war and them working in factories which were not designed for women, with hard work, long hours, chemicals and heavy metals, proved them to be capable. This had to be noticed by the

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How far do the sources show the suffragette militant campaign to be an effective one?

Practice Coursework How far do the sources show the suffragette militant campaign to be an effective one? To have a fully effective militant campaign, ultimately the suffragettes had to use it to successfully achieve what they had been campaigning for using legal and peaceful methods. The range of sources show how it definitely was taken seriously by the militants, through propaganda and even suicide to raise awareness of what they thought was necessary to achieve the vote and be on more equal terms with men. The sources give information on how effective the campaign was. Source A is a propaganda poster which would have been used to show how badly women were being treated in prison as a result of their militancy. The poster was probably made when women had just had their political prisoner status removed and as a result they resorted to hunger striking. Previously they had been treated with more respect as they were commonly middle class and now they did not want to be treated as common criminals. It shows people what the suffragettes were going through to achieve their main objective, as this is written on the poster as 'Votes for Women'. This shows that the suffragettes used this poster to highlight the brutality of the government, and to try and gain more support as they are voluntarily going through extremes which shows at least that they firmly believed in what they

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Without the War British Women would not have gained the Right to Vote in 1918.

This statement can be seen from different points of view. I do not disagree or agree, because I think the war effort helped women secure the vote. But I'm not saying that without war women would have got the vote. I will write about the Victorian society, suffragists and suffragettes, women's contribution during the war and why they got the vote in 1918. Before the war the Victorian society's view of women was very sexist. i.e. they were the weaker sex and their place was in the kitchen. Upper class women and lower class women didn't worry about this. It was the middle class that were educated and had time to think. They wanted the vote because they saw an injustice in the way of voting. 1897 a group of women called the suffragists were formed. They were a group of women campaigning peacefully for the vote i.e. petitions, shops with products, and letters to the government. The suffragists had a leader called Millicent Fawcett and they had 500 local branches over England. But as time went past the government were ignoring the suffragists, and their peaceful methods weren't working. In 1903 many women were getting tired with these methods, they did not seem to be working. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst got together with her daughters and formed the WSPU. Source A shows how much Mrs. Pankhurst wanted the vote. Their aim was to be heard. They did many things like disturbing political

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Why were the major cities of Britain bombed by the Germans in 1940 - 1? (15)

History Course Work . Why were the major cities of Britain bombed by the Germans in 1940 - 1? (15) The bombing all started when German airships accidentally bombed London, which did not do much harm, but despite this Churchill made the accident seem worse than it really was and in retaliation bombed Berlin very heavily, this was one of the main reasons why the major cities were bombed during 1940 - 1 as the Germans wanted revenge. Major cities were also bombed because the Germans wanted to cripple the British economy, destroy the manufacturing industry so that would be starved of vital resources which would in turn make Britain not able to function as a country so that there would be little to none resistance against an invasion by the Germans. An example of bombing particular cities was Liverpool. Liverpool was the second most bombed city after London. The main reason for Hitler bombing cities like Liverpool was because Liverpool was a major shipping port which received imports from all over the world, and as a result of cutting off the major shipping ports Hitler could starve the British population into submission by cutting off the convoys supplying the country and Southampton was also bombed very heavily for the same reason. Other cities like Coventry were bombed for different reasons. Coventry had many war factories which accounted for a lot of war work. To prevent

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"Antis Had More Convincing Arguments than Suffragists and Suffragettes."

"Antis Had More Convincing Arguments than Suffragists and Suffragettes." Every argument has two sides. In the case of votes for women, it was those who were pro-women's suffrage against those who were anti-women's suffrage. Those against Woman's suffrage were often referred to as "Antis." Antis had many reasons for why women should not have he vote, however many of those reasons were unfounded or could easily be made invalid. Although, to begin with, the views of the Antis were more representative of public opinion, people would soon come to see them as old fashioned and there arguments as unjustified and unconvincing. For many Antis, the only real reason that they didn't want women to have the vote was simply because they hated change. This fear led to many unfounded arguments that would cloud and distort any realistic arguments they had. Antis said that enfranchising women would destabilise the political structure and an uneducated and politically inexperienced class would come into power. However, politics was something that could be easily taught and many women would begin to follow politics during this period anyway. Antis also stressed that women could not fight in the army and they should not have the vote because they couldn't fight for their country. But just because women couldn't fight for the country doesn't mean that they wouldn't. This didn't change that fact

