Why did War on the Western Front last so long?
Asha Samrai Why did War on the Western Front last so long? . Both sources A and B show similarities in the way that they show the soldiers having to fight in the trenches (often filled with water as shown in source A) and source A outlines the basics of what the soldiers had to do "...You get peppered day and night..." Both sources show the soldiers in their uniforms and armed with their weapons. In source A the soldiers are shown smiling and sharing a joke whereas in the photograph (source B) there is no smiling nor the sharing of jokes. Source A is written for a cartoon and therefore would be exaggerated so as to make it humorous. The sources are written at different times so would be at different stages in the war. As source A is written earlier this is when nobody really understood how the war was no laughing matter with the amount of people dying and is perhaps why the soldiers are shown happy and smiling. I would say that source B is more reliable as it is an actual photograph from the time, showing actual soldiers in an actual trench. However it sort of contradicts with source A because of the happy vibe but in order for the sources to agree further more information would be needed about the conditions of the trenches. 2. Advertisements like this would have been published in 1915 as this is when things on the western front wouldn't have been going too well (Ypres,
Why did Winston Churchill become so important as Prime Minister of Britain between 1940 and 1945?
Why did Winston Churchill become so important as Prime Minister of Britain between 1940 and 1945? Though the path of history holds many diverse opinions of Churchill's importance during the war, it would be fair to say that he played a crucial role. Winston Churchill has long been considered as one of Britain's greatest Prime Ministers, many follow the conventional attitude towards Churchill, that he gallantly drove the British to victory over Germany. However some historians nowadays have begun to challenge this notion whilst others are still sure of the fact that Churchill was an outstanding and inspirational war leader, 'the saviour of his country'. It would be unrealistic to justify just one overall judgement of Churchill; therefore I aim to achieve many different viewpoints from exploring a range of sources. In conclusion to this essay I hope to be able to establish why Churchill became so important as Prime Minister of Britain during the wartime years of 1940 and 1945. When the time came to confront the Nazi threat to Europe the people of Britain turned to Churchill. He had been the lone voice in the wilderness urging decisive action when Hitler's evil works were but small bidings. Churchill's willpower and his consistent stance against appeasement gave him credibility amongst the British people. On 10th of May 1940, the sixty-four year old became Prime Minister,
"Why did the British Government decide to evacuate children from Britain's major cities in the early years of the Second World War?"
History Coursework Part One (Draft) "Why did the British Government decide to evacuate children from Britain's major cities in the early years of the Second World War?" During the First World War, the home front in England did not experience the terrible warfare that was happening in France. The only experience the civilians had was the starvation due to the food shortages they were facing. There were no bombs dropped on the main cities, particularly because the air technology had not reached an advanced enough stage. On 1st September 1939, war was declared between Britain and Germany, for a second time in history. However, this war was to be a lot more dangerous, and the deaths were not limited to the battlefield. Civilians would be at much greater risk this time; technology had advanced a lot over the 20 years since the last war. Now there were fighter planes and bombs capable of causing devastation at great distances. These were not very accurate bombs, but they were very powerful. The Prime Minister of England, Neville Chamberlain was very worried about the fact that there were more deadly weapons available now, which could create a disaster in Britain, by hitting the defenseless civilians. He had already seen the results of war between Spain and the Far East in recent years. In this war there had been terrible mass bombing of main towns and cities. This frightened
Why did the British Government decide to evacuate children from Britain's major cities in the early years of the Second World War?
Why did the British Government decide to evacuate children from Britain's major cities in the early years of the Second World War? The Second War was vastly different that the First World War, being fought on a much greater scale. An invasion of Britain was never contemplated in the First World War. The major development of the German air force, the Luftwaffe, created a major threat to Britain as increasing number of air bombing raids attacked its major cities. Invasion by the Axis powers was felt to be imminent. But there was a grim determination to resist at all costs. In September 1939, The British Government decided that their children, the next generation of Britain, should be evacuated. The children living in London and other major cities were immediately tagged like parcels and shipped out by special evacuation trains. Nearly 3,000,000 people, mainly children, were transported to places of safety in the countryside. This was the most extensive movement of people in British History. This act of the British Government was carried out for a number of reasons. The change in mode of warfare meant that the British Government had to think far more carefully about the effect an invasion would have on the Home Front. The bombing raids bought the war literally to people's doorsteps. To add to this fear, the older generation of Britain remembered the German Zeppelin raids of
Why did the Central Powers lose the First World War?
Mohannad Abu Dabat History Essay #2 Why did the Central Powers lose the First World War? The First World War ended in 1918 with the Allies defeating the Central Powers in a war that would be remembered by the whole world as the most horrible trench war in human history. There are a variety of reasons which led to the defeat of the Central Powers, who were at the time Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria against the allies which consisted of Great Britain, France, Belgium, Russia (left the war in 1917), Italy (ex-Central Power) and USA (joined in 1917). Those reasons can be divided into different themes, with tactical failures suggested as the most important, the other themes which are not as important are Technical issues such as new technological advances in the war, Social problems which concerned the public in each nation, Economical difficulties is another key reason for the loss of the Central Powers and lastly the political difficulties in the countries involved in the war. Tactical failures were classified as the most important because it was a huge driving force in the loss of the Central Powers in the First World War. One example is the Schlieffen Plan that was created by the German General Alfred Von Schlieffen to avoid war on two fronts by attacking France first through Belgium and Holland. The German generals knew that attacking and
Why did the Communists win the Civil War?
