World War One Sources Questions
World War One Sources Questions Q1. "Source A is propaganda and, therefore , it is of little use as evidence about the importance of women in the first world war." Do you agree or disagree? I agree that the source is of little use as evidence about the importance of women in the first world war, this does not however mean it is of no use at all. It instead shows us how the leaders of the time where trying to portray these women just to get them into work and therefore helping the country. The picture shows men and women as having an almost equal status. This is meant to try and recruit women into jobs that were vital for keeping the war effort going. The source does however show no evidence that there has been a great improvement in attitudes towards women during the war. Q2. Is source C more reliable than source E as evidence about how enthusiastic women were to support the war effort in the first world war? Source C is written with hindsight , when this was written in 1994 it is likely that the truth is more easily accessible than it would have been during the war when things were highly censored. This is written upon the account of somebody who actually witnessed these events and as far as we know had no reason to lie. If true it shows that the women were not as happy as many sources, mainly written as propaganda show them to be. Source E was written during the war
Women in world war one
Women and World War One How were the lives of women on the Home Front affected by the First World War? During the early 20th century, an average women's role in society would be to cook, clean and generally cater for her family. Along with this, they were not able to vote, work in industrial areas or be seen out and about without a chaperone. There was a scarcity of jobs for some women; and discrimination or low pay for the others. Although capable of much more, women never attempted to balance their opportunities with that of men's. Whether it was because they never thought it would be possible to do as good a job or they just didn't want to break years of tradition; World War One was about to affect the lives of these women in many ways. While men set off for war in 1914, vacancies in the tertiary and secondary industry opened up. With the great demand of munitions and weapons, with higher pay and with no men to maintain things back at the home front, women thought they wouldn't just be taking these jobs for themselves, but for the sakes of their husbands, sons, friends and family at war. The statistics in Source 1 are not only factually taken from the beginning and end years of the war, therefore proving reliable; but also supports this idea. Areas, such as 'Industry' grew by 625,000 and areas where women were hardly to be seen working at the beginning of the war, grew
World War One Sources Questions
Kayleigh Hay 11ms History coursework Question 1. In this question I intend to examine each source, A and B, to find out which source is more reliable for giving information about bombardment in world war 1. Bombardment took place when soldiers bombed enemy defences with heavy artillery. The idea was for all this artillery fire to kill the defending soldiers or force them to retreat. Bombardment was unsuccessful because the artillery couldn't destroy the trench systems or cut through barbed wire. Source A is a piece of text, this is taken from 'Britain at war 1914 - 1919' a textbook written by Craig Mair in 1982. This passage is about the Battle of the Somme, 1916 and is a secondary source. A first sight this tells me that the passage may not be as reliable as a primary piece of evidence. Source B is a photograph taken in 1916 at the remains of a German machine -gun post near Guillemont. The photographer's name isn't mentioned. This is a primary source as it is taken at the time. This may mean the source is reliable. The passage in source A only tells us about the effects of bombardment in the Battle on the Somme, but doesn't mention bombardment in the whole of world war 1. Also all the information in the text only shows the negative aspects of bombardment. The text says nothing positive about artillery bombardment. Source A also suggests the bombardment wasn't
Causation of World War One
In 1900, almost every one would have agreed that to be a great country, you had to have a great Empire. Two such examples of this were France and Britain. Since 1800, they had been increasing their empires steadily. I will be looking at how the desire to expand Empires led up to one of the most bloody wars in history. The two other main causes that I think led up to the start of the First World War are: Serbian Nationalism and Germany's military build-up. Serbia was ruled by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. But it wanted to rule itself. Much like the modern Northern Ireland, it had it's own Nationalist and Loyalist groups and there was a lot of friction caused by the conflicting sides. The Serbian Nationalists sought allies from other countries including Russia who would gain from disruption within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. At the same time, Germany was very keen to become an Imperial power(a country whose power is judged by the size of it's empire) and , to do so, it was having to build up it's navy extremely quickly because you couldn't be an empire without a large navy. Britain's may have still been the largest navy in the world, but the sudden advances by Germany made Britain nervous. A feature of this was the race to build large, powerful battleships such as the Dreadnought. In 1907, Europe was divided into two alliances, each jockeying for power over Europe and
Impact on World War One
Impact on World War One World War One had a great impact on civilisation. This war was one of the biggest wars at the time; it included six countries: Germany, France, Britain, Austria, Russia and Serbia. It had involved most European countries fighting for their own causes, whether it was fighting against Germany or with Germany. The war had lasted for four years from 1914 to 1918. Many new technologies were evolving during the world war and many countries were at an arms race. Most countries were helping each other, for example England and France, not forgetting the British Empire helped as well which involved another five countries, which are Canada, Austria, West Indies, India and South Africa. The German had already planed the invasion of Belgium for twelve years ahead the war. The war started because the German leader, Kaiser, was jealous of the British Empire and wanted a greater one. The British got involved because the French were getting attacked by the Germans from all directions and in 1817, the British leader at that time signed an agreement saying that they had to help the French in difficult times. This war effected the men greatly because this was the time to show there loyalty and commitment to the country. This was helped by the propaganda that was sent to them, telling them they had to for fill their duty and to show that they are men. In January 1916,
Was World War One a Total War?