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"Dunkirk was a great deliverance and a great disaster"

"Dunkirk was a great deliverance and a great disaster" AJP Taylor Is there evidence in sources A-F to support this interpretation? Sources and own knowledge -This statement is a very vague statement and as a result, it is a statement that can be easily justified using Sources A to F. In this response I will examine what each source is telling us, and whether it agrees, disagrees or is neutral to the statement, "Dunkirk was a great deliverance and a great disaster". The Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo by the British, was the large evacuation of Allied soldiers from May 26 to June 4, 1940, during the Battle of Dunkirk. The plan was created by British Vice Admiral Bertram Ramsay and was accepted by Winston Churchill. In the 9 days, more than three hundred thousand (338,226) soldiers - 218,226 British and 120,000 French - were rescued from Dunkirk, France and the surrounding beaches by a hastily assembled fleet of about seven hundred boats. These craft included a mixture of merchant marine boats, fishing boats, pleasure craft and RNLI lifeboats, whose civilian crews were called into service for the emergency. These small craft ferried troops from the beaches to larger ships waiting offshore. -Source A shows both sides of Taylor's statement, that Dunkirk was both a great deliverance and a great disaster. It shows that ships did escape with soldiers aboard and

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"Dunkirk was a great deliverance and a great disaster" (A.J.P Taylor) Is there sufficient evidence in sources A-G to support this interpretation? Use the sources and knowledge form your studies to explain your answer.

Chris Knight "Dunkirk was a great deliverance and a great disaster." (A.J.P Taylor) Is there sufficient evidence in sources A-G to support this interpretation? Use the sources and knowledge form your studies to explain your answer The quote made by A.J.P Taylor is a contradiction. The French were expecting to be attacked through the Maginot Line, but instead Germany attacked through Belgium. The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) had been sent across to France but found it a struggle to work together with the French and Belgian troops. Because France had been taken by surprise from the attack through Belgium the allies were pushed back towards Dunkirk. Hundreds of British boats and ships of all sizes were sent across the channel to bring the soldiers home. This evacuation was known as Operation Dynamo. There was thousands of men at Dunkirk, 68,000 were killed, yet 348,000 were rescued. The evacuation was very difficult for the British, as there were so many men to be rescued and it was difficult for the larger boats and ships to get far enough into shore. What made the rescue even more difficult was the fact that the Germans were carrying out a Blitzkrieg attack whilst Operation Dynamo was occurring. In this essay I will need to study all evidence given and decide whether or not it is sufficient enough to come to conclusion on whether or not the statement in the quote is

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"Dunkirk was a great deliverance and a great disaster". Is there sufficient evidence in sources D to J to support this interpretation? Use the sources and your knowledge to explain your answer.

History course question 2: "Dunkirk was a great deliverance and a great disaster". Is there sufficient evidence in sources D to J to support this interpretation? Use the sources and your knowledge to explain your answer. There is sufficient evidence to support this in the information below: Source d is a first hand painting of the evacuation of Dunkirk it shows the ships being bombarded with shells, bombs and torpedoes form planes, It shows hundreds of men on the beach rushing towards the boats in big swarms, proving the fact that they were very nervous and desperate to get on board and off the beaches, thee is a lot of smoke coming from the destroyed ships, in which thousands of solders and crews would have been killed in each boat! Source e is a photograph of troops waiting on the beaches, this photo shows the troops quite in order and disciplined, there is also no attacks from the Germans at this point so this must mean that the attacks weren't on going and there were breaks. There are hundreds of solders in this single photograph so this means that there were thousands and thousands being evacuated. Source f is a different matter this is a point were the solders are being attacked on the beach, as they are firing at planes above, there is a very low possibility that they would hit the planes, although it could scare them off! This also gives you evidence that thee was

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