Why did the Communists win the Civil War? By Hassan Chaâbane Between 1918 and 1921 there was a civil war in Russia. The war was between the reds, who were the communists/Bolsheviks, and the whites who were the either Tsarists or anti-communists. The whites also had help by the way of foreign intervention and in this essay I am going to explain what happened and how this helped the communists win the Russian civil war. One reason why the communists won the civil war was that both sides had different aims. The reds had one collective aim that everyone could strive for. This was to build a new socialist society. This new socialist society or communist revolution was portrayed to the rest of the world that all the red armies were fighting for was a 'Russia free from foreign control'. However the real new socialist society was basically a workers state, with everyone working towards the good of the motherland (Russia). On the other hand the whites had several different aims. Because of foreign intervention, meaning several different armies trying to be one, they had several different aims. The countries that came to the aid of the whites were the UK, France, USA and Japan. The problem with those particular countries helping was that rather than their aim being anti-communism and the overthrow of the reds, it was often to see what each other were doing. Some countries only
Why did stalemate develop on the Western Front?
Why did stalemate develop on the Western Front? The main reason trenches developed on the western front is due to the failure of the Schlieffen plan, if it had not been for this elaborate quick way to win the war by Germany, trench warfare may never have developed in WWI. As the Germans were being pushed back from Marne they had to dig trenches to protect themselves from the advancing allies, and the allies mirrored them and did the same. The conventional explanation offered by historians for the stalemate on the western front (an area stretching from Belgium all the way down to the Alps) is that by 1914 technology and industrialism had overtaken military strategy and tactics, making them obsolete. Supposedly machine guns and rapid-fire artillery had made the traditional tactics worthless; linear tactics and cavalry charges were things of the past by 1914, and also bad choices were made by inexperienced commanders. It makes one wonder had the British commanders really been clued up to the art of modern warfare maybe the war might not have been so disastrous in terms of casualties. Even theorists from previous warfare had far more reason on their side. On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 60,000 British soldiers died due mostly to ignorance but also to the fact that the commanders tended to attack the most strongly defended positions (which were supposed to have
Why did Stalemate develop on the western front?
Why did Stalemate develop on the western front? Stalemate in war is when there is a deadlock and neither side can win. There are many reasons for the stalemate of World War 1. By the end of 1914 both Germany and France were digging trenches, using bared wire and sitting machine guns. The war became stagnant the war had changed from a war of movement to a war of stalemate. Both sides began to build trenches along what would become the western front. This was not what Count Von Schlieffen had planned to happen. So why did Stalemate develop on the western front. There are many reasons why Stalemate developed on the western front, one of the reasons was because the German troops were exhausted as the German army had to cover from 20 - 25 miles a day. So they were getting emotionally and physically drained. J.M Winter who wrote 'The Experience of World War 1' said 'Why did the plan fail? First the men of the German army had to cover 20-25 miles a day. Is it a surprise by early September many units were simply exhausted?' So when there was a chance to stop walking they took it. This exhaustion meant movement stopped and stagnation started. Another reason why Stalemate developed was because the Russian troops mobilised themselves so quickly so German troops were not focused on France, as they turned their attention on to what Russia was doing. This is what Barbara Tuchman said
Why Did The British Government Decide To Evacuate Children From Britain's Major Cities At The Start Of The Second World War?
Why Did The British Government Decide To Evacuate Children From Britain's Major Cities At The Start Of The Second World War? At the start of the Second World War Britain evacuated around 3,000,000 children and inactive civilians (older people and unemployed women) away from it's major cities. It did this for a variety of reasons which were both long and short term. The main reason for the evacuation carried out by the British was to protect people from the threat of bombing. The people it really wanted to protect were women and children, and this was because they needed to be kept alive so that Britain could maintain it's war effort and continue fighting. Also, it meant that after the war it could get back up on it's feet and maintain it's population. Therefore this reason for evacuating was mostly economic. The vast majority of evacuations took place from Britain's industrial cities and those with ports, and this was because it was in these cities where bombing was expected. The most effective way to bomb Britain for the Germans would be to bomb it's areas of industrial production and docks so it couldn't continue to function and would starve, because at that time the majority of Britain's food came from foreign imports. Approximately 60% of the UK's grain, for example, was imported, and so Britain relied heavily o imports to survive. The British expected these bombing
Why did the British government decide to evacuate children from Britain's major cities in the early years of the Second World
Why did the British government decide to evacuate children from Britain's major cities in the early years of the Second World War? The British government decided to evacuate the children of Britain's major cities because the government were convinced that in the situation of a second world war that Britain would suffer heavy bombing from the air. The solution they drew up to protect the British younger population was to simply move them from densely populated areas such as London, Sheffield and Liverpool. The plans were drawn up long before the outbreak of the world war and they were carried out on September 1st, just two days before the outbreak of war. The plans were generally carried out without a hitch; children were moved from densely populated areas into the countryside where the possibility of bombing would be much less. The areas were called 'Reception zones' these were areas like the North Yorkshire Moors, The Lake District and other less populated areas. The government also had an idea that the more densely populated areas would be attacked because of the production of materials from the factories that were in and around the more densely populated areas. These factories would produce materials that would help the outcome of the war in Britain's favour. Another reason that the British government were convinced the Germans would bomb British homeland was that the