Was it a "Total War"? Define and conclusion A Total War can be defined as a conflict that encompasses a total mobilization of resources such as human, industrial, agricultural, military with an aim to have such an output that the enemy won't be able to overcome. Perhaps the largest difference between a Total War and a normal war is that there is no difference between those who are fighting and the civilians; they are all seen as an enemy. From this point of view, World War One could definitely be considered a Total War because it was a complete contrast to the limited wars of the 18th Century which were small, trying to avoid battles, not touching the society and continuing the trading systems. Firstly, WW1 had an all encompassing character which although it began with the Germans and Austrians fighting against Russia, Britain and France. Within a few months all other European powers such as Turkey, Italy, Rumania and USA ended up joining the war. What at first could have been only a small conflict in the Balkans region, due to the alliance system it became a total war because it suddenly involved everyone else in Europe. However the war stretched itself to colonies from these European powers such as campaigns in Africa in order for an intervention in this war. Unlike other wars, this war was not only on land, or only on sea, fighting took place simultaneously in land,
World War One Sources Question
History GCSE Coursework Question 1 Study sources A, B and c. Use your knowledge of the First World War to explain which two posters were published before 916,and which one was published after 1916.You must give reasons for your answer. The sources A and B were produced before 1916 and C was produced afterwards. Source C is an American poster and these wouldn´t have been needed before 1916, as America did not join the war until 1917. Joining the army before 1917 when conscription had not yet been introduced was voluntary so posters like A and B which encourage men to join off their own backs by playing on emotions and make them think why they should join the army would have been needed. Posters A and B are very similar, they both use the family in encouraging recruits and patriotism-making the men feel that the war is something they should be part of. Whereas source C is portraying the enemy as a beast using propaganda to give the men enthusiasm to fight the Germans. Question 2 Study sources A B and C. In what ways are these posters similar, and in what ways do they differ? Posters A and B are very similar in using family values yo encourage young men to join the army .Source C is also similar to A and B in the sense that they all have something to do with patriotism of the war. Although A and B are similar in the way that they are both concerned with family and
World War One Sources Questions
History Coursework 05/2002 Question One Source A is not a useful source to historian's studying the attitudes of British soldiers towards their commanding officers as it only shows one point of view. The cartoonist may, however be representing the feelings of men at the time. Although the cartoonist has drawn a very amusing satirical picture, it is not very useful to historians as the caption and imagery are all of the artists own devising, and the cartoonist was probably not very well informed about the real conditions at the front, he may have heard the biased reports at the time about how perfect everything was and although his cartoon is very realistic, it is not witting and therefore not as useful to a historian as one from the front lines would have been. Source B is not particularly useful either as it is a fictional account. The view is however, very realistic despite being unwitting. It has been accurately written and may provide a historian with some idea of alternative views that may have been around at the time. The researching historian could then investigate these in order to gain a clearer impression of the men's attitudes towards their officers. Source C is extremely biased and as such is not much use to a modern historian. The source is a direct quote from Haig's son and as such he would naturally support his Father's decisions. Earl Haig is making an
World War One: Stalemate
Question 3: The following were equally important reasons why the stalemate on the Western Front was finally broken: The German U-boat Campaign, the American Entry into the war, the blockading of German ports, and The German offensive in March 1918 Explain how far you agree with this statement. For four years the Western front had been locked in a state of stalemate, a situation in war where neither side can make any progress and no land can be gained. Both sides (the Allied and German forces) had been fighting a war of attrition were both sides tried to wear the other side down with continuous bombardment and constant attacks. Due to this and the fact that both sides were approximately evenly matched the stalemate had lasted for more than four years and no significant progress had been made. Unlike in 1914 the war was not a war of movement and this deadlock seemed sure to last for many more years. The stalemate can be said to have been broken by many reasons, both direct and indirect some more important than others. By 1917 many German families were without food and some 300,000 citizens had died of malnutrition. This problem was caused by the Allies stopping any ships, carrying supplies or otherwise, entering German Ports. It reduced trade from 5.9 billion in 1914 to 0.8 billion by 1917. Germany did not have enough agricultural production to feed her population or enough
World War One Sources Question
World War One Sources Question a) The main aim of the Schlieffen Plan was to win a war over France so that Germany could become the most powerful country in Europe. However if, as the Germans thought, France's ally Russia would come to help the French then the Germans would have to split up their army as Russia bordered Germany on one side and France the other therefore Germany would have to fight a war on two fronts. The Germans therefore thought up a plan that would enable them to fight only one country at a time. The plan was that Russia would take six to ten weeks to mobilise their army, after they had heard about the war, as Russia's railways and roads were quite backward and it would take time to assemble all their men from all over the country. This would give the Germans enough time to defeat France. The problem was how to defeat France in just six weeks when the French already had troops along the French/German border and behind the troops were heavily fortified towns. The Germans needed to launch a surprise attack on France if they were going to achieve their objective of winning a war over France. However, the French had not put up any defences on the French/Belgian border as Belgium was a neutral country and the French would not expect an attack from there. Part of the Schlieffen Plan, therefore, was to attack through Belgium and the Germans hoped that the
